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PLATE 29. 



TULBAGHIA NATALENSIS, Baker. 

 Natural Order LILIACEAE. 



Rootstock tuberous; Leaves 5-10 to each tuber, linear, green, 6-12 inches 

 long, channelled on'face. Scape terete, 1 foot or more long. Umbel 6-10 flowered, 

 pedicels to 1 inch long, lengthening in fruit, Spathe valves 2, lanceolate, 1 inch 

 long. Perianth pinky white, tube campanulate, 2 inches long, segments 6, in two 

 rows, oblong or obovate, longer than the tube, Corona half as long as perianth 

 segments, deeply lobed, yellow. Anthers 6, in 2 rows, uppper 3 near mouth of 

 corona, lower 3 half way down the tube. Style short; stigma capitate; Capsule 

 ovate or obovate, chartaceous, 3 lobed, 3 celled ; Seeds oblong, compressed, testa 

 loose, dark coloured. 



Habitat /Natal. Near Mooi River Railway Station, 4500 feet altitude, 

 November. J. M. Wood, No, 4045 ; near Howick, January, Miss Stainbank. 



The genus Tulbaghia includes 10 species only, of which 8 are found in South, 

 and 2 in Tropical Africa. The present species has apparently a somewhat limited 

 range, as it has so far as known to us only been collected in the localities named, 

 where it prefers moist situations. The leaves have an unpleasant garlicky odour 

 when bruised, and the whole plant is not free from it ; the genus is not far removed 

 from Allium, which includes the Onion, and the Garlic. 



Fig. 1, Plant natural size; 2, Flower; 3, Section of flower; 4, Stamen; 5, 

 Ovary, style and stigma; 6, Section of ovary, all enlarged. 



PLATE 30. 



BULBINE NATALENSIS, Baker. 

 Natural Order LILIACEA.E. 



A perennial herb. Leaves 6 to 15, rosulate, fleshy and full of sap, pale green, 

 concave at base above, rounded beneath, oblong-lanceolate, 6 to 12 inches long, 

 2 to 4^ inches wide at base, narrowed to apex. Scapes several, issuing from 

 axils of leaves, terete, erect, 8 to 22 inches long, ancipitous in lower portion, 

 densely flowered upwards, naked below. Raceme 1 to 2 feet long, expanding to 

 1^ to 2 inches wide, bracts lanceolate-acuminate, 3 to 4 lines long, pedicels 

 spreading, 6 to 9 lines long. Perianth segments 4 to~5 lines long, 2 to 3 lines 

 wide, oblong, bright yellow, central vein green beneath Stamens 6, two thirds 

 the length of the perianth lobes, filaments yellow, bearded with long hairs of the 

 same colour, in the upper portion only of those opposite outer segments of the 

 perianth, nearly to the base of the three opposite the inner segments, the 

 filaments of which are slightly broader than the others, Anthers small, oblong, 

 dorsitixed versatile, .2 celled. Style equalling the stamens, stigma minute. 

 Ovary 3 celled, cells 1 or 2 ovuled. Fruit a subglobose, few seeded capsule, one 

 or two of the cells usually abortive. Seeds compressed, black. 



Habitat: Natal. Inanda, edge of precipitous rocks, May, /. M. Wood, 

 No. 553. Umlaas in similar situations, /. M. Wood. 



This plant seems to be confined to the midland districts,, and is usually found 

 near the edges of precipices; the leaves are very succulent, and to tread upon them 

 in such places is somewhat dangerous, as they are extremely slippery. It is known 

 to the natives as u-Buxa. We follow Mr. Baker in the specific name of this plant, 



