

Plate 1726. 



NANOLIRION CAPENSE, Benth. 



L-ILIACE.E. Tribe Asphodelejd. 



N. capense, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. fit. Gen. Plant, iii. 793; 

 Herpolirion capense, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 395. 



Hab. In summo cacumine saxoso montis Winterhoek prope Tul- 

 bagh, Africa austr., H. Bolus (No. 5170). 



c Herba perennis acaulis graminoidea glabra caespitosa bipollicaris ; 

 rhizoma gracile repens stoloniferum, flagellis hypogasis filiformibus. 

 Folia linearia congesta rigida, basi membranacea scapam arete 

 cingentia, sursum complicata, dorso crebre nervata, aeumine calloso 

 desinentia, flores param superantia, 1-2 centim. longa, 2 mill. lata. 

 Scapus subnullus filiformis umbellatus, 1-2- v. rarius 3- floras ; bracte© 

 foliis subconformes basi vaginantes, vetustiores 8-18 mill, longse; 

 pedicelli floriferi ascendentes subcarnosi flavi, fruetiferi decurvah 

 indurantes din persistentes, 6-8 mill, longi. Perianthium pallide 

 casruleum, apice purpureo-suftusum ; segmentis oblanceolatis snb- 

 conformibus, medio tantum leviter 3-nervatis, 6 mm. longis, 3 mm. 

 lafcis, post anthesin spiraliter contortis. Stamina inclusa, 3 extenora 

 profunde perigyna, 3 interiora hypogyna breviora, filamentis dilatatis 

 lanceolatis luteis, antheris ovatis obtusis. Ovarium semiovatum, 

 Btigraate punctiformi, stamina breviora sequante. Capsula subglobosa 

 leviter 3-lobata, 5 mm. longa et lata, loculicide dehiscens, seminibua 

 m loculis geminis collateralibus erectis translucentibus.' — H. BOLUS. 



Clearly a near ally of the Australasian genus Herpolirion, under which 

 it was first published by Mr. Bolus, whose description is copied above 

 and whose careful drawing from living specimens is reproduced her" 

 with by Miss Smith.— D. O. 



Fig. 1. Perianth laid open. 2. Outer, 3. inner perianth segment detached. 

 4 6. Stamens 6. Pistil. 7. Capsule, nearly ripe. 8, 9. Sections of capsule. 

 10. One cell of same laid open. 11, 12. Seed. 13. Leaf. 14. Flower and pedicel. 

 Enlarged. 



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