Eucomis.] uiitacex (Baker), | 477 
diam. ; upper flowers patent, subsessile ; lower patent or cernuons, 
on very short pedicels ; lower bracts ovate ; leaves of the coma 12-30, 
oblong, acute, crisped, membranous, 12-2 in. long; perianth green, 
in. long; segments oblong or oblanceolate-oblong; filaments 4 
long, lanceolate-deltoid in the lower half; capsule subglobose, i 
diam. Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 93 ; Thunb. Diss. Nov. Gen. 129; Fl. 
Cap. edit. Schult. 317; Bot. Mag. t. 1083 ; Kunth, Enum. iv, 302. 
L.. regia, Red, Lil. iii. t. 175. Fritillaria longifolia, Hill. Hort. Kew. 
354; and edit. 2, 354, t. 15. Ornithogalum undulatum, Thunb. 
Pr idr. 62.  Basilea coronata, Lam. Encye. i. 382. Fritillaria 
autumnalts, Miller, Dict. edit. 8, No..10. 
Coast Reaton: Uitenhage Div., Ecklon and Zeyher, 102! 
CENTRAL ReGion: Somerset Div.; upper part of the Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., 
MacOwan, 1907! Graaff Reinet Div. ; south side of the Sneeuw Berg Range, 
Burks! summit of Cave Mountain, 4200 ft., Bolus, 564! Colesberg Div. ; near 
the Hondeblats River, Burchell, 2701! near Colesberg, Shas ! 
Katanari Reoion: Orange Free State; Mud River Drift, Rehmann, 3614! 
without precise locality, Cooper, 3285! Transvaal; Mooi River, Burke! summit 
of Saddleback Range, 5000 ft., Galpin, 712! - 
Eastern Reaion: Transkei Mountains, Mrs. Barber! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 
436! 853! 
We have at Kew old garden specimens dried by Gouan, Fothergill (1780), 
and Bishop Goodenough (1781). 
6. E. amaryllidifolia (Baker in Gard, Chron. 1878, x. 492); bulb 
ovoid, 13-2 in. diam. ; leaves 5—6, lorate-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 
unspotted, finally 12-15 in. long, 1}-14 in. broad at the middle, not 
crisped ; peduncle under a foot long, unspotted, cylindrical ; raceme 
dense, oblong, 2-8 in. long, 13 in. diam. ; pedicels very short ; leaves 
of the coma 15-20, oblong, acute, membranous, crisped; perianth 
green, } in. long; segments oblong; stamens half as long as the 
perianth. 
Kaianart Region: Orange Free State; Caledon River, Burke / 
Described from a plant sent from Prof. MacOwan, which flowered at Kew in 
August, 1878. : 
7. E. robusta (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1894, xvi. 562); bulb 
large ; basal leaves ensiform, acute, 2 ft. long, 2 in. broad at the 
middle, narrowed gradually to the base and apex, very thick in 
texture, crisped on the margin ; peduncle very short, plain green, an 
inch thick; raceme dense, oblong, 6-8 in. long, crowned with a coma 
of 20-30 oblong acute reduced leaves; pedicels stout, ascending, 
3-1 in. long; bracts ovate, acute, plain green, longer than the 
pedicels ; perianth green, $-3 in. long; segments oblong-spathulate ; 
tilaments lanceolate, not more than half as long as the perianth; ovary — 
globose ; style short. 
Eastern Recion: Natal; near Koenigsberg, cultivated specimen! 
Introduced by Messrs. Dammann & Co., of Naples, in 1894. 
8. E. regia (Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 433; edit. 2, ii. 245) ; bulb 
globose, 2-3 oe ; leaves 6-8, lingulate, obtuse, firmer in texture 
in. 
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