236 NEW Bl'KCIES OF IXIK.K. 



XEW SPECIES OF IXIEiE. 

 Br J. G. Bakkk, F.L.S. 



Of the following eighteen undcscribed species of Ixiece there are 

 Bpecimens in the herbaria either of Kew or the British Museum, with 

 the exception of three of the Romulem, of which there are drawings 

 with notes by Dean Herbert in the Lindley Library at South Ken- 

 singron. 



RoMULEA CAMERooNiANA, Baker. — Bulbus globosus. 4 lin. crassua, 

 tunicis brunneis, exterioribus membranaceis. Folia producta circiter 

 4, semipedalia vel pedalia, dura, nitida, glabra, angustissime linearia, 

 ^ lin. lata. Scapi ad bulbum 1-2, stricti, gracillimi, simplices, erecti, 

 uniflori, demum 6-10-pollicares. Spathte valvixj lanceolatae, sub- 

 asquales, 5-6 lin. longaa. Perianthium lilacinura, spatha subsequi- 

 longum, tubo brevissimo, segmentis oblongis acutis. Pistillum antheris 

 aequilongum. Capsula oblonga, 4 lin longa, seminibus globosis J lin. 

 crassis, testa nitida castanoa. Monies Cameroon, alt. 7000-9000 pedes ; 

 G. Mann, 2135 ! Near R. Columnm, S. & M. 



11. CUPKKA, Baker. — Bulbum non vidi. Folia 3, setacea, sub- 

 erecta, 3-4 poll, longa, ^ lin. crassa, 4-angulata, costa prominente. 

 Scapus brevis, furcatus, folio reducto unico ad furcam bracteatus. 

 Pedicelli floriferi ascendentes, 12-15 lin. longi. Spathae valvae 

 lanceolataB, exterior 6 lin. longa, interior minor. Perianthium 12-14 

 lin. longum, extus viridulo-ochroleucum. intiis dimidio superior! 

 cupreo-fulvo, dimidio inferiori luteo, striis purpureis. Stamina 

 perianthio duplo breviora, antheris filamentis ])uberulis aequilongis. 

 Pistillum antheris asquilongum, ramis Btigmatosis brevibus patulis. 

 C. B. Spei. Described from an unpublished coloured sketch by Dean 

 Herbert in his collection in the Lindley Library, unuer the name of 

 " Trichonema cicpreum, mihi ; new." Closely allied to R. rosea 

 (Bot. Mag., t, 1225). 



B. Macowani, Baker. — Bulbus globosus, 5-C lin. crassus, tunicis 

 firmis brunneis apice cuspidatis. Folia 4-5, erecta vel patula, dura, 

 persistentia, glabra, subteretia, G-8 poll, longa, J lin. crassa, 4-angu- 

 lata. Flores ad bulbum 1-4, pedunculis supra terram simplicibus 1-2 

 poll, longis. Spathoe valvaj lanceolata), acutie, siibnequales, 12-15 lin. 

 longae. Perianthii tubus 9-12 lin. lon^us, dimidio inferiori gracillimo, 

 apice conico dilatato, limbus infundibularis, 15 lin. longus, dimidio 

 inferiori splendide aurantiaco, superne pallidiori lilacino tincto. 

 Stamina limbo duplo breviora, antheris angustis luteis 5-G lin. longis. 

 Pistillum antheras supcrans, ramis 6 subulatis falcatis. C. B. Spei, 

 in ditione Somerset ; Mrs. Barber! McOwan, 1547 ! I'erhaps the finest 

 of all the known species of the genus. Well marked from hulho- 

 codiodes and sullutea by its comparatively long tube, filiform in the 

 lower half. 



B. BAKBATA, Baker. — Bulbum non vidi. Folia 3, pubulato-quad- 

 rangulata, erecta, semi-pedalia, 1 lin. crassa. Pedunculi uniflori, li 

 poll, longi. Spatha) valvar exterior viridis, firma lanceolata, 6-9 lin. 

 longa ; interior minor membranacea. Perianthium 15-16 lin. longum, 

 tubo brevissimo, limbo fauce croceo, sursum lilacino, segmentis 

 oblongis acutis, medio 0-4 lin. latis. Stamina limbo duplo breviora, 



