458. LiLiacez (Baker). [ Albuca. 
reddish-brown ; stamens all fertile; style 4 in. long, nearly twice as 
long as the ovary. 
EastEen Rea@ion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 750! 
18. A. fastigiata (Dryand. in Vet. Acad. Nya Handl. Stockh. 1784, i 
296) ; bulb globose, 2-3 in. diam. ; tunics not splitting into fibres at the 
top ; leaves 5-6, linear, glabrous, comparatively firm in texture, 13-2 ft. 
long, 3-3 in. broad low down, acuminate ; peduncle much shorter 
than the leaves; raceme few-flowered, corymbose ; pedicels ascending 
or spreading, lower 4—5 in. long ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
8_] in, long; flowers inodorous, permanently erect ; perianth }—1 in. 
long, white, broadly banded with green, fading to reddish-brown; 
stamens all fertile; style prismatic, as long as the ovary ; stamens 
conic, subentire. Thunb. Prodr. 65; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 331; 
Willd. Sp. Plant, ii. 101; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 450 ; Red. Lil. t. 474; 
Bot. Reg. t. 277; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 498; Kunth, 
Enum, iv. 375; Baker in Ref. Bot. t. 44; Journ. Linn. Soc. xu. 
287. Falconera fastigiata, Salish. Gen. 36. 
Var. 8, floribunda (Baker); raceme longer, less corymbose, with more 
numerous flowers ; lower pedicels not so long. 
Sourn Argica: without locality, cultivated specimens collected by Cooper! 
and from the Goodenough Herbarium ! 
CzntRaL Region: Var. 8, Somerset Div.; sides of the Bosch Berg, 3000 ft., 
MacOwan, 1832! 
19, A.-caudata (Jacq. Collect. iv. 203; Ic. ii. 20, t. 442); bulb 
globose, 2-3 in. diam.; tunics not splitting into fibres at the top; 
leaves 5-6, linear, glabrous, acuminate, comparatively firm in texture, 
1-1} ft. long, } in. broad low down; peduncle moderately robust, 
1-13 ft. long ; raceme lax, corymbose, 6-9 in. long ; pedicels ascend- 
ing, lower 3—4 in. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 1-1} in. long 5 
flowers inodorous, permanently erect ; perianth 3-1 in. long, white, 
broadly banded with green ; stamens all fertile ; style prismatic, }-} in. 
long ; stigmatose apex conical, entire. Willd. Sp. Plant. ti. 102; 
Roem, et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 497; Kunth, Enum. iv. 375; 
Baker in Ref. Bot. t. 45; Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 288. 
Coast Reeion: Albany Div. ; near Grahamstown, Burke ! 
Centrat Region: Somerset Div., at the foot of Bruintjes Hoogte Mountain, — A 
3500 ft, MacOwan, 1962 ! 3 
20. A. pachychlamys (Baker); bulb large, with many thick — 
tunics, crowned with wiry fibres; leaves few, short, narrow linear, — 
yz In. broad, glabrous, channelled down the face ; peduncle 3-6 in. _ 
long; raceme 6-8 in. long; lower pedicels 11-2 in. long; bracts — 
ovate or lanceolate; perianth § in. long; segments white, with 
broad brown keel ; stamens all antheriferous ; style prismatic. 
__ Katanan1 Reoion: Transvaal; mountain sides, Highland Creek, neat 
Barberton, 4500 ft., Galpin, 680! ; 
EastEgN ReGion : Swaziland; Havelock Concession, on hills 3500-4000 ft. 
Saltmarshe in Herb. Galpin, 991! 
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