428 LiL1acem (Baker). [Lachenalia. 
2-3 in. long; lower pedicels } in. long; bracts deltoid, minute ; 
perianth oblong-cylindrical, ? in. long, } in. diam., white tinged with 
pink ; inner segments much longer than the outer, broad at the tip 
and very spreading; stamens included. Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 175; 
Tratt. Archiv. t. 156; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 602 ; Kunth, 
Enum. iv. 288; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xi. 406. Scillopsis 
patula, Lemaire in Ill. Hort, iii, Mise. 35. 
Souts Arrica: without locality. 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure. 
13. L. contaminata (Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 460; edit. 2, ii. 285); 
bulb globose, 1 in. diam.; leaves 6—LO, erect, semiterete, glabrous, 
6-9 in. long, tapering gradually to the point, channelled down the 
face, plain or spotted; peduncle 3-6 in. long; flowers in a dense 
subspicate raceme 1-3 in. long, about $ in. diam., all erecto-patent ; 
bracts minute, adnate ; perianth campanulate, 1in. long and broad, 
white or tinged with bright red, especially on the back of the outer 
segments ; inner segments a little longer than the outer, spreading 
at the tip; stamens as long as the perianth or slightly exserted. 
Thunb. Prodr, 64; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 174; Bot. Mag. t. 1401; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xi. 406. L. hyacinthoides, Jacg. Collect. 
Suppl. 58; Ie. ii. 15, t. 382; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 173; Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 599; Tratt. Arehiv. t. 163; Kunth, Enum. 
iv. 285. L. angustifolia, Jacq. Collect. Suppl. 57; Ic. ii. 15, t. 381; 
Willd Sp. Plant. ti. 173; Bot. Mag. t. 785; Red. Lil. t. 162; 
Tratt. Archiv. t. 161; Kunth, Enum. loc. cit. L. albida, Tratt. 
Archiv. t. 162. Himas angustifolia, and hyacinthoides, Salish. Gen. 
21. Scillopsis angustifolia, contaminata, and hyacinthoides, Lemaire 
in Ill. Hort. iii. Mise. 33-35, 
Soutn Arrica : without locality, Zeyher, 4296! 
Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div.; Klip Fontein, Zeyher, 4295! Groene 
Kloof, Zeyher ! Ecklon and Zeyher, 58! Malmesbury, Bachmann, 1231! Cape 
Flats, near Kuyls River, Pappe! near Tulbagh, MacOwan, 2898! MacOwan 
and Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust. Afr., 945! Worcester, Zeyher! Caledon Div.; 
near the Hot Spring at Caledon, Zeyher / Ecklon and Zeyher, 52! : 
14. L. Bachmanni (Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. Heft 3, 8); bulb 
not seen ; leaves 2, linear, glabrous, conduplicate, 4-8 in. long above 
the clasping base ; peduncle 4-8 in. long; raceme dense, subspicate, 
13-2 in. long; pedicels scarcely any ; bracts oblong, minute ; perianth 
campanulate, j in. long; segments oblong, subequal, white, with a 
bright red keel; stamens as long as the perianth. 
Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div.; near Hopefield, Bachmann, 1232! 
Not in Kew Herbarium. 
15. L. carnosa (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 407); bulb 
globose, 1 in. diam.; leaves 2, subcoriaceous, lorate or ovate, clasp- 
ing the short peduncle and entirely hiding it, then spreading, 4 
in. long, above an inch broad; peduncle an inch long; flowers in @ 
dense spike 3 in. long, 1 in. diam. ; bracts lanceolate from a deltoid — 
