NEW PETALOID MONOCOTYLEDONS FROM CAPE COLONY. 3 



diameter ; segments oblong-lanceolate, |-f in. long. Stamens half 

 as long as the segments. 



Hab. Namaqua-land, Scully ! Received very lately from Mr. 

 Scott Elliott. 



H. (EuHYPoxis) Woodii, n. sp. — Corm obhque-oblong, crowned 

 with a ring of slender fibres. Leaves about 6, linear or lanceolate, 

 thin in texture, with slender ribs, quite glabrous on both faces and 

 margin, the longest at the flowering time about a foot long, ^-^ in. 

 broad. Peduncle slender, slightly hairy, 4-5 in. long ; flowers 2-3, 

 corymbose ; pedicels ^-1 in. long ; bracts linear-setaceous. Perianth- 

 limb ^-^ in. long; segments oblong, acute, yellow, the outer hairy 

 on the back. Stamens half as long as the perianth -segments. 

 Stigmas concrete. 



Hab. Natal; Inanda, Wood 426a! 



H. (EuHYPoxis) acuminata, n. sp. — Corm not seen. Leavea 

 6-8, erect, linear, not rigid, loosely hairy all over, 12-15 in. long, 

 ^ in. broad low down, tapering gradually to the acuminate apex. 

 Peduncles single, weak, villose, 6-8 in. long; flowers 2-4, sub- 

 racemose ; lower pedicels ^— ^ in. long ; bracts small, linear- 

 subulate. Ovary obconic, densely villose, ^ in. long. Perianth- 

 limb f-| in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the outer 

 densely villose on the back. Anthers lanceolate-sagittate, versatile, 

 ^ in. long. Stigmas concrete. Capsule turbinate, villose, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Natal ; Inanda, Wood 1847 ! 



H. (EuHYPoxis) colchicifolia, n. sp. — Corm globose, 2 in. 

 diam., crowned with bristles. Leaves 6-8, oblong-lanceolate or 

 lanceolate, moderately firm in texture, strongly ribbed, rather 

 glaucous, quite glabrous on both surfaces and margin, the longest 

 at the flowering time 6-8 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad. Peduncle 

 slender, much shorter than the leaves; flowers 8-4, corymbose; 

 pedicels ^-1 in. long ; bracts linear. Ovary obconic, hairy, | in. 

 long. Perianth-limb ^-^ in. long ; segments oblong, yellow, the 

 outer green and hairy on the back. Stamens half as long as the 

 perianth-segments ; anthers lanceolate, ^ in. long ; filaments 

 shorter. Stigmas concrete. 



Hab. Described from a plant flowered by Mr. Wm. Bull in 

 1884. Exact locality not known. 



H. (EuHYPoxis) oligotricha, n. sp. — Corm not seen. Leaves 

 erect, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, subcoriaceous, strongly ribbed, 

 15-18 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad at the middle. Peducles ancipitous, 

 glabrous, 6-8 in. long. Flowers 10-15 in a lax raceme 8-4 in. 

 long; lower pedicels J-|- in. long; bracts linear, -^^-l in. long. 

 Ovary globose, nearly glabrous, ^ in. long and broad. Perianth- 

 limb -^-f in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, the outer with a 

 few scattered adpressed hairs on the back. Anthers lanceolate, ^ in. 

 long. Stigmas concrete. 



Hab. Natal; coast of Lianda, Wood 11701 



Vellosie^. 

 Vellosia villosa, n. sp. — Fruticose, with woody branches an 

 inch thick, coated with many sheaths of parallel hairy wiry fibres. 



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