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differs by its spirally- twisted stem, longer stouter pedicels, and 

 longer spatlie-valves. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Province of Uitenhage, Zeijher 1(JG2 ! 



8. H. GKMMATA Bentli. Gen. Plant, iii. 721. Stnwuiria (jemmata 

 Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1G20. ImJioJia geiuiudta and BurcheUiajia Hevh. 

 1. Bergiana Kuntli. — Bulb globose, 1 in. diam. ; neck 1-2 in. long. 

 Leaves lorate, developed after the flowers, f ft. long, ciliated with 

 long fine hairs. Peduncle |-1 ft. long. Umbel 10-20-flowered ; 

 pedicels 1-3 in. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate. Perianth purplish 

 white, ^ in. long ; tube none ; segments oblanceolate, crisped. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the limb. Style stout, cylindrical fi'om 

 a conical base. Capsule ^ in. diam. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; South-eastern and Central provinces, ascending to 

 5000 ft. on the Sneewbergen. 



9. Carpolyza SaJisb. 



Perianth with a short funnel-shaped tube ; segments linear- 

 oblong, subequal, spreading. Stamens inserted in the perianth- 

 tube ; filaments short, filiform ; anthers subgiobose, minute, basi- 

 fixed. Ovary globose, 3-celled ; ovules few in a cell; style filiform; 

 stigma tricuspidate. Cajmde globose, membranous, loculicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds few in a cell, subgiobose, green. — Monotypic. 



1. C. SPIRALIS Salisb. Parad. t. 63. Stnimaria spiralis Ait. ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1383. Hcemanthus spiralis Thunb. Crinicm tenellum 

 Jacq. Ic. t. 363. C. spirale Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 92. — Bulb ovoid, 

 ^■^ in. diam., with a long slender neck ; tunics membranous. 

 Leaves 2-4, contemporary with the flowers in June, subulate, very 

 slender. Peduncle filiform, spirally-twisted, 2-4 in. long ; spathe- 

 valves 2, linear. Perianth funnel-shaped, pinkish white ; tube 

 ■|-^ in. long; segments | in. long. Capsule i in. diam., with 3 

 rounded lobes. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; South-western provinces only. 



10. Gethyllis Llnn.-\- 



Penanth hypocrateriform ; tube long, cylindrical ; segments 

 subequal, oblong, acute. Stamens 6 or many in 6 clusters inserted 

 in a single row at the throat of the tube ; filaments short ; anthers 

 linear, basifixed, soon curling up when the flower opens, (k-arij 

 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style long, filiform ; stigma 

 capitate. Fruit succulent, clavate, indehiscent. Seeds globose, 

 immersed in pulp ; testa loose, hyaline. — Bootstuck a tuuicated bulb. 

 Peduncle short, hypogoeous. Spathe monophyllous, membranous. 

 Leaves produced after the flowers, filiform, linear or lancceolate. 

 Flowers whitish, fugitive. Habit of Crocus. 



Stamens six, undivided ...... Sp. 1-4. 



Stamens numerous, but arranged in six bundles . Sp. 5-9. 



* See my fuller Synopsis in the ' Journal of Botany,' 1885, p. 225, with two 

 plates. Masson's drawings, recently discovered, have added very materially to 

 our knowledge of the species. 



