30 Attiti.il* i >f tin ti<nifft Afri"ini 



EUCOMIS, L'Her. 

 E. bicolor, Bkr. 



Damp spots on mountain slopes. 12-25 in. high. Flowers white 



and violet, badlv scented. Summer-Autumn. A. Dir/nifi/, 505!; 

 near " Cave " ;it the foot of the Mont-aux-Souroes, 6200 ft., December, 

 l<'ltiiiaijuit, 1821H; Natal, Tugela Eiver, Allison, 23; vallevs of the 

 Drakensbergen, in swamps, 6-7000 ft., Evans, 396. 



DISTRIBUTION : East G-riqualaud. 



SESUTO : KJiapvimpu > j a thala. The " Khapumpu " of the mountain. 

 A medicine for colic. 



E. humilis, Bkr. 



Natal, summit of Tabanhlope Mtii. 6-7000 ft., Eva UK, 398. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



E. undulata, Ait. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 10-20 in. high, flowers green. Summer- 

 Autumn. A. Dieterlen, 227 ! ; under rocks, flowers green, frequent, 

 Phillips, 549 ! ; foot of mountains at Bester's Vlei, 5500 ft., December, 

 Bolus, 8268 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Somerset East. Graaff Eeinet . Coles- 

 berg. Transkei. Tembuland. Natal. Orange Free State (Modder 

 River Drift, Bloemfonteiu). Transvaal (Eustenburg, Johannesburg). 



SESUTO : Khapumpu. Powerful charms are prepared from this 

 species, used in a similar way to those of Uryenia cap it at a. 



E. amaryllidifolia, Bkr. 



Orange Free State, Caledon Eiver, Burke ; Natal, Giant's Castle. 

 7000 ft., November, flowers white. A. Bolus in Herb. Bolus, 4940 ! 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SCILLA, Linn. 



S. rigiclifolia, Kunth.. 



Wittebergen, 5-6000 ft,, Drnje, 4506 c. 



DISTRIBUTION: King William's Town. Tembuland. East Griqua- 

 land. Natal. Transvaal (Aapie's Eiver, Barberton). 



var. nervosa, Bkr. 



Orange Free State, near Nelson's Kop, Cooper, 882. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Natal. Griqualand West, Bechuaualand. 



var. Gerrardi, Bkr. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 8-15 in. high, flowers white. 



