226 A MONOGRAPH OE THE GENUS GETHYLLIS. 



overtopping the anthers. Fruit clavate, 2-3 in. long, under ^ in. 

 diam., narrowed to the base. Thunb, Nov. Gen. 14 ; Prodr. 59 ; 

 Flora Cap. edit. li. 302 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1088 ; Herb. Amaryll. 185 ; 

 Kunth Enum. v. 695. — Pajdria villosa Thunb. in Act, Lund. i. 2, 111. 

 Hab. South-western Provinces, Thunbevii ! Masson ! Bitrchell ! 

 Harveu 864! Cooper 1644! 1710! Bev. W. M^ Bor/ersl Hart. Trevor 

 Clarke ! Wollicli 407 ! 452 ! Flowers at the Cape in December and 

 fruits in February. — G. rosea Eckl. Topog. Verz. 4, is a small form 

 with a red-tinted perianth -limb. 



2. G. vERTiciLLATA K. Br. Prodr. 290 (Tab. 259, fig. 2, reduced 

 one-half). — Bulb small, ovoid, with a spotted cylindrical neck 

 1-2 in. long. Leaves 4-5, linear-subulate, glabrous, not twisted 

 spirally, but rolled-up like a watch-spring towards the tip, 4-6 in. 

 long. Perianth pure white ; tube slender, 3-4 in. long; segments 

 lanceolate, acute, reflexing, an inch long. Stamens 6 ; filaments 

 filiform, as long as the anthers. Style a little overtopping the 

 stamens. Fruit yellow, clavate, cotemporary with the leaves, 

 1^ in. long, ^ in. diam. Koem. et Schuites Syst. Veg. vii. 781 ; 

 He]-b. Amaryll. 186, tab. 26, fig. 6 ; Kunth Enum. v. 697. 



Hab. South-western District; Piquetberg, year 1790, Massonl 



3. G. VILLOSA Linn. fil. Suppl. 198. — Bulb small, ovoid; tunics 

 produced an inch or more above its apex. Leaves 5-10, developed 

 after the flowers, linear, 2-3 in. long, ^ in. broad, twisted spirally, 

 clothed with dense ascending or deflexed whitish bristly hairs. 

 Perianth-tube pilose, 2-4 in. long ; limb tinged with pink, about an 

 inch long ; segments lanceolate, reflexing, ^ in. broad. Stamens 6, 

 one-thn-d the length of the perianth-segments ; anthers about as 

 long as the filaments. Style straight, reaching to the top of the 

 stamens. Fruit clavate, yellowish, cotemporary with the leaves, 

 2 in. long, ^ iu. diam. Thunb. Nov. Gen. 14; Prodr. 59 ; Fl. Cap. 

 edit. ii. 303; Willd. Sp. Plant, h. 104; Herb. Amaryll. 186; 

 Kunth Enum. v. 697. — Papiria villom Thunb. in Act. Lund. i. 2, 

 111, cum icone. 



Hab. South-western Provinces, Thunberg ! Masson ! 



4. G. LONGiSTYLA Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 396. — Bulb 

 ovoid or subglobose ; inner tunics pale reddish, produced some 

 distance over its apex. Leaves 12-18, produced after the flowers, 

 linear from a dilated base, acuminate, ciliated, 3-4 in. long, I in. 

 broad, covered with linear white lacerated centrally-affixed scales. 

 Perianth-tube 2 in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 about an inch long, J in. broad. Stamens 6, about -^ in. long; 

 anther longer than the filament. Style exserted i-| in. beyond 

 the tip of the perianth-segments, stout, subangular, thicker gradually 

 towards the base. 



Hab. Sneewbergeu Kange, alt. 4000 ft., Tyson [Bolus 842). 



5. G. AFRA Linn. Sp. Plant. 633. — Bulb globose, 1^-2 in. diam., 

 with brown membranous tunics produced 2-3 in. over its apex. 

 Leaves 12-20, as long as the flowers, linear, twisted, strongly 

 ribbed, glabrous. Perianth-tube 3-4 in. long ; limb whitish, 

 li^-2 in. long ; segments oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, acute, 

 varying from \ to -^^ in. broad. Stamens 9-12, about ^ in. long; 



