510 LILIACER (Baker). [Ornithogalum. 
ascending, 1—} in., finally 3-in. long ; bracts ovate-acuminate, half as 
long as the pedicels; perianth white, + in. long; segments oblong, 
outer 5-nerved, inner 3-nerved ; stamens half as long as the perianth ; 
filaments equal, lanceolate-acuminate; style as long as the ovary. 
Bulbinella (4) ornithogaloides, Kunth, Enum. iv. 693. Anthericum 
ornithogaloides, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 294. 
Centrat Reeionw: Aliwal North Div.; banks of the Orange River near 
Aliwal North, Drége, 8695. 
No specimen at Kew. 
51. 0. oliganthum (Baker); bulb globose, 4-3 in. diam. ; outer 
tunics produced beyond the top and breaking up into fine fibres; 
leaves 6-9, filiform, very slender, glabrous, 3-6 in. long ; pedunele 
-very slender, about as long as the leaves; raceme very lax, few- 
flowered ; pedicels ascending, 4 in. long; bracts small, ovate, cuspi- — 
date ; perianth 1 in. long; segments oblanceolate, distinctly keeled ; 
stamens nearly as long as the perianth; filaments lanceolate ; style 
as long as the ovary. 
Eastern Recion: Natal; Fields Hill, 1000 ft., Wood, 1973! 
Very near 0. niveum. 
52. 0. setifolium (Kunth, Enum. iv. 351) ; leaves about 10, rigid, 
filiform, subterete, channelled down the face, equalling or. over- 
topping the scape; peduncle 3-4 in. long; raceme many-flowered, 
13-21 in. long; pedicels ~,—1 in. long; bracts ovate, acuminate, 
longer than the pedicels; perianth 1 in. long; segments oblong ; 
filaments linear and lanceolate; style shorter than the ovary. 
Sours Argica: without locality, Drege, 8674. 
No specimen at Kew. 
53. 0. subulatum (Baker in Gard, Chron, 1874, i. 723); bulb 
depresso-globose, 4 in. diam.; leaves 3-6, erect, filiform, glabrous, 
2-6 in. long; peduncle slender, terete, erect, 2-1 ft. long ; raceme 
moderately dense, 14-3. in. long ; pedicels short, ascending ; bracts 
minute, deltoid-cuspidate; perianth 1 in. long, whitish ; segments 
oblong, distinctly keeled with green; stamens 3 the length of the 
perianth, alternately linear and lanceolate; style as long as the 
ovary. : 
CenTRaL ReGion: Somerset Div. ; near Somerset East, 2800 ft., MacOwan, 
ming Graatf Reinet Div.; stony hills near Graaff Reinet, 2500-2600 ft., Bolus, 
Eastern ReGion : Tembuland; Bazeia, on moist flats near rivers, 2000 ft., 
Baur, 392! 
wee from a plant flowered by Mr. Wilson Saunders at Reigate in Sept., 
: 54. 0. tortuosum (Baker); bulb ovoid or subglobose, 4—} in. 
diam. ; leaves 6-8, filiform, glabrous, 12-2 in. long, straight or 
spirally twisted ; peduncle very slender, 4-6 in. long; raceme lax, 
1-2 in. long ; pedicels ascending, lower 3-1 in, long; bracts minute, 
