Plate 1727. 



POLYXENA HiEMANTHOIDES, Baker. 







Liliacejl Tribe Scillejj. 



P. naemantlioides, Baker (sp. nov.) ; bulbo magno subgloboso, pedun- 

 culo brevissimo subhypoga?o, foliis 2 patulis humifusis oblongis acutis 

 glabris subcarnosis conspicue multinervatis margine scabris, floribas 

 permultis in capitulum globosum congestis, pedicellis brevissimis vel 

 subnullis, bracteis parvis hyalinis, inferioribus ovato-lanceolatis acutis, 

 supercoribus multis vacuis obovatis, comara formuntibus, perianthio 

 palhdo tubo subcylindrico segmentis oblongo-lancoolatis ascendentibus 

 tubo brevioribus, filamentis ascendentibus splendide rnbris longe ex- 

 sertis ad basin liberis, stylo elongato, stigmate minuto capitate 



Hab. Central region of Cape Colony, on the Nieuweld Mountains 

 near Fraserburg, at an altitude of 4,200 feet above sea-level ; flowering 

 in April and May, Bolus (No. 5493). 



BiMu* I £-15 Kn. diam. Folia supra basin 3-4 poll, longa. Peri- 

 anthu tubus semipollicaris. Filamenta 7-8 lin. Ionga. 



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The affinity of this interesting novelty is evidently close with Massowia 

 rugulnsa of Lichtenstein and M. marginata of Willdenow, of neither of 

 which we possess specimens in the Kew Herbarium, and which I there- 

 tore know from the descriptions alone. Both of them fall under the 

 genus Polyxena, as defined in the Genera Plant arum. The Nieuweld is 

 a lofty treeless tract of country on the border between the two 

 botanical regions of the interior, as defined by Mr. Bolns, the 'upper 



iftn° n u and the ' region of 8u ccn]ents.' Burchell passed through it in 

 1811, but at a much later period of the year.— J. G. Bakkr. 



i P ? 'fV F i 0, !! r > withbrart. 2. Flower, opened out. 3. Ontrii view of perianth. 

 ». rw 5. Horizontal section of ovary. 6. Bract from the coma. 



