516 LILIACEE (Baker). [Ornithogalum. 
ii. 117; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 529; Kunth, Enum. iv. 
371; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xiii. 278. 
South Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
72. 0. Galpini (Baker); bulb globose, 1} in. diam. ; produced 
leaves 1-3, erect, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, membranous, glabrous, 
2-3 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, narrowed to a short sheathing petiole ; 
pedunele slender, 6-8 in. long; raceme lax, many-flowered, 2-3 in. 
long ; pedicels ascending, lower }-} in. long; bracts small, ovate- 
cuspidate; perianth 3 in. long; segments oblong, white, with a 
distinct green keel; stamens distinctly shorter than the perianth ; 
filaments lanceolate ; style as long as the globose ovary. 
Coast Recion: Queenstown Div.; mountain sides, Queenstown, alt, 4000 ft., 
Galpin, 1532b! 
78. 0. trichophyllum (Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. Heft 3, 7); bulb 
globose, 1 in. diam. ; produced leaves ovate-lanceolate, thin, hairy, 
1-13 in. long, 4 in. broad low down, narrowed to an acute point; 
peduncle slender, 4-5 in. long; raceme lax, 2-3 in. long; pedicels 
slender, ascending, the lower } in. long ; bracts small, ovate, with a 
large cusp ; perianth campanulate, 2 in. long ; segments oblong, white, 
with a distinct brown keel; stamens shorter than the perianth ; 
filaments linear, uniform ; anthers small, oblong ; style as long as the 
globose ovary. 
Pai AFRICA: without locality, Ecklon and Zeyher, 67! No specimen at 
ew. 
XLI. ANDROCYMBIUM, Willd. 
Perianth polyphyllous, marcescent; segments subequal, with a 
distinct canaliculate claw and an acute lamina with incurved edges. 
Stamens 6, inserted at the apex of the claw of the perianth-segments; 
filaments filiform, thickened towards the base; anthers oblong, 
versatile, dehiscing laterally. Ovary sessile, 3-celled ; ovules many, 
superposed ; styles 3, distinct; stigmas minute. Capsule ovoid, 
chartaceous, dehiscing septicidally. Seeds globose; testa brown, 
membranous ; albumen firm in texture. 
Rootstock an ovoid corm, with membranous tunics; stem short, simple or 
none ; leaves crowded in the acaulescent species; flowers crowded into a globose 
capitulum, overtopped by the exterior bracts, white, green or purplish. 
DistR1B. Two species Mediterranean and two Tropical African. 
Stem produced ; leaves not crowded : 
Lebves linene\565 60h ie. is a ee. 
Leaveslanceolate ... 4. =» ae nee (2) melanthioides. 
Stem none ; leaves crowded ; 
Leaves circinate at the tip: 
Leaves linear : 
Leaves neither crisped nor ciliated .» (3) circinatam. 
Leaves crisped and ciliated oe {3 crispum, 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate ore. ase vee (5) Volutare. 
