in, 
Ornithogalum.] LILIACEE (Baker). 499 
cuspidate, 3-2 in. long; perianth 3 in. long; segments oblong, acute, 
$s in. broad ; stamens more than half as long as the segments; 
filaments equal, linear-subulate ; ovary ovoid; style very short. 
5 eae ReGion: Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, cultivated specimen, 
obus ! : 
Described from plant that flowered at Kew in November, 1878, introduced by 
Mr. Bolus. 
9. 0. multifoliam (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 271); bulb 
+ in. diam. ; leaves 10-12, suberect, firm in texture, filiform, 2-3 in. 
long ; peduncle 3-6 in. long; raceme dense, subcorymbose ; flowers 
12-25 ; lower pedicels 3-1 in. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 
3—% in. long; perianth white, 3-1 in. long; segments ovate-lanceo- 
late, 1-1 in. broad; filaments lanceolate, subequal, 2 in. long ; style 
stout, very short. 
Western Region: Little Namaqualand, Whitehead! No specimen at Kew. 
10. 0. Saundersie (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1891, x. 452); bulb 
large, globose ; leaves many to a bulb, lorate, flaccid, bright green, 
above a foot long, 2 in. broad at the middle; peduncle stout, green, 
terete, 2-3 ft. long; flowers many, corymbose; pedicels 13-2 in. 
jong; bracts lanceolate, greenish, the outer an inch long; perianth 
white, 2 in. long; segments orbicular, much imbricated, tinged with 
green outside; stamens half as long as the perianth; filaments 
uniform, lanceolate ; ovary blackish-green ; style very short. 
KaLanari Reeion: Transvaal; hillsides, amongst rocks in damp places, near 
Barberton, 3000-3400 ft., Galpin,.1205! cultivated specimen, Mrs. K. Saunders ! 
“ vg: from a plant grown at Kew in 1891, received from Mrs. K, 
aunders. 
11. 0. thyrsoides (Jacq. Hort. Vind. iii. 17, t. 28); bulb globose, 
green, 1-1} in. diam. ; leaves 5-6, lanceolate, fleshy, 3-1} ft. long, 
4-13 in. broad, obscurely ciliated; peduncle stiffly erect, }~1} tt. 
long ; raceme dense, subcorymbose ; pedicels erecto-patent, lower 
1-2 in. long; bracts ovate-acuminate, 3-1 in. long; perianth cam- 
panulate, 3-1 in. long; segments oblong, subobtuse, }—} in. broad, 
pure white with a brownish-green claw; stamens not more than } 
as long as the perianth ; filaments all dilated at the base, alternate, 
quadrate, obscurely tricuspidate ; ovary ovoid, } in. long; style thick 
and very short. Thunb. Prodr. 62; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 315; 
Att. Hort. Kew. i. 442, edit. 2, ii. 261; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. 
vii. 509; Kunth, Enum. iv. 353; Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 20; 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 269. O. arabicum, Linn. Sp. Plant. 307, ex 
parte. O. Grimaldia, Nocea, Pl. Select. Tic. t. 4. Aspasia thyrsoides, 
Salish, Gen, 34. 
Van. f, flavescens (Lindl. Bot. Reg.t. 805) ; flowers some white, some fulvous- 
yellow, 0. eer Jacq. Collect. iii. 233; Ic, ii. 20, t. 437. Aspasia 
flavescens, Salish. Gen. 34. : ae 
Van. 7, flavissimum (Baker) ; flowers bright lemon-yellow. 0. flavissimum, 
Jacq. Collect. Suppl. 75; Ic. ii. 20, t. 484; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 605, 
