OXXXIII. LILIACER. 397 
Scapigerous, bulbous plants. Leaves thickish, mostly linear. Raceme 
few- or many-flowered. Flowers blue purple or rosy, rarely white.—S. 
plumbea, Lindl., the only Cape species, is a doubtful member of this genus, 
of which the genuine species are from the northern hemisphere. 
11. DRIMTA, Jacq. 
* Perianth 6-parted nearly to the base, regular, persistent ; 
sepals equal, converging and connate at base, 1-nerved, above 
widely spreading and reflexed, uncinate-inflexed at apex. 
Stamens at the base of the perianth-lobes and about equalling 
them, subequal or 3 shorter ; filaments filiform. Ovary shortly 
stipitate, depressed-ovate ; ovules 1-2 in each cell; style fili- 
form, erect. Capsule membranous, sharply 3-angled. Seeds 
solitary, oblong, dorsally convex, flat in front, chestnut-brown. 
— Kunth, l. ¢. p. 338. 
Scapigerous, bulbous plants. Leaves nerve-striate; raceme many- 
flowered, simple. Flowers on longish pedicels, dull coloured.—7 species. 
12, IDOTHEA, Kth. 
Perianth 6-parted, regular, deciduous; segments equal, 
connate below in a short, campanulate tube, 1-nerved, patent- 
reflexed. Stamens at the base of the segments, erect, rather 
shorter than the perianth; filaments a little dilated at base. 
Ovary sessile, ovate-conical; ovules 7-19 in each cell; style 
filiform, deciduous. Capsule dry, many-seeded. Seeds black, 
shining.— Kunth, l. c. p. 341. 
Bulbous plants, separated by Kunth from Drimia. Leaves appearing 
mostly after or before the flowers, narrow. Scape elongate, many-flowered ; 
flowers greenish or dull coloured.—10 species. 
13. ORNITHOGALUM, Linn. 
Perianth 6-parted, regular, persistent; sepals subconnate 
at base, 3-7-nerved, subequal, spreading, concave. Stamens 
at the base of the sepals; filaments flattened, subulate, the 3 
inner sometimes wider and longer. Ovary sessile, 3-celled ; 
ovules several; style erect; stigma thickened. Capsule 
membranous. Seeds mostly angular, black—Aunth, lL. ¢. p. 
349. 
Scapigerous, bulbous plants. Leaves nerve-striate, thickish, broad or 
narrow. Scape tall, racemose, corymbose or subcapitate at the summit, 
mostly many-flowered ; flowers pedicelled, erect, white, green, rarely yellow, 
orange or scarlet. Bracts membranous.— Many species. 
14, ALBUCA, Linn. 
Perianth 6-parted, regular, persistent ; sepals subconnate at 
base, either all or the inner ones only hooded, and with an in- 
