Bzometra.] LILIAcEz (Baker). 523 
base of the blade; stamens about half as long as the blade; capsule 
-2 in. long. Kunth, Enum. iv. 162; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xvil. 446. Tulipa breyniana, Linn. Sp. Plant. ii. 438; Thund. 
Prodr. 65. Melanthium uniflorum, Jacq. Ie. ii. 21, t. 450; Desv. 
tn Lam. Eneyc, iv, 30; Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 767. M. flavum, 
Smith in Rees’ Cyclop. No. 7. M. ethiopicum, Desv. in Lam. 
Eneyc. iv. 29. Kolbea breyniana, Schlecht. in Linnea, i. 82. 
Jania breyniana, Roem, et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 1528. (Breyn. 
Cent. t. 36 ; Rudb., Elys. 2, f. 11). 
Coast Reeion: Clanwilliam Div.; Clanwilliam, Mader, 184! Oape Div,; 
Wynberg, 50 ft., Bolus, 2836! Simous Bay, Wright! Table Mountain, Ecklon, 
813! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust. Afr., 501! Paarl Div. ; by the 
Berg River, near Paarl, Dréye, 3074! Tulbagh, Thom! Riversdale Div. ; hills 
near Zoetmelks River, Burchell, 6769! and Bulb 236! 
XLIV. DIPIDAX, Salisb. 
Perianth polyphyllous, deciduous ; segments subequal, oblanceo- 
late-unguiculate, with a pair of nectariferous spots at the base of the 
blade. Stamens 6, inserted on the claw of the perianth-segments ; 
filaments short, subulate ; anthers oblong, versatile, introrsely affixed, 
dehiscing along the margin extrorsely. Ovary sessile, 3-celled, 
3-lobed ; ovules many, superposed ; styles 3, subulate, falcate, stig- 
matose internally. Capsule turbinate, septicidally 3-valved. Seeds 
subglobose ; testa thin, brown ; albumen firm in texture, 
Rootstock a tunicated corm; leaves generally 3, superposed, firm in texture, 
persistent ; flowers few or many, spicate, whitish. 
DistriB. Endemic. 
Lower leaves ovate or lanceolate... te as .-. (1) ciliata, 
Lower leaves subulate-triquetrous ... ... iis ... (2) triquetra. 
1, D. ciliata (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 447); corm small, 
subglobose ; tunics brown, membranous; stem simple, 3-1 ft. long ; 
leaves usually 8, ciliated with short spreading hairs, lower lanceo- 
late, acuminate, 4-6 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, upper much shorter, 
clasping the stem at the middle ; spike 2-6 in. long, generally dense 
and many-flowered ; perianth }-} in. long; segments whitish or 
tinged with red, about '; in. broad; nectariferuus spots and veins 
indistinct ; anthers minute, oblong; filaments } in. long; ovary tur- 
binate, acutely triquetrous ; styles slender, »; in. long ; capsule > in. 
long. Melanthium ciliatum, Linn. fil. Suppl. 213 ; Thunb. Prodr. 
67; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 339 ; Schlecht. in Linnea, i. 83 ; Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 1544 ; Kunth, Enum. iv. 156. M. capense, 
Willd. Sp. ii. 267; Lam. Ill. t. 269. MM. punctatum, Mill. Dict. 
viii. No. 3. + 9 A 
secund ; narrow ; flowers secund, white spotted wi 
yee pace ip re Spe side at the base of the claw. Melanthium 
secundum, Desv. in Lam, Encyc. iv. 28; Zul. t. 269, fig.2; Kunth, Enum. 
iv. 156. ate 
Bergii (Baker); leaves linear; flowers few, pale, not distinctly 
a ae bl Schlecht, in Linnza, i. 83; Kunth, Bnum. iv. 157, 
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