CXXVI. HHMODORACE®. 377 
1. DILATRIS, Berg. 
Perianth petaloid, externally downy, superior, 6-parted, 
the segments erect, persistent. Stamens 6, 3 sterile, anther- 
less and short, 3 fertile, one of the anthers much larger than 
the others. Ovary inferior, 3-celled; ovules 1 in each cell, 
peltate. Capsules subglobose. Seeds solitary —Zndl. Gen. 
mn. 1254. 
Roots with blood-red juice; leaves radical, equitant, ensiform, rigid, 
sheathing at base. Flowers purple or yellow, corymbose or panicled.—3 
species, Western. 
2. LANARTIA, Thunb. 
Perianth petaloid, externally plumose-woolly, superior, 
with a short tube, and 6-parted, spreading, equal, persistent 
limb. Stamens 6, all fertile ; anthers versatile. Ovary infe- 
rior, 3-celled; ovules 2 in each cell, ascending.—ndl. Gen. 
nm. 1256. 
L. plumosa, the only species, has a branched, woolly stem, glabrous, ensi- 
form leaves, and panicled flowers, which are white-woolly on the outer, 
purple on the inner surface.—Grows in Swellendam. 
38. WACHENDORFTA, Burm. 
Perianth petaloid, villous, 6-parted, irregular, the segments 
oblong, the 3 upper erect, 3 lower spreading, subsaccate at 
base. Stamens inserted in the base of the perianth, 3 fertile, 
3 antherless, short or wholly wanting; filaments of fertile 
stamens declined, rather shorter than the perianth. Ovary 
free, sharply 3-cornered, 3-celled; ovules solitary ; style fili- 
form, terminal. Capsule turbinate, sharply 8-angled.—Endl. 
Gen. n. 1251. 
Tuberous-rooted, red-juiced plants, with radical, sheathing, nerve-plaited 
leaves, pubescent stems, and dull yellowish, racemose or panicled flowers, 
brownish on the outside.—Several species, in the Western districts. 
4, BARBERETTA, ‘Harv. 
Perianth petaloid, 6-parted, regular, the segments oblong, 
3-5-nerved, very delicate. Stameus 38, in the base of the 
perianth, ascending ; filaments subulate, with narrow wings ; 
anthers incumbent, 2-celled. Ovary oblique (of 1 carpel), 
roundish-compressed, sessile on a fleshy disk, free ; ovule soli- 
tary; style lateral, filiform, exserted ; stigma simple. Cap- 
sule ? 
Roots tuberous? Leaves radical, equitant, sheathing at base, many- 
nerved. Scapes simple, racemose. Bracts 1 to each flower, spathe-like, en- 
wrapping the pedicel. Flowers small, bright golden-yellow. —B. awrea, 
