Litanthus.] LILIACEZ (Baker). 445 
1. L. pusillus (Harv. in Hook. Journ. 1844, 315, t. 9); bulb 
white, globose, }-3 in. diam. ; leaves usually 2, produced after the 
flowers, setaceous, finally 4-6 in. long; pedunele filiform, 1-8 in. 
long, 1-2-flowered, with a pair of small connate spurred bracteoles 
at the fork or just below the cernuous flower; perianth } in. long, 
white with a tinge of pink; segments keeled with green; capsule 
erect, iin. long. Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5995; Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xi. 419. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Drége, 8514 ! 
Coast Region: Uitenhage Div.; hills near the Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 
ari ! 4253. Ecklon and Zeyher, 11! British Kaffraria, Bowker and Mrs. Barber, 
Eastern Region : Swaziland ; rocky ridge above Komassan River, Havelock 
Concession, 3600 ft., Saltmarshe in Herb. Galpin, 1042! — 
XXXI. DIPCADI, Medic. 
Perianth gamophyllous, marcescent, deciduous ;. tube oblong- 
cylindrical; segments dimorphic; outer reflexing, convolute, often 
longer than the inner ; inner connivent, many-nerved on the back, 
spreading only at the tip. Stamens 6, uniseriate, inserted at or 
below the throat of the tube; filaments short, filiform; anthers 
linear, dorsifixed, dehiscing introrsely. Ovary sessile or substipitate, 
ovoid, trilocular; ovules several in a cell, superposed ; style cylin- 
drical ; stigma capitate. Capsule subquadrate, membranous, locu- 
licidally 3-valved. Seeds discoid; testa black; albumen firm in 
texture ; embryo cylindrical. : : 
Rootstock a tunicated bulb ; leaves basal, usually linear or subterete ; peduncle 
' naked ; flowers usually green, arranged in a lax raceme; pedicels articulated at 
the apex; bracts membranous. 
Distris. Also Tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Mediterranean region, and 
India, Species about 30. 
Subgenus Tricnagis. Inner and outer segments of the perianth about equal 
in length. 
Leaves glabrous : 
Leaves two or three, linear... ue re 
Leaves numerous, filiform : 
Leaves straight : : 
Perianth } in, long ... ag ... (2) gracillimum. 
Perianth 3-2 in. long : 
petit, So. - oe = ... (8) polyphyllum, 
ly pi e 
ae ie (4) Marlothii. 
and keel eee . eee ore } 
Leaves spirally twisted ...  «.- sou nent: (SB). spitele. 
Leaves densely bristly on the back : 
Leaves straight : : 
Bracts shorter than the lower pedicels... ... (6) setosum, 
Bracts longer than the lower pedicels... «-- (7 Eeadei. 
Leaves usually spirally twisted...  ... . - © ++ (8) ciliare. 
(1) hyacinthoides. 
