336 Ni:\v r.LAmoLE.E. 



injcqimlibus oblongo-spitluilatis. C. B. Spei, Drege, 2627 I A close 

 iilly of B.JlahellifoIiaj'H.a.ryej; Klatt in Linnaea xxxv., 380, from 

 Namsiqunland. 



B. Dreoei, Baker. — Bulbura non vidi. Folia basalia plura, 

 lanceolata, crassa, coriacca, glabra, acuta, oblique potiolata, G-9 poll. 

 longa, medio 9-15 lin. lata, nervis validis porcursa, marginibus 

 stramincis valde incrassatis. Caulis brevissimus, spicis 2-3 densia- 

 congestis. Spathoe valvra exterior dura, glabra, lanceolata. acuta, 

 18-21 lin. longa; interior minor, occulta, bifida. Perianthii tubus 

 bipollicaris, apiceinfundibularis ; limbus poUicaris, segmentis oblongo- 

 spathulatis inrequalibus. Genitalia limbo subduplo breviora. C. B, 

 Spei, Drege, 2628! Near B. samhucina, Ker, Bot. Mug., t. 1089. 



Watsonia ctlindrica, Baker. — Bulbum non vidi. Folia basalia 

 5-6, linearia, acuta, 5-6 poll, longa, 5-7 lin. lata. Caulis pedalis, 

 foliis 2-3 valde reductis inslructus. Spica 5-6-flora, 3-4 poll, longa, 

 distioha. Spathre valva exterior lanceolata, integra. Periantbii 

 pallide rubri tubus 15-18 lin. longus, curvatus, e basi ad apicem 

 sensim ampliatus ; segmenta subocqualia. oblanceolata, 5-6 lin. longa. 

 Filamenta ex tubo protrusa, antheris 2i lin. longis basi profunde 

 sagittatis. Madagascaria, Plant in Hort. Saunders, anno 1871. 

 Habit of W. hnnilis, from wbich it recedes by its shorter limb and 

 perianth-tube dilated gradually from the base to the throat. A draw- 

 ing of the plant was made by i\Ir. Saunders for the " llefugium," but 

 it has not been published yet. 



"W. DENsiFLORA, Btther. — Bulbum non vidi. Folia basiilia ensi- 

 formia, 2-3-pedalia, medio 6-9 lin. lata, crassa, rigida, crebre distincte 

 nervata, marginibus incrassatis stramineis. Caulis teres, bipedalis, 

 foliis valde reductis instructus. Spica simplex, pedalis, densa, dis- 

 ticha, 40-50-flora. Spatha? valvis oblongis acutis integris brunneis, 

 exterioribus 9-15 lin. longis valde imbricatis. Perianthii rubri tubus 

 15 lin. longus, dimidio inferiori filiformi, apice infundibulari ; limbus 

 pollicaris, segmentis oblanceolatis ncqualibus acutis. Antherce 5-6 lin. 

 longai, ex tubo protrusse. Styli rami profunde bifidi. C. B. Spei. 

 Drege, 4536! Watal, Plant, 29! Miss Armstrong! Cooper, 3186! 

 Orange Free State, Cooper, 886! "Well marked from all the many 

 varieties of W. Meriana by its dense many-flowered distichous spike, 

 the outer spathc-valves of which overwrap one another above the 

 middle in a regular row on each side of the axis. 



MoNTBUETiA PAL'CiFLORA, Baker. — Bulbus globosus, 5-6 lin. crassus^ 

 tunicis membranaceis. Folia basalia 2-3, anguste linearia, glabra, 

 acuta, firma, graminoidia, 6-9 poll, longa, 1^-2 lin. lata. Caulis 

 simplex, teres, semipedalis vel pedalis, foliis 2-3 valde reductis 

 instructus, apice unitlorus vel laxe biflorus. Spathae valva exterior 

 lanceolata, viridis, acuta, 12-'Jl lin. longa; interior minor, inclusa, 

 occulta. Perianthium tubus bipollicaris, apice late infuudibularis, 

 deorsum cylindricus ; limbus pollicaris, rubellus, segmentis oblongis, 

 subacutis, ascendentibus, ina?(iualibus. Stamina supra medium tubi 

 inserta, filamentis arcuatis filiformibus 5-6 lin. longis, antheris linearibus 

 filamento brevioribus. Stylus arcuatus, stamina superans, stigma- 

 tibus tribus oblanceolatis falcatis. C. B. Spei, in ditione Somerset, 

 Bowker ! Like II. capensis {Tritouia, Gawl.), his has the 

 perianth of JUonfbretia, in combination with the large entire spathe- 

 valves of Acidanthera. 



