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Schoen. i. 35, t. 67; Ker in Bot. Keg. t. 172. — Bulb snbglobose, 

 1^ in. diam. Leaves 4-6, contemporary with the flowers, hnear, 

 above a foot long, |-i in. broad, bright green, sometimes rough 

 with pustules on the face. Peduncle slender, subterete, flexuose, 

 sometimes 2-3 ft. long. Flowers 10-20 in a centripetal umbel ; 

 pedicels slender, 1-2 in. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate, as long as 

 tlie pedicels. Perianth declinate, cut down nearly to the ovary ; 

 segments oblanceolate, crisped, pale pink, 1-1|- in. long, ^ in. 

 broad. Stamens declinate, the 3 longer ones rather shorter than 

 the perianth. Style declinate, as long as the stamens. 



Var. Sandersoni Baker. — Leaves broader. Peduncle and pedi- 

 cels more robust. Perianth-segments less crisped, united in a 

 more distinct cup at the base. 



Var. N. PULCHELLA Herb. App. 19 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2107.— Leaves 

 glaucous, firmer in texture than in the type. Peduncle not flexuose. 

 Perianth- segments pale pink, with a rose-red keel. Stamens and 

 style nearly white. 



Var. ANGusTiFOLiA Baker. N. piilchella var. angmlifolia Baker 

 in Saund. Kef. Bot. t. 329. — Leaves about 8, very narrow, chan- 

 nelled down the face. Pedicels pubescent, 2-3 in. long. Ovary 

 very pubescent. 



Hab. Cape Colony, ascending the mountains to 4000—5000 ft., and Natal. 

 Var. Sandersoni was sent by Mr. Sanderson from the Transvaal, and var. 

 angustifolia by Mr. Thomas Cooper from Orange Free State. Introduced into 

 cultivation by Masson in 1795. 



5. N. puDicA Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5901 ; Flore des Serres, 

 t. 2464. — Bulb globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 4-6, linear, glaucous, 

 suberect, persistent, 8-9 in. long, i-|- in. broad. Peduncle slender, 

 subterete, 1-1| ft. long. Umbel centripetal, 4-6-flowered ; pedicels 

 slender, 1-1-|- in. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate, tinged with red, 

 as long as the pedicels. Perianth rather deflexed : segments ob- 

 lanceolate, scarcely at all crisped, 1^-1-1 in. long, white, keeled 

 upwards with pink. Stamens dechnate, shorter than the perianth. 

 Style declinate, reaching to the tip of the perianth. Seeds globose. 



Var. N. Elwesii Leichtlin. — Leaves broader, bright green, more 

 persistent ; midrib prominent. Umbel more compact. Perianth- 

 segments pale rose, with a darker keel, thicker and more waxy in 

 texture. 



Hab. Cape Colony. First described from a plant that flowered at Kew in 

 the autumn of 1868. 



6. N. FiLiFOLiA Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6547. — Bulb globose, 

 under 1 in. diam., with pale tunics produced into a short neck. 

 Leaves 6-10, contemporary with the flowers, grass green, suberect, 

 very slender, 6-8 in. long. Peduncle slender, terete, green, finely 

 glandular-pubescent, a foot long. Flowers 8-10 in a centripetal 

 umbel ; pedicels slender, 1-1-|- in. long ; spathe-valves small, green, 

 lanceolate. Perianth deflexed, bright red, an inch long; segments 

 oblanceolate, crisped, only l-12th to l-8th in. broad. Stamens 

 declinate, shorter than the perianth-segments. Style equalhng the 

 lon.2:er stamens. 



