322 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AND LITTLE KNOWN LILIACE^. 



lO/'- DiPCADi FiLiFOLiuM, Baker, ii. sp. Bulb globose, 6-8 lines 

 in diameter. Leaves 2, cotemporary with the flowers, siibterete, 

 erect, glabrous, nearly- a foot long, not more than half a line in 

 diameter. Scape slender, a foot or more long. Kaceme very lax, 

 3-10-llowered ; bracts obsolete ; pedicels erecto-patent, the lower 

 ones \-\ in. long, the upper shorter. Perianth fulvous, 

 7-8 lines long ; tube oblong, \ m. ; inner segments oblong, 

 obtuse, as long as the tube ; outer linear, spreading, 4^-5 lines 

 long. Capsule shortly stipitate, deeply lobed horizontally, \ in. 

 long, f in. in diameter. 



Central Africa, in the kingdom of Djur, Scliweinfurth 1947 ! 

 Allied to the Abyssinian B. minimum, Webb, and Angolan D. oxy- 

 lobum, Welw. 



17.* DiPCADi LANCEOLATUM, Bakev, n. sp. Bulb not seen. Leaves 

 4-5, cotemporary with the flowers, lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 

 4-5 in. long. Scape slender, erect, 8-18 in. long. Kaceme very 

 lax, |-1 foot long ; pedicels erecto-patent, 1-2 Imes long ; bracts 

 linear, the lowest f-^ in. long. Perianth greenish, 7-8 lines long ; 

 tube oblong, i-} in. long ; mner segments flat, rather longer than 

 the tube ; outer subulate, f-^ in. long, exceeding the inner by 

 ^-\ in. Ca^Dsule not seen. 



Central Africa, in the kingdom of Bongo, Scliweinfurth, 1782! 

 Near D. erythrmim, Webb, a plant of Egyx^t and Arabia. 



16.* Lachenalia Wrightii, Baker, n. sp. Bulb ovoid, under 

 an inch in diameter. Leaf solitary, glabrous, flesh}^ linear, 

 reaching a foot in length, mottled with red-brown towards the 

 base. Scape terete, 6-9 in. long, similarly mottled near the base. 

 Kaceme lax, 10-12-flowered, 1^-2 in. long, above an inch in 

 diameter ; bracts minute, deltoid ; pedicels l-\ in. long. Perianth 

 campanulate ; outer segments bright red-purj)le, \ in. long ; inner 

 whitish, a little larger. Stamens and stjie just protruded. 



Cape Colony, C. Wrvjltt, 219 ! Aibniral Sir Fred. Grey ! Sand- 

 flats at Cape Wj^nberg, Bohis ! Allied to L. Zeyheri, camjMnulata 

 an d convaUarioides. 



72.* Ornithogalum (Ledebouriopsis) haworthioides. Baker, n. sp. 

 Bulb exactly like that of Drimia haworthiuides, as figured in the 

 * Gardeners' Chronicle,' 1875, p. 366, t. 70. Leaves 5-6, produced 

 at a different time to the flowers, lorate, thin, fleshy, glabrous, 

 obtuse. Scape slender, glabrous, a foot long. Kaceme very lax, 

 slender, 20-80 -flowered, half a foot long, under an inch in diameter ; 

 pedicels erecto-patent, \-\ m. ; bracts minute, lanceolate-deltoid, 

 spurred above the base. Perianth campanulate, ^ in. long ; seg- 

 ments oblanceolate-spathulatc, whitish, with a broad green keel, 

 joined in a distinct cup at the base. Stamens included, distinctly 

 perigynous ; anthers minute, oblong. 



Cape Colony, on hills near Graaf Keinet ; Cave Mountain, at 

 an elevation of 2900 feet. Bolus, 814 ! A very curious plant, allied 

 to O. nnomahim and (K Cooperi. Probably all three ought to be 

 removed from < hnitlwyaluui to constitute a new genus. 



