430 LILIACEE (Baker). [Lachenalia- 
Bolus, 5889! Caledon Div.; by the Zonder Einde River, near Appels Kraal, 
Zeyher, 4289! Uitenhage Div. ; near the Zwartkops River, Ecklon and Zeyher, 38! 
Cxrntgat Rueion: Carnarvon Div. ; Klip Fontein, Burchell, 1534! 
This is perhaps synonymous with L. pallida, Ait. 
19. L. rhodantha (Baker) ; bulb ovoid, 4 in. diam. ; leaf solitary, 
smooth, erect, 3-5 in. long, 3 lin. broad, not clasping the base of the 
pedunele ; peduncle slender, bright red, 3—4 in. long; raceme dense, 
about an inch long, $$ in. diam. ; lower flowers cernuous ; pedicels 
erecto-patent, 1-1 in. long ; bracts minute, spreading, ovate ; perianth 
campanulate, bright red, 1 in. long and broad ; segments about equal 
in length ; stamens bright red, distinctly exserted. 
Centra Recion: Graaff Reinet Div.; grassy slopes of the Oude Berg, 
4300 ft., Bolus, 719! 
20. L. Zeyheri (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 407); bulb small, 
globose; leaf usually solitary, 4-1 ft. long, subterete, tapering 
gradually to the point, channelled down the face; peduncle slender, 
4-9 in. long; flowers in a dense narrow raceme 1-14 in. long, $-§ in. 
diam., all erecto-patent or the lowest spreading; pedicels erecto- 
patent ; bracts minute; perianth campanulate, white or tinged with 
bright red towards the tip of the segments, 1—1 in. long, } i. 
diam, ; outer segments ovate, inner not longer ; stamens included. 
Coast Region: Tulbagh Div.; between the Witsenberg and Schurfdeberg 
Ranges, Zeyher, 1694! Pappe! 
21. L. convallarioides (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 407); 
bulb globose, 3-3} in. diam.; leaf solitary, linear, erect, ;};—} in. 
broad, channelled down the face ; peduncle slender, 4-6 in. long; 
flowers in a lax raceme an inch long, } in. diam., upper horizontal, 
lower cernuous ; pedicels {,-} in. long;-bracts minute; perianth 
campanulate, § in. long, white tinged with red; inner segments not 
longer than the outer, not spreading at the tip ; stamens included. 
_ Van. B, robusta (Baker, loc. cit.); more robust ; leaves solitary, rarely 2, 4-7 
in. long, 4-4 in. broad ; flowers 20-30, 
Coast Rr@ion: Var. 8, Albany, Williamson! Not at Kew. 
Eastekn Reaion: Transkei, Bowker, 444! 
22. L. unifolia (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 43, t. 83); bulb small, 
globose ; leaf long, linear-subulate, erect, clasping the base of the 
stem for 2-3 inches, conspicuously branded with brown towards the 
base; peduncle, including the inflorescence, 1-1 ft. long; flowers 
6-20), arranged in a lax raceme; pedicels ascending, lower 3-} in. 
long ; bracts minute, deltoid ; perianth oblong, aboat 4 in. long, } in. 
diam., white, or more or less tinged with red or blue ; tube campanu- 
late; outer segments oblong, inner protruding j1,—} in., broad and 
spreading at the tip; stamens as long as the inner segments. Bot. 
Mag. t. 766; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii.178 ; Tratt. Archiv. t. 158 ; Roem. 
et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 611; Kunth, Enum. iv. 289; Baker in 
Journ. Linn, Soc. xi, 406. Monoestes unifolia, Salish. Gen, 21. 
Scillopsis unifolia, Lemaire in Ill. Hort. iii. Mise. 34. 
