474 LiniacEz (Baker). [Drimiopsis, 
3-4 in. long, 1 in, broad below the middle ; peduncle very slender, 
8-12 in. long; raceme dense, 3-1 in. long; upper flowers white, 
sessile ; lower greenish, cernuous, very shortly pedicellate ; perianth 
eampanulate, 4 in. long; segments oblong, inner broader; stamens 
distinctly shorter than the segments ; anthers subglobose, white. 
Eastern Reeion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 656! Klip River, 3500-4600 ft., 
Sutherland ! 
4. D. maxima (Baker); leaves about 4, contemporary with the 
flowers, oblong, membranous, blotched with brown, 6-8 in. long, 
11-2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually into a long channelled 
petiole; peduncle 9-12 in. long; raceme narrow, 3-5 in. long; 
pedicels very short; bracts obsolete; perianth oblong, } in. long; 
segments oblong, with a red-purple keel; stamens half the lengt 
of the perianth ; anthers small, oblong ; style short. 
Eastekn Region : Natal; valley near Bothas, 2000 ft., Wood, 4773! 
5. D. Burkei (Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 17); bulb 
ovoid, 4 in. diam.; leaves 2-3, thin, fleshy, sessile, oblong-lanceo- 
late, acute, 2-3 in. long, narrowed from below the middle to 4 
_ clasping base ; peduncle 1-2 in. long; raceme very dense, oblong, 
3-1 in. long; flowers all whitish ; perianth 3, in. long ; segments 
all oblong ; stamens included. Journ. Linn. Soe, xiii. 228. 
Kaawari Recion: Transvaal; Apies River, Burke / 
6. D. Saundersi@ (Baker); bulb ovoid, $-1 in. diam.; leaves 
3-4, sessile, oblanceolate, thin, 4-1 ft. long, 1-14 in. broad above 
the middle, narrowed gradually to a clasping base 3 in. broad; 
peduncle a foot or more long; raceme 2-6 in. long, dense upwards, 
lax downwards ; upper flowers sessile; lower cernuous, very shortly 
_ pedicellate; perianth nearly } in. long; segments all oblong, | 
greenish or brown in the central third, the rest whitish; stamens 3 
shorter than the perianth. 
Eastgen Recion: Natal; Itafamasi, Wood, 774! 938! and without precise 
locality, Mrs, K. Saunders ! . . ; 
7. D. humifusa (Baker); bulb ovoid, 13-11 in. diam. ; leaves 2, 
spreading, sessile, ovate, 3-4 in, long, 14-2 in. broad, membranous, 
pale green, with a few blotches of darker green; peduncle slender, 
terete, erect, 3-4 in. long; racemes cylindrical, 3-4 in. long; 
pedicels very short; lower flowers cernuous; bracts obsolete; 
perianth greenish, campanulate, } in. long; segments oblong ; stamens 
half as long as the perianth; ovary sessile, globose; style as long — 
Pr i ovary. Scilla humifusa, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, xv. — 
Eastern ReGion: Natal; cultivated imens by Mr. W. Bull at 
Chelsea! and in the Durban Botanic a ae Wood, 4059 ! . 
