454 LILIAcER (Baker). [ Albuea. 
3, A. major (Linn. Sp. Plant, edit. 2, 438); bulb globose, 13-2 in, 
diam., copiously soboliferous; tunics membranous; leaves 6-10, 
linear, glabrous, 1-14 ft. long, $-1 in. broad near the base, tapering 
gradually to a long point; peduncle 2-3 ft. long, moderately stout ; 
raceme very lax, 3-1 ft. long; pedicels ascending, cernuous at the tip 
in the flowering stage, lower 2-3 in. long ; bracts lanceolate-acumi- 
nate, 1-11 in. long ;. flowers inodorous ; perianth 3-1 in. long, pale 
yellow, broadly banded with green; outer stamens sterile 5 style 
prismatic, 3 in. long; apex conic, subentire. Dryand. in Vet. Acad. 
Nya Handl. Stockh. 1784, 293; Jacg. Collect. Suppl. 96; Ic. ii. 21, 
t. 443; Thunb. Prodr. 65; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 330; Willd. Sp. 
Plant. ii. 99; Red. Lal. t. 69; Bot. Mag. t.804; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 
t.1191; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 495, 1696 ; Kunth, Enum. 
iv, 374; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 286. A. lutea, Lam. 
Encyc. i. 76. Ornithogalum canadense, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. i. 308 
(Moris. Hist. Univ. Sect. iv. t. 24, fig. 7). 
Sours ArEica: without locality, Zeyher, 4190 ! and cultivated specimens! 
Coast Region: Cape Div. ; Kalk Bay, Pappe! at the foot of Table Moun- 
tain, MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Afr., 1561! 
4. A. flaccida (Jacq. Collect. iv. 201; Ic. ii. 21, t. 444); bulb 
small, ovoid ; tunics membranous, not splitting into fibres at the tip; 
leaves about 4, linear, glabrous, erect, flaccid, 1-14 ft. long, }—-} in. 
broad low down ; peduncle slender, 1-14 ft. long; raceme lax, many- 
flowered, 3 ft. long; pedicels spreading, cernuous at the tip; lower 
13-2 in. long; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, 1-14 in. long; flowers 
inodorous ; perianth $~] in. Jong, pale yellow, broadly banded with © 
green ; outer stamens sterile ; style prismatic, longer than the ovary ; 
stigma entire. Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 99; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. 
Veg. vii. 496; Kunth, Enum. iv. 374; Baker in Journ, Linn. 
Soc. xiii. 287, ex parte, non Ref. Bot. t. 334. 
Sovurn Arrica: without locality. 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure and description. 
5. A. minor (Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2, 438) ; bulb ovoid, 1 in. 
diam.; tunics membranous; leaves 5-6, linear, glabrous, about a foot 
long, 3 in. broad low down, tapering gradually into a long subterete 
point; peduncle slender, 1-14 ft. long; raceme very lax, 6-12- 
flowered ; pedicels ascending, cernuous at the tip in the flowering 
stage, lower sometimes 2-3 in. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, {- in. long; flowers inodorous; perianth # in. long, 
pale yellow, broadly banded with green; outer stamens sterile ; style 
prismatic, as long as the ovary, not tricuspidate at the apex. Dryand. 
in Vet. Acad. Nya Handl. Stockh. 1784, 294; Thunb. Prodr, 65; 
Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 330; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 100; Gawl. in 
Bot, Mag. t. 720; Red. Lil. t. 21; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 
495; Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 239; Journ. Linn. Soe. xiii. 
287. A. lutea B, Lam. Encyc. i. 76. A. coarctata, Dryand. in 
Vet. Acad. Nya Handl. Stockh. 1784, 295 ; Kunth, Enum. iv. 375. 
