oils ee 
Ornithoglossum.] LILIACEZ (Baker). 525 
3-valved. Seeds subglobose; testa thick, fleshy; albumen cartila- 
ginous; embryo minute. 
Distris. The same species in Tropical Africa. 
1. 0. glaucum (Salisb, Parad. t. 54); corm small, ovoid, with an 
underground neck 2-3 in. long ; stem about 2 ft. long including the 
inflorescence ; leaves about 6, moderately firm in texture, ample xicaul, 
lanceolate, the lowest 4-6 in. long, 1-3 in. broad, the upper gradually 
shorter; inflorescence corymbose or racemose ; pedicels 1~2 in. long, 
at first ascending, finally reflexed; bracts lanceolate, foliaceous ; 
perianth greenish-purple, 1-3 in. long; stamens shorter than the 
perianth-segments ; anthers yellow, 4-1 in. long; capsule about as 
long as the perianth; styles3—2in. long. Schlecht. in Linnea, i. 90; 
Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 1536; Kunth, Enum. iv. 163; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 449. 0. viride, Ait. Hort. Kew. 
edit, 2, ii. 327. Melanthium viride, Linn. fil. Suppl. 213; Thunb. 
Prodr. 67; Andr. Bot, Rep, t. 233; Bot. Mag. t. 994, Lichten- 
steinia levigata, Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. ii. 20. 
Cymation levigatum, Spreng. Syst. ii. 142. 
Var. a, grandiflorum (Baker, loc. cit.) ; more robust ; flowers larger; leaves 
not crisped. 
Var. 8, undulatum (Baker, loc. cit.); leaves much crisped ; stems short ; 
flowers few, corymbose, about an inch long. 0. undulatum, Spreng. Cur. Post. 
143 ; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t.131. O. Lichtensteinit, Schlecht. in Linnza, 
i, 91; Roem, et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii, 1537; Kunth, Enwm. iv. 163. Lichten- 
steinia undulata, Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. ii. 20. Cymation 
undulatum, Spreng. Syst. ii. 142. 
Var. 7, Zeyheri (Buker, loc. cit.) ; acaulescent, with numerous, small, much- 
leaves, and a few, small, corymbose, brown-purple flowers. 
Soutn Argica: without locality; Var. a, Zeyher, 1724! Var. y, Zeyher, 
1721! . 
Coast Reaton : Cape Div.; hills below Table Mountain, Thunberg. Camps 
Bay, Harvey! Var. 8, Clanwilliam Div.; Berg Vallei, below 1000 ft., Drege ! 
Zeyher, 1723! 
Crentrat Reaion: Somerset Div., Bowker, 25! Graaff Reinet Div.; near 
Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft., Bolus, 375! Bowker, 21! Fraserburg Div.; between 
Zak River and Kopjes Fontein, Burchell, 1502! Colesberg Div.; hills south of 
the Orange River, Hutton! Colesberg, 4500 ft., Drége! Var. a, Tulbagh Div. ; 
on the Wind-heuvel, Koedoes Mountains, Burchell, 1283! Prince Albert Div. ; 
by the Gamka River, Burke! Drége! Colesberg Div., Shaw! Var. 8, Prince 
Albert Div.; by the Gamka River, Burke ! 
Karanari Region: Griqualand West; Dutoits Pan and Colesberg Kop, 
Mrs. Barber, 18! on the plains, Bowker, 15! Var. a, at the Kloof Village, 
Asbestos Mountains, Burchell, 2023 ! 
XLVI. GLORIOSA, Linn. 
Perianth polyphyllo rsistent ; segments equal, unguiculate, 
spreading ie gg Rane 6, hypogynous ; filaments filiform ; 
anthers linear-oblong, versatile, introrsely attached, dehiscing ex- 
trorsely near the margin. Ovary sessile, oblong, trilocular ; ovules 
many, superposed; style long, filiform, trifurcate at the apex; 
branches stigmatose internally. Capsule large, coriaceous, septicidally 
