490 Littacez (Baker). [Seilla. 
the back towards the base; peduncle much curved, 3-4 in. long; 
raceme dense, oblong, finally 3-4 in. long, above an inch in diameter ; 
pedicels cernuous, 3} in. long; perianth oblong-campanulate, ¢ m. 
long, green, tinged with dull purple; filaments purple; ovary globose, 
stipitate, discoid at the base. Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 252. 
Easreen REGION: Natal ; Inanda, Wood, 1208 !. and without precise locality, 
Buchanan, 4! 
40. 8. livida (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1883, xx. 166); bulb globose, 
12 in. diam.; leaves 6-8, lanceolate, 6-8 in. long, 14 in. broad at 
the middle, bright green, unspotted; peduncle 4-5 in. long; raceme 
dense, oblong, 4-6 in. long, 13-2 in. diam.; central pedicels } i 
long, lower cernuous; perianth oblong-campanulate, green, 3-4 In. 
long ; filaments purple in the upper half; ovary stipitate, globose. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, cultivated specimen, Hort. Horsman! 
EasTekn Reaion: Natal; cultivated specimen, Hort. Kew ! 
41. 8. concolor (Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 13); bulb 
ovoid, 13—2 in. diam. ; leaves 5-6, spreading, lanceolate, 6—8 in. long, 
1-1} in. broad, not spotted; peduncle curved, 3-4 in. long ; raceme 
oblung-cylindrical, finally 3-4 in. long, 1-13 in. diam.; central 
pedicels 3-4 in. long, lower cernuous; perianth campanulate, green, 
4 in. Jong ; filaments not tinted purple; ovary stipitate, globose. 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 252. Drimia Cooperi, Baker in Saund. Ref. 
Bot. t. 18. D. dregeana, Kunth, Enum. iv. 340. 
South Arnica: without locality, garden specimens, collected by Cooper! 
Coast Recion: Port Elizabeth Div.; Cragga Kamma, Burchell, 4568! 
Alexandria Div. ; Johanas Klvof, between Enon and the Zuurberg Range, 1000- 
2000 ft., Drége, 8616a! 
“ Curent Recion : Somerset Diy.; mountain above Commadagga, Burchell, 
42. 8. subsecunda (Baker in Gard. Chron, 1881, xvi. 38); bulb 
globose, 2 in. diam. ; leaves 6-8, lanceolate, 4-1 ft. long, 1-1} in. 
at the middle, plain green on the face, tinged with purple on the back, 
and blotched a little towards the base; peduncle very flexuose, 
drooping, nearly a foot long; raceme dense, subsecund, } ft. long; 
pedicels spreading, 3~2 in. long ; psrianth oblong-campanulate, in. 
long, green, brownish outside towards the base ; filaments bright 
purple ; ovary stipitate, discoid at the base. 
Souta Avgica: without locality, cultivated specimen, Bowker / 
Eastern ReGion: Natal, cultivated specimen, Hort. Ware ! 
Described from a plant received from Mr. Bowker, that flowered at Kew in 
June, 1881. 
43. 8. megaphylla (Baker); bulb large ; leaves sessile, lorate- 
lanceolate, 14 ft. long, 3-33 in. broad at the middle, but little — 
narrowed to the base; peduncle 9-12 in. long; raceme lax, 6-8 in. 
long, 1-1} in. diam. ; pedicels ascending or spreading, the central — 
ones 3-} in. long; bracts minute, lanceolate; perianth 
