NKW BULBOUS PLANTS FUUM CAPE COLONY. 181 



ON NEW BULBOUS PLANTS FROM THE EASTERN 



PROVINCES OF CAPE COLONY. 



By J. a Bakee. 



The following interesting novelties are all contained in a parcel 

 just received from Mr. MacOwan, and were collected partly by him- 

 self in Somerset East, and the rest by the Rev. R. Baur near the 

 Baziya mission station, in the interior of Transkeian KafFraria, a tract 

 of the botany of which we know very little, and which may be ex- 

 pected to yield a rich harvest. 



Order Hypoxidace.^:. 



Hypoxis BitrRn, Baker. — Cormus oblongus, verisimiliter annuus, 

 3-4 lin. crassus, tunicis apice copiose setosis. Folia 5-6, linearia, 

 erecta, l|-2 poll, longa, \\-2 lin. lata, rigidula, subcoriacea, acuta, 

 distincte costata, ubique pilis setosis albidis patulis ^-1 lin. lougia 

 vestita. Pedunculi ad rosulam 2, uniflori, erecti, graciles, foliis 

 asquilongi, pilis consimilibus vestiti, bracteis 1-2 minutis inconspicuis 

 prfediti. Ovarium clavatum, 2 lin. longum, setis ascendentibus al- 

 bidis densissime vestitum. Perianthii limbus saturate ruber, 5-6 

 lin. longus, segmentis conforriibus dorso nudis obovatis vel oblanceo- 

 latis obtusis 1^-4 lin. latis. Stamina perparva, \ lin. longa, (an rite 

 evoluta V), antheris oblongis, filamentis brevissimis. Capsula supra 

 basin circumscissa. Kaffraria Transheicma superior ad Monies Baziya, 

 alt. 3500-4000 pedes. Floret Oct. -Nov. ; Baur., 501 ! Differs from all 

 the Hypoxidacese already known by its bright red flowers. 



Hypoxis biflora, Baker. — Cormus ovoideus, perennis, 3-4 lin. 

 crassus, tunicis nigricantibus, apice hand setosis. Folia 5-6, 

 linearia, falcata, canaliculata, suberecta, 3-4 poll, longa, deorsum 1^-2 

 lin. lata, ad apicem attenuata, subcoriacea, pilis paucis adpressis in- 

 conspicuis prsedita. Pedunculi ad rosulam 2-3, 1-2 poll, longi, 

 gracillimi, laxe biflori, pilis consimilibus paucis adpressis prsediti. 

 Pedicelli erecto-patentes, 6-18 lin. longi, adpresse sericei, basi bracteis 

 parvis linearibus sericeis 3-4 lin. longis vestiti. Ovarium turbinatum, 

 H- lin. longum, pilis sericeis adpressis albidis dense vestiti. Peri- 

 anthii limbus 3-4 lin. longus, segmentis oblongis vel lanceolatis 1-1-i 

 lin. latis, facie luteis, dorso ubique subtiliter sericeis. Stamina limbo 

 duplo breviora, antheris lanceolatis sagittatis leviter versatilibus. 

 Stylus simplex, limbo 3-4-plo brevior. Kaffraria Tramkeiana superior 

 in udis et ad ripasjtuviorum, alt. 2bQQ pedes. Floret Nov. ; Baur, 347 ! 

 Near H. angustifolia. Lam., of Mauritius and Zanzibar. Received 

 previously from the Orange River Free State ; Cooper, 1039 ! 



Hypoxis Ludwigii, Baker. — Cormus perennis, 1 poll, crassus. 

 P'olia 6-8, suberecta, linearia, subcoriacea, 12-15 poll, longa, supra 

 basin 6-9 lin. lata, crebre multinervata, utrinque viridia, prsesertim ad 

 marginem et costam faciei inferioris pilis brevissimis setosis albidis 

 praedita. Scapus ad rosulam unicus, flexuosus, 9-12-pollicaris, pilis 

 setosis albidis laxis erecto-patentibus l-l^ lin. longis ubique subdense 

 vestitus. Flores 6-12, in corymbum laxum dispositi, pedicellis in- 

 ferioribus 1-1|^ poll, longis, bracteis linearibus 5-I poll, longis. 

 Ovarium obconicum, 3 lin. longum, pilis albidis ascendentibus dense 

 vstitum. Periaathii limbus 6-8 lin. longus, segmentis oblongo- 



