460 LiLtacEz (Baker). [ Albuca. 
25. A. fragrans (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 44, t. 84); bulb 
globose, proliferous, 2 in. diam. ; tunic not splitting into fibres at 
the top; leaves 6-8, linear, flaccid, glabrous, 1}~-2 ft. long, 3—-{ in. 
broad low down; peduncle moderately stout, 1-1} ft. long; 
raceme lax, finally a foot long; pedicels short, eernuous at the tip; 
bracts lanceolate, 3-1 in. long; flowers very fragrant; perianth 
£ in. long, yellow, banded with green; stamens all fertile; style 
prismatic, as long as the ovary. Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 103; Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 501; Kunth, HKnum. iv. 876; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soe. xiii, 289. 
Soutn AFrica: without locality, 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure. 
26. A. aurea (Jacq. Coll. iv. 202; Ic. ii. 20, t. 441); bulb 
globose, 13-2 in. diam.; tunics not splitting into fibres at the top; 
leaves 6-9, linear, flaccid, glabrous, 14-2 ft. long, 3-1 in. broad low 
down, nearly flat; peduncle moderately stout, 1-1} ft. long; 
raceme very lax, sometimes a foot long; pedicels ascending, per- 
manently erect, lower 4-5 in. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 
1-1} in. long; flowers inodorous; perianth an inch long, yellow, 
banded with green, which turns to reddish-brown ; stamens all 
fertile ; style prismatic, as long as the ovary. Willd. Sp. Plant. 
ii. 102 ; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 499; Kunth, Enum. ie. 
376 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 288, 
CenTraL Reeion: collected between Plettenbergs Beacon and Graaf Reinet, 
Burchell, Bulb 45! and Bulb 201! 
27. A. tortuosa (Baker); bulb globose, proliferous, 13-2 in. 
diam. ; leaves 8-11, linear, glabrous, flaccid, conspicuously spirally 
twisted, a foot or more long, } in. broad low down; peduncle 
moderately stout, about a foot long; raceme moderately dense, 
3 ft, long; pedicels ascending, permanently erect, lower 1-1} in. 
long ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, nearly as long as the pedicels ; perianth 
i-4 in. long, yellow, broadly striped with green ; stamens all fertile ; 
style prismatic, as long as the ovary. 
CENTRAL REGION: i iv.; i 3 i 
Noorsdoomn Plaats, 1500 fh, Bolus, co! Ress Some boas vets 
28. A. setosa (Jacq. Collect. Suppl. 100; Ic. ii. 20, t. 440); bulb 
globose, 2-3 in. diam.; tunics splitting-at the top into copious 
persistent fibres ; , leaves 6-9, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, 
1-14 ft. long, $-1 in. broad low down; peduncle moderately stout, 
1-1} ft. long; raceme lax, corymbose, 4-6 in. long; pedicels per- 
manently erect, lower 3-4 in. long ; bracts small, ovate-lanceolate 5 _ 
flowers faintly scented ; perianth 3-1 in. long, yellow, banded with 
green ; stamens all fertile; style prismatic, as long as the ovary. 
Willd, Sp. Plant. ii. 102; Bot. Mag. t. 1481; Roem. et Schultes, 
Syst. Veg. vii. 498 ; Kunth, Enum: iv. 375; Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xiii, 288. Branciona setosa, Salish. Gen. 36. 
CenTRAL Reaton: Somerset Diy. ft 
MacQwan, 18331 } among shrubs near Somerset East, 2300 ft» — 
