522 ‘ LILIACER (Baker). [ Wurmbea. 
Var. ¢, latifolia (Baker); leaves ovate-acuminate, 1-1} in. broad ; spike 
lax ; perianth-segwents lanceolate, purplish-black, about as long as the infundi- 
buliform tube. 
South AFRIcA: without locality, var. 8, specimens at Kew without indication 
of collector! Var. y, Zeyher, 1722! Var. «, Harvey, 100! 
Coast ReGion: Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof and elsewhere, Thunberg. 
Albany Div.; near King William’s Town, Mrs. Barber! Queenstown Div.; 
damp valleys amongst the mountains, Mrs. Barber! Var. a, Malmesbury Div.; 
Groene Kloof, MacOwan, 2563! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm, Aust. Afr., 
802! Pappe! Paarl Div.; between Paarl and Lady Grey Railway Bridge, 
below 1000 !t., Drege! Stellenbosch, Sanderson, 979! Var. y, Cape Div.; near 
Riet Vallei, Mund and Maire. Cape Flats. Bergius. Simons Bay, Wright! 
Var, 3, Clanwilliam Div.; between Groene River and Watervals River, 2500- 
3000 ft., Drége, 2660b! Clanwilliam, Mader, 188! Tulbagh, Thom! Caledon 
Div. ; Villiersdorp. Grey! Var. ¢, Riversdale Div.; near Zoetmelks River, 
Burchell, 6628! Port Elizabeth, # S.C.A. Herb., 13! 
Crnreat Reeion: Somerset Div. ; summit of Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., MacOwan, 
979! Aliwal North Div. ; Witte Bergen, 7000-8000 ft., Drége, 3512! 
—- Reon: Griqualand East; Ingeli, near Kokstad, 6500 ft., Tyson, 
2. W. Kraussii (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 487); corm 
small, oblong; tunics produced as a sheath to its underground neck 
for 11-2 in. ; produced leaves 2, firm in texture, one basal linear or 
subulate, 3-4 in. long, the other a little below the base of the spike, 
much shorter, lanceolate, erect, clasping the stem ; stem slender, 
3-4 in. long including the spike; spike 3-6-flowered ; perianth } in. 
long ; tube campanulate, very short ; segments lanceolate, whitish ; 
foveoles indistinct ; stamens more than half as long as the perianth; 
carpels narrowed gradually into faleate styles 3, in. long. 
Eastern ReGion: Griqualand East; Zuourberg Range, 5000 ft., Tyson, — 
1864! Natal; at the foot of Table Mountain, Krauss, 4560! and without precise 
locality, Gerrard, 549! : 
XLITI. BEOMETRA, Salisb. 
Perianth polyphyllous, marcescent ; segments subequal, oblanceolate, 
with a long convolute claw. Stamens 6, inserted at the apex of the 
claw of the perianth segments ; filaments short, subulate, tapering 
upwards; anthers linear-oblong, versatile, dehiscing along the margin. 
Ovary sessile, cylindrico-triquetrous ; ovules many, superposed ; 
styles 3, short, spreading, stigmatose laterally. Capsule subcoriaceous, 
cylindrico-triquetrous, septicidally 3-valved. Seeds many, globose 
or angled by pressure ; testa brown, opaque ; albumen cartilaginous. 
Distkis. Endemic, 
1. B. columellaris (Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 330); corm 
small, ovoid; tunics membranous, brown; stems simple, 3-1 ft. 
long ; leaves several, dry, persistent, moderately firm in texture, 
lower lanceolate, 6-9 in. long, clasping the stem, upper growing 
gradually much shorter; flowers one or few in a simple raceme; 
pedicels short, ascending, not articulated ; bracts subulate ; perianth 
3-% in. long, red outside, yellow within, with a black spot at the 
