Eucomis. | LILIACEEZ (Baker). 475 
XXXVIII. EUCOMIS, L’Herit, 
Perianth polyphyllous, persistent; segments subequal, 1-nerved, 
patent, united in a cup at the very base, oblong or oblanceolate- 
oblong. Stamens 6, attached above the base of the segments; 
filaments deltoid at the base; anthers small, oblong, versatile 
dehiscing introrsely. Ovary sessile, subglobose; ovules many in a 
cell, superposed ; style cylindrical; stigma capitate or minutely tri- 
cuspidate. Capsule membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 
obovoid, not compressed; testa black or brown; embryo nearly as 
long as the horny albumen, 
Rootstock a large tunicated bulb; leaves multifarious, lorate or oblong; 
peduncle simple, cylindrical or clavate; inflorescence a raceme, crowned with a 
coma of leafy empty bracts; flowers greenish. 
Disrais. One distinct epecies in the highlands of Central Africa, 
Scape cylindrical ; 
Pedicels long, erecto-patent : 
Leaves membranous: 
Perianth-segments concolorous + wee (1) punctata, 
Perianth-segments margined with purple ... (2) bicolor. 
Leaves moderately firm... ae ss +. (3) pallidiflora, 
Pedicels short : 2 
Flowers greenish-white tinged with purple .» (4) humilis. 
Flowers green : 
Leaf undulated, 2-8 in, broad ss. ~—S ss» (5) nadulata, 
Leaf flat, 14-1} in. broad... ws ese~=« (6) @maryllidifolia. 
Scape clavate : 
Flowers shortly pedicellate : 
Leaves ensiform, 2 in. broad wai dss w (7) robusta. ~ 
Leaves lingulate, 3-4 in. broad... ce .» (8) regia, 
Flowers subsessile Fo mtg oe (9) nana. 
1. E. punctata (L’Herit. Sert. 18, t. 18); bulb globose, 2-3 in.- 
diam. ; leaves 6-9, oblanceolate, finally 13-2 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad 
above the middle, thin in texture, acute, not undulated, spotted 
with purple on the back towards the base; peduncle terete, 3-1 ft. 
long, green, spotted with purple; racemes lax, cylindrical, finally a 
foot long, 23-8 in. diam. ; pedicels all erecto-patent, }-1 in. long; 
lower bracts ovate; the others longer, lanceolate ; leaves of the coma 
12~20, oblong, acute ; perianth green, } in. long; segments oblong ; 
stamens } in. long; filaments dilated only at the base ; capsule as 
long as the perianth, truncate at the apex. Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 433; 
edit, 2, ii. 246 ; Thunb. Diss. Nov. Gen. 129; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 
316; Bot. Mag. t. 913; Red. Lil, iv. t. 208; Kunth, Enum. iv. 
302; Flore des Serres, t. 2307. Asphodelus comosus, Houtt. 
Handl. xii. 336, ¢. 83. Ornithogalum punctatum, Thunb. Prodr, 62. - 
Basilea punctata, Mirb.. Hist. Nat. Pl. viii. 339 ; Zuccagn. in Roem. 
Coll. 137; Lam. Ill. ii. 381, ¢. 239, fig. 2. Fritillaria punctata, 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. ii. 545. 
Var. 8, striata (Willd. Enum. 364) ; leaves vertically striped with purple on 
the back. ols Bet Mag. t. 1539. FE. striata, Donn. Hort. Cant, edit. 6, 
86. . 
Vaz. +, concolor (Waker); leaves and stems always green. 
