Ornithogalum.]} LILIACEE (Baker). Ee 497 
Leaves short, oblong or oblong-lanceolate : 
Margin of the leaf thickened .., a -» (70) ovatum. 
Margin of the leaf papillose ... 1) crenulatum. 
Margin of the leaf glabrous 3. (72) Galpini. - 
Leaves short, ovate-lanceolate ve -» (73) trichophyllum. 
1. O, thunbergianum (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 269) ; 
bulb globose, 3 in. diam. ; leaves 3-4, linear or lanceolate, glabrous, 
much shorter than the stem; peduncle slender, 3-12 in. long; 
flowers 1-6 ; pedicels very short ; bracts ovate-cuspidate, 32 in. long ; 
perianth campanulate, yellowish, 3-3 in. long; segments oblong, 
obtuse, 2 in. broad, the three outer spotted at the tip with black; 
stamens half as long as the perianth ; alternate filaments lanceolate ; 
ovary ovoid, 4 in. long ; style very short, cylindrical. O. maculatum, 
Thunb. Prodr. 62; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 314; Kunth, Enum. iv. 
352, non Jacq. 
Var. 8, concolor (Baker) ; flower without any spots. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality; Var. 8, Forster ! 
Coast Region: Malmesbury Div.; Saldanha Bay, Thunberg / Pappe! near 
Malmesbury, 500 ft., Bolus, 4346! Paarl Div.; Paarl Mountains, 1000-2000 
ft., Drége, 8668! 
2. O. speciosum (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1891, 72); bulb globose, 
1 in, diam. ; leaves 4, short, thick, linear, glabrous; peduncle 6-12 
in. long; flowers 3-5 in a raceme with a flexuose rachis ; lower 
pedicels arcuate, } in. long ; bracts ovate, amplexicaul, acute, an inch 
long ; perianth campanulate, an inch long ; segments oblong, obtuse, 
white, with a distinct purplish-black spot at the tip; stamens 3 the 
_ length of the perianth ; filaments lanceolate, much longer than the 
anthers; style short. 
Western Recion: Namaqualand, Scully, 175! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. 
Norm, Aust. Afr., 1390! 
8. 0. maculatum (Jacq. Collect. ii. 368, t. 18, fig. 3); bulb 
globose, }—3 in. ripe as 4-5, linear, 3-4 in. long, gaers 
down the face, glabrous; peduncle 2-3 in. long; flowers 2-4, su 
corymbose; pedicels short, ascending ; bracts ovate-lanceolate ; 
perianth yellow, }-} in. long ; segments oblong, acute, 4} in. broad, 
the three outer obscurely spotted with brown at the tip; stamens 
half as long as the perianth ; filaments not dilated ; ovary ovoid ; 
style very short. Baker in Journ, Linn. Soe. xiii. 269. 0. ne, 
Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 528; Kunth, Enum. iv. 
Pheocles maculata, Salisb. Gen, 35. 
Sour Arrica: without locality. 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure. Perhaps conspecific with 0. 
thunbergianum. 
i ; bose, 
. 0. diphyllum (Baker in Kew Bullet. 1895, 153); bulb globose, 
i - ae pire i pale, membranous ; leaves 2, rarely 3, 
linear, erect, glabrous, 13-2 in. long, 1 lin. broad, narrowed very 
gradually to the base; scape slender, erect, 11-11 in, long; flowers 
