Drimia. | LILIACEZ (Baker). 443 
flowers, perfectly terete, glaucescent, 14-2 ft. long, 3 in. diam. low 
down, tapering gradually to the point ; pedunele slender, 12 ft. long; 
raceme moderately dense, cylindrical, 6-12 in. long, under an inch 
in diameter; pedicels 1-2 in. long, articulated at the apex; bracts 
minute, ovate, lowest minutely spurred, deciduous; perianth cam- 
panulate, greenish yellow, 3-4 in. long; segments oblong, 3-4 times 
the length of the tube; stamens half as long as the segments; 
filaments linear; style as long as the ovary. Ornithogalum? anoma- 
lum, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 178; Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 284. 
Urginea eriospermoides, Baker in Gard, Chron. 1887, ii. 126. 
Sourn ArFrica: without locality, cultivated specimens! 
CenTRAaL Recion: Somerset Div. ; sandy places near Somerset East, 2800 ft., 
MacOwan, 1853! Graaff Reinet Div.; sides of the Oude Berg, 3750 ft., Bolus, 
a Murraysburg Div.; stony places near Murraysburg, 4000 ft., Tyson, 
20. D.? Cooperi (Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii, 808); bulb globose ; 
leaves 2, contemporary with the flowers, linear, glabrous, 6-8 in, long, 
z- in. broad; peduncle 1-12 ft. long; raceme lax, cylindrical, 
2—1 ft. long, under an inch in diameter; pedicels cernuous at the 
apex, 4-i in. long; bracts small, ovate, concave or obscurely spurred ; 
_ perianth campanulate, greenish-yellow, } in. long ; tube short, green ; 
segments oblong; stamens shorter than the segments; filaments 
linear ; style as long as the ovary. Ornithogalum? Cooperi, Baker 
in Journ, Linn. Soe, xiii. 284. 
Sourn ArFRicA: without locality, Bowker! Mrs. Barber! and a cultivated 
specimen introduced by Cooper ! 
21. D.? chlorantha (Baker) ; bulb not seen ; leaves 3-4, contem- 
porary with the flowers, lanceolate, 14-2 ft. long, an inch broad, 
narrowed to the acute tip and long sheath, glabrous; peduncle 23 ft. 
long ; raceme long, very lax; pedicels erecto-patent, lower 4 in. long ; 
bracts long, linear from an ovate base, caducous ; perianth green, } in. 
long ; tube short; segments oblong, nearly flat; stamens nearly as 
long as the perianth ; anthers large. 
Katanari Reon: Transvaal; hill-side among rocks, in damp, shady 
places, near Sheba Battery, Avoca, 2000 ft., Galpin, 1191! 
22. D.? Bolusii (Baker) ; bulb exactly like that of D. hawor- 
thioides ; leaves 5—6, produced after the flowers, lorate, obtuse, thin, 
fleshy ; peduncle slender, a foot long; raceme very lax, slender, 3 ft. 
long, under an inch in diameter ; pedicels erecto-patent, ¢-3 in. long ; 
bracts minute, lanceolate-deltoid, spurred above the base; perianth 
campanulate, 2 in. long; tube short: segments oblanceolate-spathulate, 
whitish, with a broad green keel; stamens shorter than the segments. 
Ornithogalum ? haworthioides, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 322. 
Crentran ReGion: Graaff Reinet Div.; Cave Mountains, 2900 ft., Bolus, 
814! Not in Kew Herbarium. 
