446 LILIACEE (Baker). — [ Dipeadi. 
Subgenus UropeTaLum. Outer falcate segments distinctly longer than the 
connivent inner ones. 
Leaves linear, }—} in. broad : 
Leaves not crisped : 
Outer perianth-segments }-} in. long: 
Leaves rigid in texture oe ve .. (9) rigidifolium, 
Leaves moderately firm, spirally twisted ... (10) volutum. 
Leaves fleshy, flaccid <a PB ... (11) umbonatum. 
Outer perianth-segments $-1 in. long .:. ... (12) viride. 
Outer perianth-segments 1-1} in. long... ... (13) elatum. 
Leaves crisped ... se Ss (14) crispum. 
Leaves lanceolate or lorate : 
Pedicels short, ascending ee = a ... (15) bakerianum. 
Pedicels long, spreading a ae (16) glaucum, 
1. D. hyacinthoides (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 398); bulb 
ovoid, 3-2 in. diam; leaves 2-3, linear-subulate, glabrous, 5-1 ft. 
long; peduncle slender, terete, 3-1 ft. long ; raceme lax, subsecund, 
4-10-flowered; lower pedicels 31-3 in. long; bracts lanceolate- 
deltoid, acuminate, }-3 in. long; perianth green, }—{ in. long; outer 
segments ligulate-convolute, falcate from the base, about as long as 
the oblong-cylindrical tube; inner lanceolate, nearly as long as the 
outer; stamens inserted beluw the throat of the tube; filaments 
flattened ; anthers linear, } in. long, not reaching to the tip of the 
inner segments. Uropetalum hyacinthoides, Spreng. Syst. iv. Cur. 
Post. 135 ; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 618; Kunth, Enum. iv. 
878. Polemanniahyacinthiflora, Berg. in Linnea, i.250, Hyacinthus 
brevifolius, Thunb. Prodr. 63; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 325. Scilla 
brevifolia, Roem, et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 574. Peribaa (?) brevi- 
folia, Kunth, Enum. iv. 294. 
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ast RgGion: i ! iv.; Li 
Brak River, Burchell, oe aoe ‘aati Cooper, 8291! Mossel Bay Div.; Little 
peamaae Reaions ae ca Hantam, and Rogge Veld, Thunberg ! 
pe cosaree m, 4500 fe, Galpin ar 3 grassy slopes of the Saddleback Range, near 
Eastern Reoion: Griqualand East ; meadows around Clydesdale, 2500 ft., 
Tyson, 2124! 3609! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 283! 
2. D. gracillimum (Baker) ; bulb ovoid, } in. diam.; leaves 5-6, 
very slender, filiform, glabrous, much shorter than the peduncle; 
peduncle very slender, 4-6 in. long; raceme 2-5-flowered, lax, 
secund ; lower pedicels 4-1 in. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, @ 
little longer than the pedicels; perianth green, } in. long; outer 
segments as long as the tube, faleate from the base ; inner oblong, 
connivent, nearly as long as the outer; stamens inserted at the 
throat of the tube, not reaching nearly to the tip of the segments. 
Centrat Recion: Colesberg, Shaw ! 
3. D. polyphyllum (Baker); bulb globose, 3-1 in. diam; leaves 
numerous, filiform, flaccid, glabrous, 6-15 in. long; peduncle slender, 
fragile, 15-2 ft. long ; flowers 8-9 in a very lax subsecund raceme; 
lower pedicels }~-4 in. long ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, deciduous, 
as long as the lower pedicels; perianth bright green, 3-3 in. long; 
