476 Littacrz (Baker). [Bucomis. 
Coast Recton; Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, 1800 ft., MacOwan, 1921! 
Atherstone, 86! Queenstown Div. ; Shiloh, 3500-4000 ft., Baur, 765! 
Eastern Region: Var. y, Natal; South Downs, Evans, 349! 
2. E. bicolor (Baker in Gard. Chron, 1878, x. 492); bulb large, 
globose; leaves 5-6, lorate, thin, unspotted, undulated, finally 
11-2 ft. long, 8-4 in. broad at the middle; pedunele cylindrical, . 
1-13 ft. long; raceme dense upwards, lax downwards, }~1 ft. long, 
23-3 in. diam. ; all the pedicels ereeto-patent; central 3-1 in. long; 
bracts lanceolate, often tinged red ; leaves of the coma 12-20, oblong, 
acute, usually margined with red-purple ; perianth $-§ in, long; 
segments oblong, pale greenish-white, margined with red-purple; 
filaments red-purple, } in. long, lanceolate-deltoid. Bot, Mag. t. 6816. 
BHasteRn ReGion: Griqualand East; Mount Currie, 2500 ft., Tyson, 1436! 
Natal; Inanda, Wood, 720! Charlestown, Wood, 5609! Tugela River, Allison, — 
23! valleys of the Drakensberg, in swamps, 6000-7000 ft., Hvans, 396 ! 
Described from a cultivated plant sent from Natal by Mr. C. Mudd to J. Veitch 
and Sons, 
3. E. pallidiflora (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1887, ii. 154); leaves 
lorate-lanceolate, acute, moderately firm, persistent, above 2 ft. long, 
2-3 in. broad at the middle, not undulated ; peduncle cylindrical, 
2 ft. long, ¢ in. diam. ; raceme moderately dense, 8-9 in. long, 2 in. 
diam. ; lower pedicels erecto-patent, about } in. long ; upper some- 
times patent ; lower bracts ovate ; central longer, lanceolate ; leaves 
of coma about a dozen, ovate, membranous, acute; perianth green, 
2-§ in. long; segments oblong; stamens much shorter than the 
Pperianth ; capsule shorter than the perianth. 
Katanaet- Recton : Orange Free State, Cooper, 1195! 
Described from a plant cultivated by Mr. W. ; — 
ele ee Saat entivgted by Me, W. , Gombletm,, inteodneal I 
4 E. humilis si in Kew Bullet. 1895, 152); leaves oblong, 
moderately firm, } ft. long, 2-3 in. broad at the middle, obtuse, un- 
dulated at the margin, narrowed to the base, tinged with purple 
above, much spotted with purple beneath; peduncle very short, — 
cylindrica] ; raceme dense, oblong, 2-4 in. long, crowned with a 
dense coma of small oblong leaves with purple margins; pedicels 
very short ; bracts large, lanceolate; perianth 4 in. long, greenish- 
white, tinged with purple; segments oblong; stamens shorter than 
the perianth-segments; filaments purple; anthers small, oblong; 
style as long as the ovary. 
Resrmux BxGion Natal; summit of Tabamblopi Mountain, 6000-7000 ft. 
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Intermediate between E. bicolor and £. nana. 
5. E. undulata (Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 433, edit. 2, ii. 246); bulb 
globose, 2-3 in. diam. ; leaves 6-9, lorate-lanceolate, finally iy ft. 
long, 2-3 in, broad at the middle, acute or obtuse, thin in texture, 
undulated towards the margin, not spotted on the back ; peduncle 
cylindrical, 4-1 ft. long; raceme dense, oblong, 3-6 in. long, 2 in. 
