452 LILIACEZ (Baker). [ Albuca. 
and imperfect or entirely absent; filaments often winged and 
dilated at the base; anthers oblong, versatile, dehiscing in- © 
trorsely. Ovary sessile, oblong; ovules many, superposed; style 
usually obconico-prismatic, rarely cylindrical; stigma 3-lobed. 
Capsule ovoid-triquetrous, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. a 
Seeds compressed, sometimes almost winged; testa black, mem- q 
branous ; albumen fleshy. : 
Rootstock a tunicated bulb; leaves all radical, flat, tapering to a long point or 
terete ; inflorescence a simple raceme; bracts acuminate, persistent, not. spurred ; 
flowers large, yellow or white, broadly keeled with green or reddish-brown, rarely i 
entirély green. a 
Has. Also Tropical Africa and Arabia. 
Subgenus Huartsuca. Style prismatic, narrowed to the base ; three outer q 
stamens without anthers, or with the anthers rudimentary or barren. g 
Flowers white, banded with green : 7 
Tall, glabrous ie aie ce Gee, te ae - (1) i 
Dwarf, glandular-pubescent ‘ ahs .» (2) glandulosa. ye 
Flowers pale yellow, banded with green : ; 
Leaves linear : q 
Tunics of the bulb not splitting into fibres 
“ Ped oa 2-3 ft. lo 
Peduncle sos Ue aa jor. 
Peduncle about a fost long : “S 
Bracts 1-1} in. long... .. (4) flaccida. 
Bracts3-$in.long ... ... ..,. (5) minor. 
Tunics of the bulb splitting into long fibres 
at the tip eee eee eee one 6 Coo i, 
Leaves subterete : He os 
Perianth } in. long: 
Leaves glabrous ... =... 2. 2S = (7) Massoni. 
Leaves pubescent : 
‘ Leaves 7-8... 0. se ass (8) trichopbylla. 
Leaves 4 eee wee eee eee (9) minima, 
Perianth $ in. long: 
Tunics of the bulb not splitting into fibres : 
Mature leaves glabrous et ..» (10) juncifolia. 
Mature leaves pubescent (11) namaquensis. 
Tunics of the bulb splitting into fibres: 
Pedicels short, cernuous .,, ,,, (12) fibrosa, 
Pedicels long, erect : 
Lower rer at ‘¢ long ... (18) exuviata. 
: in, lon ... (14) corymbosa. 
Flowers almost entirely green ... 1... 2 {as} viridiflora. 
Subgenus Fanconera. Style prismati ; ens 
«ik Seasicecuaiiians: ye pi lc, narrowed to the base ; oe 
Flowers white, banded with green : 
hart soaeaer y or lorate : 
erianth 14 in, 1 wk i. 
Perlanth at inch Jong ay ae eo} erinifolia 
Leaves linear, acuminate ; 
par re permanently erect : 
ves +4 in. ‘ d see pee oe 18 fas 
Leaves$-}in. brood =, l,l, (39) caudata. 
Leaves ¥;-} in, broad , eee oe . pach: blam' Ss. 
Pedicels cernuous at the tip... # 8 : a3 eat. ‘ 
