470 LILIACEZ (Baker). [Urginea. 
lower 3-2 in. long; bracts lanceolate, j-} in. long, protruding 
beyond the buds, obscurely spurred below the middle ; perianth 
campanulate, }-} in. long; segments oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 
white, with a brown keel; stamens rather shorter than the perianth ; 
filaments rather flattened ; anthers small, oblong ; ovary ovoid; style 
short, declinate. U. Scilla, Steinh. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser, 2, i. 330. 
Scilla maritima, Linn, Sp. Plant. 398; Red. Lil. ii. ¢. 116. Ornitho- 
galum Squilla, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 918. 
Coast Reaion: Cape Div.; Tyger Berg, under 1010 ft., Drége, 3527! 
I cannot distinguish this from the well-known officinal Squill of the Medi- 
terranean region. 
26. U. physodes (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 217); bulb 
large, globose, solid, purplish on the outside; leaves 6-9, produced 
long after the flowers, lanceolate, glabrous, 6-9 in. long, 1-1} in. 
broad ; peduncle terete, purplish, 4 ft. long; raceme moderately 
dense, many-flowered, 3-5 in. long, 2 in. diam.; pedicels subpatent, 
3-2 in. long; bracts small, ovate, concave, not distinctly spurred; . 
penanth whitish, } in. long; segments oblong, keeled with purple; 
filaments papillose, shorter than the perianth ; capsule ovoid, 3-3 in. 
long ; seeds about 2 inacell, Anthericum physodes, Jacq. Collect. 
Suppl. 94; Ic..ii. 18, t=. 418; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 147; Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 473. Albuca physodes, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 
t. 1046. Ccsia physodes, Spreng. Syst. ii. 88. 
Sourn AFRICA: without locality. 
Known to me only from the figures cited. ; 
27. U. altissima (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xiii. 221) ; bulb 
very large, globose ; leaves hysteranthous, lanceolate, glabrous, 1-1} ft. 
long, 2—3 in. broad ; peduncle stout, sometimes 3-4 ft. long ; raceme 
cylindrical, moderately dense, sometimes 2-3 ft. long, 1}-1} in 
diam. ; lower pedicels patent, 4-1 in, long; bracts small, lanceolate, 
bent and obscurely spurred below the middle; perianth campanulate, 
: in. long ; segments oblanceolate-oblong, whitish, with a dull brown 
eel ; stamens shorter than the perianth ; filaments slightly flattened ; 
anthers oblong, yy in. long ; style 4 in. long ; capsule small, globose, 
obtusely trigonous. Ornithogalum altissimum, Linn. fil, Suppl. 199; 
Thunb. Prodr. 62; Fl. Cap, edit. Schult. 315; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 
119; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 521 ; Kunth, Enum. iv. 857. 
O. gigantewm, Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 45, t. 87. Drimia altissima, 
Gaul. in Bot, Mag. t. 1074. : 
Co. > Ui iv. 
dorp nnd Utechage, Burcaly aio” “nt Ze¥hr 008! Detween Belle 
ENTRAL REGION: near Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft., Bolus, 649! 
Also Tropical Afr'ca. fer 
XXXV. VELTHEIMIA, Gleditsch. 
Perianth gamophyllous, marcescent ; tube lon indri 
; , cylindrical ; seg- 
bran s very short, ovate, Stamens 6, uniseriate, inserted at the middle 
of the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform; anthers small, oblong, 
