448 LiniacezZ (Baker). [Dipeadt. 
towards the base; peduncle slender, fragile, 4-8 in. long; flowers 
4-8 ine lax secund raceme; lower pedicels {-j in. long; bracts 
lanceolate-deltoid, cuspidate, }-1 in. long; perianth green, 3-1 in. 
long; outer segments linear-subterete, about as long as the tube; 
inner lanceolate, nearly as long as the outer; stamens inserted below 
the throat of the tube; filaments and linear anthers each 3 in. long ; 
capsule 1 in. diam.; seeds about 12 in a cell. Uropetalum ciliare, 
Ecklon and Zeyher ex Harv. Thes. Cap. ii. 45, t. 170. 
Coast Region: Lion Mouitain, near Cape Town, 250 ft., Bolus, 519! 
Uitenhage Div.; Ecklon and Zeyher, 48! 
Cenrea, ReGion: near Somerset East, 2000-3000 ft., MacOwan, 1666b! 
Bowker! Cradock Div., Cooper, 493! 
Karanant Region: Transvaal; Apies River, Burke ! 
Eastzzn Region: Tembuland ; Cenduli, near Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 805 ! 
9. D. rigidifolium (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 399) ; butb 
ovoid, } in. diam. ; leaves 2-3, linear, erect, glabrous, firm in texture, 
persistent, 6-8 in. long, 3-4 in. broad low down; ribs close, distinct ; 
margin thickened ; peduncle less than twice as loug as the leaves; 
raceme laxly 5—6-flowered ; lower pedicels 1-1 in. long; bracts 
lanceolate, acuminate, —-} in. long; perianth green, § in. long ; outer 
segments linear-convolute, as long as the tube; inner lingulate, 
connivent, ;, in. shorter than the outer; stamens inserted at the 
throat of the tube. 
KaLanari Rzecion: Transvaal; Apies River, Burke ! 
10. D. volutum (Baker) ; bulb ovoid-conical, 1 in. diam.; leaves 
3, linear, 3-6 in. long, moderately firm in texture, pilose, spirally 
twisted in the upper half; peduncle 6-8 in. long; flowers 8-12 ina 
lax raceme 3-4 in. long; pedicels arcuate, }—} in. long; bracts ovate- 
cuspidate, lower 3 in. long; perianth greenish, 3 in. long; outer 
segments { in. long, longer than the inner, linear, reflexing. 
Western Recion: Little Namaqualand, Scully, 214! 
11. D. umbonatum (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xi. 400); bulb 
globose, $ in. diam. ; leaves 2-3, fleshy, erect, flaccid, linear, glabrous, 
3-1 ft. long, 3-3 in. broad low down; peduncle slender, 1-1} ft, 
long ; raceme very lax, 6-12-flowered ; lower pedicels ~~} in. long ; 
bracts small, lower ovate-lanceolate, 4 in. long; perianth green, 
3-i in. long; outer segments linear-convolute, as long as the cylin- 
drical tube, {4 in. longer than the short, oblong, connivent, green- 
white inner ones ; stamens inserted at the throat of the tube; fila- 
ments very short; capsule subquadrate, obscurely stipitate ; seeds 
a inacell. Uropetalum wmbonatum, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. 
Katawari Recion: Transvaal ; lower hill slopes, 2900 ft., Barberton, Galpin 
763! hills near Pretoria, Elliot, 1285! 1689! 
Eastern ReGion: Natal; at the foot of Table Mountain, 1000-1500 ft., 
were? 4371 Clairmont, Wood, 1763! and without precise locality, Sanderson, 
