400 CXXXIII. LILIACEA. 
segments ovate, suberect. Stamens in the base of the calyx 
(hypogynous), deflexed, mostly exserted. Ovary sessile, ovate- 
oblong, 3-angled; ovules several; style filiform, elongate, 
deflexed. Capsule bluntly 3-angled. Seeds brown-black.— 
Kunth, l.c. p. 550; Bot. Mag. t. 4816. Tritoma, Gawl. Velt- 
~ heimia, Willd. 
Stemless plants, with fascicled, fleshy roots. Leaves numerous, linear, 
taper-pointed, very long, concave, grass-like. Scape simple, ending in a 
many-flowered dense raceme ; pedicels very short; flowers at length pen- 
dulous-reflexed, yellow orange or scarlet.—7 or 8 species. 
21. BULBINE, Linn. 
Perianth 6-parted, regular, marcescent, the segments distinct, 
equal, 1-nerved, widely spreading, Stamens at the very base 
of the sepals, often declined ; filaments filiform, all (or only 3) 
bearded in the upper part. Ovary sessile, blunt-angled ; 
ovules few; style erect or declined, slightly thickened up- 
wards, truncate. Capsule subglobose. Seeds angular, black- 
ish-brown.—Kunth, 1. ¢. p. 568. 
Caulescent or stemless plants, the stem simple and mostly very short. 
Roots fascicled, sometimes tuberous. Leaves crowded, fleshy, terete, semi- 
terete, triquetrous or flat. Peduncles scape-like, racemose at the summit ; 
flowers yellow.—15 or 16 Cape species. 
22. BULBINELLA, Kth. 
Perianth 6-parted, regular, marcescent, the segments con- 
nate at the very base, l-nerved, widely spreading. Stamens 
at the base of the sepals and shorter; filaments subulate- 
filiform, glabrate. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; ovules in pairs; 
style filiform, elongate ; stigma simple.—Kunth, I. c. p. 569. 
Stemless plants, with fascicled roots. Scape leafy at base, simple, race- 
mose at the summit ; flowers on long pedicels, yellow or creamy. Leaves 
narrow, dry, flat, semiterete or 2-edged.—6 or 8 species. 
23. TRACHYANDRA, Kth. 
Perianth 6-parted, regular, at length deciduous ; segments, 
connate at base, widely spreading, rarely revolute, equal, dor- 
sally 3-nerved (the nerves subconfluent). Stamens at the 
base of the sepals and shorter; filaments flat, slender, re- 
trorsely muricate ; anthers erect, Imear, fixed just above the 
base. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; ovules about 10, sometimes 
4-2; style filiform, elongate. Capsule 3-angled, the valves 
either smooth, ridged or echinate. Seeds black.—Kunth, 1. e. 
p. 573. 
Stemless or subcaulescent plants, with fascicled roots. Leaves narrow, 
mostly radical, flat, thickish, glabrous or pubescent. Peduncle scape-like, 
