450 Lit1acez (Baker). [Dipead. 
OxznrRat Rroion: Hopetown Div.; near the Orange River between Puff- 
adder Halt and Bare Station, Burchell, 2682! and by the Orange River near 
Vissers Drift, Burchell, Bulb 34! 
15. D. bakerianum (Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 394) ; 
bulb globose, 1 in. diam, ; leaves 4-6, lanceolate, acute, thin, glabrous, 
6-9 in. long, about an inch broad low down; peduncle 2-3 in. long; 
raceme very lax, 4-6 in. long; pedicels very short, ascending, 
lower 3—1 in. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, much longer 
than the pedicels; perianth green, ? in. long; outer segments 
ligulate- onvolute, as long as the tube; inner oblong, connivent, 
si in. shorter; stamens inserted at the throat of the tube; 
filaments a little shorter than the anthers; capsule sessile, $— in. 
long and broad; seeds 15-20 in a cell. 
CenTRAL Reeion: Murraysburg Div.; Karoo-like plains near Murraysburg, 
3500 ft., Bolus, 2059! 
16. D. glaucum (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xi. 401); bulb 
large, globose ; leaves 5-6, thin, glabrous, lorate-lanceolate, glaucous, 
a foot long, 23-3 in. broad; pedunele stout, terete, 2 ft. long; 
raceme lax, 15-18 in. long, 4 in. broad when expanded, 30-40- 
flowered ; pedicels patent, 13-2 in. long; bracts small, lanceolate, 
membranous ; perianth bright green, 11 in. long; tube cylindrical, 
; in. long; outer segments linear, longer than the tube; inner con- 
nivent, oblong-lanceolate, shorter than the tube ; stamens inserted 
near the throat of the tube ; filaments about as long as the anthers; 
capsule obscurely stipitate, $ in. long and broad; seeds 15-20 in a 
cell, Uropetalum glauewm, Burch. in Bot. Reg. t. 156 ; Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 619; Kunth, Enum. iv. 379. 
Katanart Recion : Griqualand West ; between the Asbestos Mountains and 
Witte Water, Burchell, 2066! za 
XXXII. GALTONIA, Dene. 
Perianth gamophyllous, marcescent; tube oblong or clavate; 
outer segments oblong; inner obovate. Stamens 6, inserted below 
the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform; anthers linear- 
oblong, dorsifixed, versatile, dehiscing introrsely. Ovary sessile, 
oblong-trigonous; ovules many, superposed ; style cylindrical ; stigma 
capitate. Capsule oblong, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. 
Seeds very numerous, angled by pressure ; testa black, membranous; 
albumen fleshy ; embryo cylindrical, as long as the albumen. 
Rootstock’a tunicated bulb ; leaves large, lanceolate, fleshy; peduncle naked; 
raceme lax ; pedicels articulated at th “gg : b 5 flowers 
large, white, or tinged with green, e apex ; bracts large, membranous 
Distris. Endemic. 
Perianth-tube oblong : 
Stamens inserted high up in the tube _.., pee .» (1) candicans. 
_Stamens inserted low down in the tube... jae ae & princeps. 
Potuth-tube Gavste 44° 5 es (8) clavate. 
