352 Annals of the South African Museum. 



LILIACEAE. 



BULBINE, Linn. 



B. Foleyi, Phillips, sp. nov. Herba acaulescens. Tuberi fusi- 

 formes. Folia raclicalia, 9-19 cm. longa, teretia, carnosa, apice 

 acuta, glabra. Pedunculus 10-28 cm. longus, teres, sulcatus, glaber. 

 Inflorescentia racemosa, 2-6-flora, ad 35 cm. longa. Bracteae 275 mm. 

 longae, 2 mm. latae, ovatae, acuminatae, apice acutae, rnembranaceae, 

 glabrae. Pedicellus 5'5-65 mm. longus, teres, glaber. Segmenta 

 perianthii 7 mm. longa, 1 "5 mm. lata, lineari-oblonga, apice obtusa. Fila- 

 menta 3 mm. longa, lineari-clavatis pilis tecta ; antherae 1 mm. longae, 

 subglobosae. Ovarium 15 mm. longum, 1 mm. latum, oblongum, 

 sparse glandulosum ; stylus 4*5 mm. longus, linearis, glaber; stigma 

 capitatum. 



South-Western Region : Worcester Div. Hex River, near De 

 Dooms, September, Bolus ex parte. Paarl Div. Mountains round 

 French Hoek, c. 1200 ft., October, Kensit in Herb. Bolus, 10012 ; 

 mountain slopes above Uriel's Farm, 2000 ft., October, Phillips, 1351, 

 Phillips in Herb. Musei Austro-Afric. 8551. 



An acaulescent herb. Bootstock of many fusiform tubers. Leaves 

 radicle, usually shorter than, rarely as long as the pedicels, 9-19 cm. 

 long, terete (linear in dried specimens and then 1-25 mm. broad), 

 acute, fleshy, glabrous. Peduncle 10-28 cm. long, terete, furrowed, 

 glabrous. Inflorescence racemose, 2-6-flowered, up to 3'5 cm. long. 

 Bracts 2 - 75 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, ovate, acuminate, acute, mem- 

 branous, glabrous. Pedicels 5 - 5-6 - 5 mm. long, terete, glabrous, articu- 

 lated with the flower at the apex ; anthers 1 mm. long, subglobose. 

 Ovary 1*5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, oblong in outline, sparsely 

 glandular ; style 4 - 5 mm. long, glabrous ; stigma capitate. 



Perianth yellow within ; the three outer segments brown beneath 

 with a darker midrib ; the three inner with a brown midrib. 



Named in compliment to Mr. J. Foley, who accompanied me to 

 French Hoek. 



