A MONOGEAPH OF THE GENUS GETHYLLIS. 227 



anthers equalling the filaments. Style straight, rather overtopping 

 the anthers. Fruit yellowish, clavate, edible, with an agreeable 

 scent. Lindl. Bot. Eeg. t. 1016 ; Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. 

 vii. 780 ; Herb. Amaryll. 185 ; Kunth Enum. v. 69G. 



Hab. Southern Provinces, Burchell 7209 ! Zeijher 1GG3 ! 



6. G. Britteniana, n. sp. (Tab. 260, reduced two-fifths). — Bulb 

 globose, 2-3 in. diam., with a thick spotted neck, 1^ in. long. 

 Leaves 12-15, linear, glabrous, firm in texture, spirally twisted, 

 4-6 in. long, l-12th to l-8th in. broad. Perianth pure white; 

 tube stout, 2-3 in. long, its base hidden by a sheathing mem- 

 branous bract ; segments oblong-lanceolate, 2 in. long, | in. 

 broad. Stamens very numerous, arranged in 6 clusters ; fila- 

 ments about as long as the anthers. — (/. bivaginatd Masson MSS. 



Hab. Konradenberg, Wallieh in Hb. Mus. Brit. ! Karoo, 

 Sept. 1793, and Hort. Masson, 1794. I have described this from 

 Masson's three sketches, and named it after Mr. Britten, to whom 

 we are indebted for seeking out and rendering available for use 

 the series of drawings by Masson on which my paper is so largely 

 founded.* 



7. G. ciLiARis Linn. fil. Suppl. 198. ■ — Bulb globose, 1^^ in. 

 diam., with the tunics produced beyond its apex in a cylindrical 

 sheath 4-5 in. long. Leaves 20 or more, produced after the 

 flowers, linear, spirally twisted, conspicuously ciliated. Perianth- 

 tube 2-3 in. long; limb whitish, 1^ in. long; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, \-h in. broad. Anthers numerous, linear, ^-\ in. long; 

 filaments very short, confluent. Style straight, not longer than 

 the stamens. Fruit clavate, yellow, 2-3 in. long, above ^ in. diam. 

 Nov. Gen. 14; Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. ii. 302; Jacq. Hort. 

 Schoen. i. 41, t. 79 ; Herb. Amaryll. 185 ; Kunth Enum. v. 696.— 

 Papiria ciliaris Thunb. in Act. Lund. i. 2, 111. — G. polyanthera 

 Solander MSS. 



Hab. Southern Provinces, T/i?<7iic^;^! Masson\ Jacquin describes 

 this species as having six filaments, with three anthers to each. 

 There is a single flower in Thunberg's herbarium, marked G. 

 cuspidata, with six filaments, with two anthers to about two of 

 them, and one only to the others. Solander' s full original description 

 will be found in Mr. Britten's paper in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 148. 



8. Gr. UNDULATA Herb. Amaryll. 186, tab. 25, fig. 5. — Bulb 

 globose, 2-3 in. diam., with a neck 2-3 in. long. Leaves 12-20, 

 lanceolate, spreading, villose, much undulated, 5-6 in. long, ^-^ in. 

 broad. Perianth pure white; tube stout, 2-3 in. long ; segments 

 oblong-lanceolate, li in. long. Stamens numerous ; filaments 

 short, filiform. Style not much overtopping the stamens. Kunth 

 Enum. V. 697. 



* [These drawings, with others to the number of nearly 100, were presented 

 to the Department of Botany by Mr. Charles Lee, son of Mr. .John Lee 

 (inadvertently called James on p. 123 of Journ. Bot. 1884), and great-grandson 

 of the James Lee of Hammersmith to whom they were sent by Masson. My 

 own share in the discovery is really confined to the interest which it was 

 fortunate enough to excite in the Messrs. Lee, who were good enough to 

 institute a renewed search for the drawings, with gratifying results. — En. 

 Journ. Bot.] 



