Dipcadi.] _ uruacez (Baker). 447 
outer segments linear-subterete, as long as the oblong-cylindrical 
tube; inner lanceolate, nearly as long as the outer; stamens inserted 
at the throat of the tube, not reaching nearly to the tip of the 
segments, 
Sovurns Arrica: without locality, cultivated specimen ! 
Easteen Reeion: Natal; Groenberg, Wood, 1166! 
4. D. Marlothii (Engl. Jahrb. x. 3); bulb ovoid; leaves linear- 
complicate, 8-10 in. long, shortly pilose on the edge and keel; 
peduncle twice as long as the leaves; raceme 4 in. long, 6-7- 
flowered ; bracts scariose, ovate-lanceolate, 4 in. long; pedicels 
Spreading, as long as the bracts; perianth green, 3 in. long; segments 
ig ape cohering in the lower third ; capsule sessile, oblong, } in. 
am. 
Katana Region: Bechuanaland, 4000 ft., Marloth, 1041. Not in Kew 
Herbarium. 
Very near D. polyphyllum. 
5. D. spirale (Baker in Eng. Jahrb. xv. Heft 3, 7); bulb ovoid, 
3-i in. diam.; leaves 3-4, firm, subulate, glabrous, 2-3 in, long, 
spirally twisted in the upper half; peduncle glabrous, 13-2 in. long ; 
raceme lax, an inch long; pedicels erecto-patent, 3—¢ in. long ; bracts 
ovate-lanceolate, as long as the pedicels; perianth greenish, 3 in. 
long; tube cylindrical, much longer than the lobes ; outer lobes 
linear-oblong, spreading, but little longer than the inner; capsule 
globose, deeply 3-lobed. 
CenTrat Reaion: Calvinia Div. ; Hantam Mountains, Meyer! Not in Kew 
Herbarium, , 
_8. D. setosum (Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xi. 398); bulb }-{ in. 
diam.; leaves 4-5, linear, firm in texture, }-} in. broad, clothed 
mainly on the back with yellowish sete ; peduncle 4-6 in. long; 
raceme laxly 5-8-flowered; lower pedicels j-§ in. long; bracts 
deltoid, acuminate, 1-1 in. long; perianth greenish-yellow, $-} in. 
long ; outer segments linear-convolute, as long as the tube ; inner as 
long as the outer; anthers subsessile at the throat of the perianth- 
tube, : 
Western Region: Little Namaqualand; Modderfontein, Whitehead! Not 
in Kew Herbarium. 
7. D. Readii (Baker) ; allied to D. setosum; habit more slender ; 
leaves linear, 3-4 in. long, ; in. broad, setose on the back; raceme 
lax; lower pedicels 3-2 in. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 
longer than the pedicels; perianth j-% in. long; outer segments 
subulate, falcate. D. setosum var. Readii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xi. 398. 
‘Eastern Region: Natal; Fuller’s Farm, Reade, 94! Not in Kew Herbarium. 
8. D. ciliare (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 398) ; bulb ovoid, 
3-{ in. diam. i onied 4-8, linear, usually conspicuously ae 
spirally, 3-4 in. long, ciliated on the back and edge, especially 
