438 LILIACER (Baker). [Drimia. 
long, 13 in. diam.; lower pedicels 3—} in. long; bracts small, lanceo- 
late from a deltoid base ; perianth about } in. long, reddish-white ; 
segments 3-4 times as long as the tube; stamens much shorter than 
the segments; style just reaching to the tip of the perfanth-segments. 
_ Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 166; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 596 ; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 420. Hyacinthus medius, Poir. 
Encyc. Suppl. iii. 120. Idothea media, Kunth, Enum. iv. 342. 
Sourn AFRica: without locality, Zeyher, 4250! 
Coast Region: near Cape Town, Bolus, 2835! Tulbagh, Elliot, 223! 
Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, 2000-3000 ft., Drége, 1496! Stellenbosch Div. 5 
between Lowrys Pass and Jonkers Hoek, Burchell, 8322! Port Elizabeth Div. ; 
near Cragga Kamma, Burchell, 4593 ! 
Eastern Region: Swaziland; Havelock Concession, Saltmarshe in Herb, 
Galpin, 1056! 
2. D. rigidifolia (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 420) ; bulb ovoid, 
13-2 in. diam. ; leaves many, contemporary with the flowers, narrow 
linear, glabrous ; stiffly erect, 14 ft. long, 3-1 in, broad low down; 
peduncle as long as the leaves; raceme oblong, moderately dense, 
- 3-6 in. long, 13-2 in. diam.; pedicels 1-4 in. long; bracts lanceo- 
late, about as long as the pedicels; perianth & in. long, reddish- 
white ; segments convolute, 3-4 times the length of the tube; 
stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments; style not pro- 
truded beyond the tip of the perianth-segments. 
Crenteat Reaion ? Somerset Div. ? Bowker / 
iginally described from i i en of 
—_—_— AG a specimen dried by Dr. Harvey from the gard 
3. D. robusta (Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 190); bulb ovoid, 
3-4 in, diam.; leaves 6-8, contemporary with the flowers, lorate- 
lanceolate, rather fleshy, flaccid, green, 11-2 ft. long, 13-2 in. broad 
at the middle; peduncle 3-5 ft. long, very robust, 4-$ in. diam. 
low down; Taceme lax, cylindrical, finally 1-2 ft. long, about 2 in. 
diam. ; pedicels spreading, about 2 in. long ; bracts lanceolate, about 
as long as the pedicels; perianth dull reddish-white, }—§ in. long ; 
tube short, campanulate ; segments convolute; stamens nearly as 
long as the perianth-segments; style finally 4 in. long, thickened 
upwards, protruded beyond the tip of the perianth-segments; 
capsule oblong, } in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xi. 421. 
Katananit Recion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 3288! 
Eastern Recion : Griqualand East; mountain sides near Clydesdale, 3000- 
3500 ft., Tyson, 1108! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm. Austr. VAfts 1209! 
4, D. altissima (Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5522, non Gawl.) ; bulb 
ovoid, 3-4 in. diam. ; leaves 8-10, contemporary with the flowers, 
lorate-lanceolate, rather fleshy, slightly glaucous, 13-2 ft. long, 
13-2 in. broad ; peduncle very robust, 3-4 ft. long; raceme cylin- 
drical, dense upwards, lax downwards, finally a foot or more long; — pe 
lower pedicels patent, 3-1 in. long; bracts lanceolate, very acuminate, 
as long as the pedicels, protruding far beyond the upper buds; 
perianth dull reddish-white ; tube 1 in. long; stamens rather de 
