Urginea.]} .  LiLtacez (Baker). 467 
large, globose ; leaf single, terete, 1} ft. long, 3 in. diam. ; peduncle 
stout, terete, rather glaucous, 23-3 ft. long; raceme dense, 
5-6 in. long; pedicels ascending, the lower 2 in. long ; lower bracts 
with a convolute spur 2-1 in, long; perianth % in. long; segments 
white with a brown keel, oblanceolate-oblong ; stamens shorter than 
the perianth; anthers brown, oblong ; style short. 
Eastern Reaion: Transkei, Mrs. Barber, 895! 
13. U. Dregei (Baker) ; bulb not seen ; leaf single, linear, glabrous, 
shorter than the peduncle; peduncle slender, fragile, 1-13 ft. long; 
flowers 12-20 in a dense oblong raceme about an inch long ; pedicels 
erecto-patent, lower }—1 in. long; bracts ovate, minute, lower with 
a cylindrical spur as long as the blade; perianth 2 in. long; segments 
linear-oblong, white, witha red-brown keel; stamens one-third 
shorter than the perianth; anthers small, oblong.  Hyacinthus 
convallarioides, E. Meyer in Drége Docum. 82, name only. 
: a her, 4251! Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, 
3000-4000 ft, Dees P50 Caledon Div.; mountain sides near Gevadendul, 
3600 tt., Bolus, 7428! 
14. U. riparia (Baker); bulb narrow, ampulleform, 2 in. long ; 
leaves 2, subterete, glabrous, contemporary with the flowers, shorter 
than the peduncle ; peduncle slender, stiffly erect, above a foot long ; 
raceme cylindrical, very lax in the lower half, } ft. long, }-$ in. 
diam.; pedicels slender, ascending, as long as or longer than the 
flowers ; bracts small, ovate, membranous, lower with a small ovate 
obtuse basal spur; perianth campanulate, 3 in, long; segments 
oblong, obtuse, with a conspicuous 1-nerved reddish brown keel i 
stamens nearly as long as the perianth; filaments linear, white ; 
— oblong, 3; in. long; style very short; capsule globose, } in. 
ong. 
Eastern Reaion: Natal, Umzinyati Falls, Wood, 1052! 
15. U. delagoensis (Baker); bulb oblong-cylindrical, ¢ in, aan 
leaves 5-6, synanthous, linear, glabrous, } I. aes si , 
moderately stout, stiffly erect, a foot long ; raceme lax, cylindri Ms 
foot long; pedicels erecto-patent, 3-3 in. long; bracts are wg sg 
deciduous, the lower not seen ; perianth oblong, are ite, dom 
long; segments oblong; capsule oblong-clavate, § in. long; 
flat, oblong, 4 in. long. 
Pikes Reaion: between Delagoa Bay and Lobombo Mountains, Bolus, — 
i in, diam. ; tunics brown 
16. U. rubella (Baker) ; bulb ovoid, 1 in, diam. ; own, 
membranous ; are synanthous, very slender, reese 8 come 
fragile, 4-6 to a bulb, 3-6 in. long; peduncles a ae sd 
in. long, 1-4 to a bulb; raceme lax, eylindrical, 3-6 in, — rt 
small, ovate, membranous, the lower with ae : a ‘? di 
pedicels erecto-patent, articulated at the apex, t . “gat bevy 
long; perianth 4 in, long; segments linear-oblong, brig 
