508 uiLtacez (Baker). [Ornithogalum. 
42. 0. prasinnm (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 158) ; bulb ovoid, 13-2 in. 
diam. ; leaves 6-9, linear, glabrous, glaucous green, deeply channelled 
down the face, 1 ft. long, usually twisted; peduncle 3-13 ft. long ; 
raceme dense, many-flowered, oblong or deltoid; pedicels spreading 
or ascending, lower 1-2 in. long; bracts linear, acuminate, }—1 in. 
long; perianth dull greenish-yellow, $ in. long ; segments with a 
closely 5-nerved green keel ; stamens 2 the length of the perianth ; 
filaments subequal, lanceolate at the base ; style + in. long, exceeding 
the ovary. Kunth, Enum. iv. 8360; Baker in Journ. Lina, Sve. xiii. 
280. 
CenteaL Recion: Colesberg Div.; near the Hondeblats River, Burchell, 
ue ine near Schuilhoek Berg, Burchell, Bulb 71! near the Orange Kiver, 
NOL ; 
CenTRAL ReGion: Griqualand West; between Griqua Town and Witte 
Water, Burchell, 1966! Transvaal; Apies River, Burke ! 
43. 0. xanthochlorum (Baker); bulb large, globose; leaves thick, 
fleshy, lorate, glabrous, under a foot long, an inch broad; peduncle 
stout, a foot long; raceme dense, 6-8 in. long; pedicels stout, 
erecto-patent, lower 1-11 in. long; bracts large, ovate-lanceolate, 
projecting beyond the buds, lower 1} in. long; perianth yellowish- 
green, 3 in. long; stamens 3 in, long; filaments linear, uniform ; 
anthers small, oblong; style as long as the ovary, under 2 in. long. 
M4 ees Reeion: Little Namaqualand; Kaus Mountain, 2500 ft., Bolus, 
44. 0. elatum (Baker); bulb not seen; leaves linear, glabrous, 
a foot or more long ; peduncle stout, stiffly erect, 3 ft. long ; raceme 
} ft. long, dense at the top, lax in the lower part ; pedicels ascending, 
articulated at the apex, 4—t in. long; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, 
$-1 in. long, projecting far beyond the buds; perianth yellowish, 
an inch long; segments with a distinct closely 7—9-nerved keel, 
soon turning brown; stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; 
filaments linear ; style above 3 in. long. 
Coast Reaion: Albany Div., Cooper, 3280! 
45. 0. Monteiroi (Baker) ; bulb not seen; leaves linear, com- 
plicate, firm in texture, above a foot long, strongly ribbed, minutely 
ciliated on the margin; peduncle stiffly erect, above a foot long; 
raceme lax, many-flowered, a foot long; pedicels ascending, articu- 
lated at the apex, lower 3-1 in. long; bracts linear-lanceolate, as 
long as the pedicels; perianth yellow, 3-2 in. long; segments with 
a 5-7-nerved distinct keel ; stamens alittle shorter than the perianth ; 
filaments all lanceolate at the base ; style 3-3 in. long. 
EasteRn ReGion: Delagoa Bay, Monteiro ! 
Closely allied to O. suaveolens, Jacq. 
46. 0. spirale (Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 42); bulb 
ovoid-oblong, above 1 in, diam. ; leaves linear-lanceolate, channelled 
down the face, 8 in. long, 3 in. broad, circinnate at the apex; 
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