Urginea.] LIL1acez (Baker). 469 
21. U. kniphofioides (Baker); bulb ovoid, 3 in. diam., with many 
thick tunics; leaves withered at the flowering time, ensiform, firm, 
glabrous, 2~3 ft. long; peduncle stout, 3-4 ft. long ; raceme dense, 
cylindrical, nearly a foot long, # in, diam. ; pedicels very short; 
bracts lanceolate, ¢ in. long, the lower with a large subulate basal 
spur; perianth campanulate, greenish-white, 3 in. long; stamens 
nearly as long as the perianth-segments ; anthers oblong, small. 
Eastern Rxeion: Swaziland; Havelock Concession, 3200-5000 ft., Salt. 
marshe in Herb. Galpin, 1055! 
22. U, Forsteri (Baker); bulb like that of U. maritima, but 
larger ; leaves hysteranthous, lanceolate ; pedunele very stout, stifly 
erect, 2-3 ft. long; raceme subspicate, dense, cylindrical, sometimes 
1-15 ft. long, 1-14 in. diam.; pedicels erecto-patent,. very short ; 
bracts lanceolate, } in. long, with a small spur about the middle ; 
perianth 4 in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, white, with — 
a brown keel ; stamens nearly as long as perianth ; filaments rather 
flattened; anthers small, oblong; ovary globose; style slightly 
declinate, } in. long. ; 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Furster! Wallich! : 
Coast REGION: Malmesbury Div. ; near Hopefield, Bachmann, 1708! Worcester 
Div., Cooper, 3275! 
23. U. lilacina (Baker); bulb ovoid, 13 in. diam.; leaves 
hysteranthous, terete; peduncle reaching a length of 4 feet, stout 
towards the base, tapering upwards; raceme moderately dense, — 
cylindrical, 6~8 in, long, an inch in diameter; pedicels ascending, 
¢-4 in. long ; bracts small, oblanceolate, membranous, early deciduous, 
not spurred ; flowers fragrant, lilac, turning to pinkish when dried ; 
perianth campanulate, nearly } in, long; segments oblanceolate- 
oblong, faintly keeled with dull green ; stamens much shorter than 
the perianth ; filaments rather flattened ; anthers oblong, very small; 
ovary ovoid ; style short. 
Eastern Reaion: Natal; Inanda, in boggy ground, Wood, 198! 642! 
24. U. Burkei (Baker); bulb and hysteranthous leaves not seen ; 
peduncle under a ca ae raceme lax, eylindrical, 3 ft. long, 1 in, 
diam. ; pedicels ascending, lower } in. long ; bracts lanceolate, email, 
membranous, deciduous, spurred at the base; perianth ¢ in. long 
segments: lanceolate-oblong, white, with a distinct brown k ; 
stamens rather shorter than the perianth; anthers small, oblong ; 
style 2 in. long; capsule ovoid, obtusely trigonous, 3 in. long. 
Katanart ReGion: Transvaal; Magalies Berg, Burke! near the Vaal River, 
Nelson ! . » 
Eastern Reeion: Delagoa Bay; between Lorengo Marquez and Puzeen’s, 
100 tt., Bolus, 7628 ! 
iti i i iii. 221); bulb 
25. U. maritima ker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 221); 
large, globose ; er hysteranthous, lanceolate, 1-1} - long, 
2-3 in. broad ; peduncle 2-3 ft. long ; raceme cylindrical, moderately 
dense, reaching 14-2 ft, in length, 1-19 in. diam. ; pedicels ascending. 
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