442 , LILIACEE (Baker). ; [Drimia: 
15. D. neriniformis (Baker); bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam.; scales 
large, ovate; leaves 3, not produced with the flowers, thin, ciliated — 
_ with fine long spreading hairs; peduncle slender, glabrous, 12-18 in, ' 
long ; flowers in a dense, globose, congested, capitate raceme 15-2 in. 
diam. ; pedicels 3-3 in. long; bracts linear; perianth white, } in. 
long ; tube very short ; segments linear, cucullate at the tip; stamens 
as long as the perianth ; anthers small ; style } in. long. 
Eastzey Raion: Natal; Van Reenens Pass, in marshy ground, 5000-6000 ft., 
Wood, 4794! 
16. D. capitata (Baker); bulb ovoid, under an inch in diameter; 
leaves linear, villose, produced after the flowers ; peduncle slender, 
1-13 ft. long ; flowers in a very dense, globose, congested, capitate 
raceme 2 in, diam. ; pedicels slender, 1—$ in. long; bracts lanceolate, 
with a terete basal spur, sometimes } in. long; perianth reddish- 
green, 4-3 in. long; tube 3—1 in. long; segments very canaliculate 
and cucullate, reflexing, 2-8 times as long as the tube; stamens much 
shorter than the perianth-segments ; style overtopping the stamens. 
Kananari Recion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 885 ! 
Eastgen Re@ion: Tembuland; Bazeia, 2000-2500 ft., Bawr, 1160! 
17. D.? hyacinthoides (Baker in Journ, Bot. 1874, 6) ; bulb and 
leaves not seen; peduncle 1-13 ft, long ; raceme oblong, moderately 
dense, 3-6 in. long, 13-2 in. diam.; lower pedicels 4-1} in. long ; 
bracts small, deltoid, furnished with a terete basal spur, which in 
the lowest is 3 in. long; perianth campanulate, } in. long, reddish- 
purple; segments oblong, not channelled down the face nor cucullate 
at the apex, twice as long as the tube; filaments lanceolate, shorter 
than the oblong anthers ; style as long as the ovary, reaching to the 
tip of the perianth-segments. 
Coast ReGion: Albany Div.; shad: rah 2000 ft. 
iodas cee y Div. ; ly valleys near Grahamstown, , 
18. D.? macrantha (Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. Heft 3, 7); bulb 
large, scaly; leaf linear, glabrous, hysteranthous, 13-2 ft. long; 
peduncle with inflorescence 4-6 ft. long; raceme lax, 4 ft. or more 
long ; pedicels ascending or spreading, cernuous at the apex, lower 
1}-2 in. long; bracts small, deciduous; perianth reddish, 1-1} in. 
long; segments oblanceolate, 2 in. broad, with a distinct closely 
3-nerved keel; stamens nearly an inch long; filaments slightly 
flattened ; style slender, above 1 in. long; stigma capitate. Orni- 
thogalum ? macranthum, Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xiii. 280. 
Coast ReGion : Uitenhage Div.; Van Stadens River, below 200 ft., Drége. 
2204! Queenstown Div. ; flats by the Zwart Kei River, 4000 ft., Drége, 3531! 
Komgha Div. ; damp valleys bet e, 3% 
1500 ft., Flanagan, 468 | ys between Komgha and the mouth of the Kei River, 
Eastern ReGion: Griqualand East ; ri arth in 
Herb. Wood, 4211! 3 Tiver banks near Kokstad, Hayg 
19. D.? anomala (Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii, 808) ; bulb globose, 
green, 2 in. diam, ; leaves solitary, rarely 2, contemporary with the 
