Drimia.] LILIACERZ (Baker). 437 
many, superposed ; style filiform; stigma capitate, faintly 3-lobed. 
Capsule ovoid-triquetrous, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. 
Seeds discoid, sometimes winged ; testa black, lax ; albumen fleshy; 
embryo cylindrical, 
_Rootstock a tunicated bulb; leaves broad and rather fleshy or narrow and 
rigid, often produced at a different season to the flowers; inflorescence a simple 
raceme ; bracts membranous, persistent ; flowers whitish or reddish-white, often 
tinged with green, 
Distriz. Seven species in Tropical Africa. 
: Fy ggg Evprimia. Perianth-segments channelled down the face, cucullate 
at the tip. a . 
Leaves contemporary with the flowers : 
Leaves narrow linear, stiffly erect: 
Bracts much shorter than the pedicels = 5 media. — 
Bracts as long as the pedicels = w+ (2) rvigidifolia. 
Leaves lorate-lanceolate : 
Upper bracts about 4 in. long es .. (8) robusta. 
Upper bracts about aninch long... ... (4) altissima. 
Leaves produced after the flowers : 
Raceme oblong or cylindrical : 
Leaves pilose on both surface and margin ... (5) villosa. 
Leaves persistently ciliated : : 
Dwarf eee net in ces v.» (6) pusilla. 
Tall... is “as obs oe ... (7) ciliaris. 
Leaves glabrous : 
Leaves narrow linear, 3 in. broad (8) purpurascens. 
Leaves linear, 1-4 in. broad... ... (9) angustifolia. 
Leaves lanceolate : . 
Racemes lax, few-flowered ... .-. (10) haworthioides. 
Racemes dense, many -flowered : 
Pedicels much shorter than 
flowers meee vg hil er aa 
Pedicels about as as flowers ; 
Leaves unknown ... «.. +s» ~— ++ _-—« (18) panciflora. 
Racemes congested, globose, dense : 
Pedicels }-} in. long: ; ; 
’ ‘Head of flowers lin. diam. ... +» + (14) spherocephala. 
Head of flowers 1}-2in. diam. ... -.»_ (15) neriniformis, 
Pedicels 4-3 in. long ... s,s» sess (16) capitate. 
Subgenus Lepgsovriopsis. Perianth-segments nearly flat. 
Flewers reddish ; pedicels long : ; 
Perianth 4 eg en ic w= gen ie ae sooerengeg 
Perianth 1-13 in. long oon ave woe aoe (18) macran' 
Flowers greenish-yellow ; pedicels short : 
Leaves contemporary with the flowers: (19) anomala, 
Leaf terete, usually solitary eae ae sa 
Leaves 2, linear cee 
Leaves 3-4, lanceolate ... Pe ee 
Leaves produced after the flowers ... 
1, D. media (Jacq. Collect. Suppl. 40; Ic. ii. 15, t. 375) ; bulb 
subglobose, 13-2 in. diam.; leaves many, contemporary with the 
flowers, narrow linear, subtriquetrous, stiffly erect, glabrous, rather 
scabrous on the margin, 1-1} ft. long, +3-$ poe new waa aa 
peduncle slender, fragile, 1-2 ft. long; raceme lax, oblong, in, 
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