NEW BULBOUS PLANTS FHOAl CAPE COLON V. 183 



oblongis, medio 2-3 lin. latis, flore expanse erecto-patentibus. 

 Stamina perianthio distincte breviora, antheris anguste ligulatis 3 lin. 

 longis. Kaffraria Transkeiana superior ad Atontes Baziya, alt. 2500- 

 Z^^^ pedes; Baur, 628 ! P'loret Martio. A very handsome and very- 

 distinct new species, allied to H. falcata, Ker. (Bot. Mag., tab. 

 566). 



Hespeeantha bulbifera, Baker. — Bulbum non vidi. Folia sub- 

 basalia 2-3, linearia, glabra, graminoidea, pedalia vel sesqnipedalia, 

 3-4 lin. lata, in axillis ssepe bulbifera. Scapus sesquipedalia, 

 teres, debilis, foliis 3-4 consimilibus minoribus, in axillis saepe 

 bulbiferis, proeditus. Spica laxe 2-3-flora. Spathse valvse 8-9 

 lin. longae, pallidae, membranacete, obtusae. Perianthium album, 

 15 lin. longum, tube curvato 3-4 lin. longo, segmentis oblongis 

 medio 3-4 lin. latis, limbo diutine infundibulari. Stamina limbo \ 

 breviora, antheris ochroleucis 5 lin. longis. In rimia scopulorum ad 

 cataradas Montis Boschherg ; MacOwan, 2215! " Bulbilli a cyno- 

 cephalis (Cebus capensis) pro cibo evelluntur avide." Belongs to the 

 small group with a much curved perianth-tube, of which H. radiata, 

 Ker (Bot. Mag,, t. 573) is the best-known representative. 



Order Amakyllidace^. 



Ctrtanthus (Monella) Tuckii, Baker. — Bulbum non vidi. Folia 

 synanthia, anguste lorata, carnoso-herbacea, glabra, pedalia vel 

 sesquipedalia, 3-4 lin. lata. Scapus pedalis et ultra, 3-4 lin. crassus. 

 Valvse spathfE 2, lanceolatae, menibranaceae, virides, obtusoe, 3-3^ poll, 

 longae. Umbellae 12-15-florae,pedicellisascendentibus-|-2^ poll, longis. 

 Perianthium \h-2\ poll, longum, ovario parvo oblongo, limbo saturate 

 coccineo, deorsum siccatione flavidulo, tubo clavato 15-21 longo, e basi 

 ^ lin. ad oram 3-4 lin. crassam sensim ampliato, segmentis oblongis 

 obtusis apice calloso-cuspidatis, 3-4 lin. longis, diutine ascendentibus. 

 Stamina e tubo baud exserta, antheris oblongis \h lin. longis. Stylus 

 limbo subsequilongus, apice distincte tricuspidatus. In graminosis 

 clivis summi Montis Boschberg, alt. 4500 ^^e^^e.s ; MacOwan, 2133 ! 

 Kaffraria Transkeiana superior ad Baziya, alt. 2000 pedes ; Baur, 523 ! 

 Floret Sept. -Dec. Named, at Mr. MacOwan's request, after Mr. 

 William Tuck, formerly of the Grahamstown Botanic Garden, now 

 overseer of the municipal lands at Somerset East. Closely allied to C. 

 angustifolius, Ait., Bot. Mag., t. 571, but with a different spathe and 

 the segments of the limb different in shape and much smaller. 



Order Liliace^. 



Scllla (Ledeboueia) pusilla, Baker. — Bulbus magnus, oblongus 

 8-9 lin. crassus, fibris basalibus copiosis, tunicis multis truncatis atro- 

 brunneis. Folia 5-6-synanthia, rosulata, ovato-lanceolata, glabra, 

 carnoso-herbacea, 1^-2, poll, longa, 5-6 lin. lata, basi vix angustata. 

 Scapus flexuosus, 1-1 J pollicaris. Racemus expansus densus oblongo- 

 conicus, 1-1| poll, longus, 5-6 lin. latus, pedicellis inferioribus cernuis 

 1-1|- lin. longis, bracteis minutissimis deltoideis. Perianthium cam- 

 panulatum, saturate purpureum, l^ lin. longum et latum. Stamina 

 perianthio vix breviora, filamentis splendide purpureis. Ovarium 

 sessile, n'lobosum. Kaffraria Transkeiana superior ad Monies Baziya, 



