Drimiopsis.] LILIACEzZ (Baker). 473 
XXXVII. DRIMIOPSIS, Lindl. 
Perianth polyphyllous, persistent, permanently campanulate ; seg- 
_ ments oblong, 1-nerved ; 3 inner cucullate at the tip. Stamens 6, 
inserted at the base of the perianth-segments ; filaments short, 
dilated at the base; anthers small, versatile, dehiscing introrsely. 
Ovary sessile, globose-trigonous, trilocular; ovules 2 in a cell, 
collateral from the base; style short, cylindrical; stigma capitate. 
Capsule small, globose, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 1-2 
in a cell, turgid. : é 
Rootstock a tunicated bulb; leaves usually fleshy and flaccid, petioled or 
sessile; peduncle slender, naked ; flowers small, greenish-white, arranged in a 
dense subspicate raceme; upper imperfect ; bracts obsolete. 
Distziz. Five other species, all tropical African, 4 Eastern, 1 Western. 
Leaves distinctly petioled ; 
Blade cordate : 
Perianth gin. Jong ... 4. ave nee one (L) maculates, 
Perianth 4 in, long... ne see a «. (2) minor. 
Blade narrowed to the base: : 
Raceme 4-1 in. long ... ie a bide we. (8) Woodii, 
Raceme 3-5 in. long-... sie _< si «+ (4) maxima, 
Leaves sessile : 
Leaves erect : 
Dwarf; small-flowered __... ar ee -- (5) Burkei. 
Tall; large-flowered ... ve Be ws = aves (6) Sundersion, 
LNG OMNI as ok ae ot ee) ee 
1. D. maculata (Lindl. in Paxt. Flow. Gard. ii. 73, fig. 172) ; 
bulb globose, 1 in. diam.; leaves 83-6; petiole deeply channelled, 
1-6 in. long; blade thin, cordate-ovate, 3-4 in. long, green, with 
darker blotches; peduncle 4-12 in. long ; raceme dense, 1-2 in. long; 
perfect flowers greenish, shortly pedicellate ; perianth ¢ in. long ; outer 
segments oblong, inner ovate ; upper flowers smaller, whitish ; stamens 
nearly as long as the segments; anthers ovoid, white, 2 lin. long. 
' Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. t. 191, App. 17; Journ. Linn. Soe. 
xiii. 227. 
Eastern Region: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 283! Mrs. K. Saunders! Not- 
tingham, Buchanan! near Durban, 150 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herd. Norm. 
Austr. Afr., 1013 1 
2. D. minor (Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii.t. 192, App. 17); 
bulb ovoid, 3-$ in. diam. ; leaves 3-4; petiole 1-2 in. long, chan- 
nelled ; blade cordate-ovate, acute, 13-2 in. long, thin, green, with 
darker blotches; peduncle slender, 3-6 in. long ; raceme dense, 
3-1 in. long ; lower flowers patent, very shortly pedicellate ; perianth 
va—} in. long; segments oblong; stamens nearly as long 4s the 
perianth. Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 227. 
Easteen Region: Natal. No specimen at Kew. 
Described from a plant introduced by Cooper. 
8. D. Woodii (Baker); bulb ovoid or globose, #-1 in. diam. ; 
leaves about 8; moaits 13-3 in. long ; blade oblong-lanceolate, thin, 
