EHospeinnum.'] cxl. liliace^e (baker). 475 



We have two additional species, one from Matabeleland, collected by the Rev. W. 

 Elliott, and the other from Amboland, collected bj Prof. Hans Schinz, of which the 

 leaves are not known. Prof. Schinz (Bull, Herb. Boisa. iv. App. iii. 37) identities a 

 plant from Hereroland, collected by Stapflf, doubtfully with E- corymbosxim, Baker in 

 Journ, Linn. Soc. xv, 266. Prof. Schinz mentions two other unnamed species from 

 Hereroland, collected by Fleck and Luderitz. 



10. BULBINE, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. 784. 



Perianth campanulate, polyphyllous, persistent ; segments oV^loug, 

 subequal, spreading. Stamens 6, shorter than the perianth, hypogynous 

 or obscurely perigynous ; filaments filiform, densely bearded ; anthers 

 oblong, versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary globose, sessile, 

 3-celled ; ovules few in a cell ; style short, subulate ; stigma minute, 

 capitate. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds few, triquetrous ; testa 

 black; albumen fleshy; embryo nearly as long as the albumen. — 

 E-ootstock not bulbous. Acaulescent or with a short leafy stem. 

 Leaves subulate or flat, usually fleshy. Inflorescence a simple raceme 

 dense upwards; pedicels solitary articulated at the apex ; bracts small, 

 membranous, persistent. Flowers usually bright yellow ; segments 

 with a 1-nerved green keel. 



Species 30, all the others South African, except 2, which inhabit Australia. 



Leaves subulate, fleshy . . . . . . 1. ^. asphodeloides. 



Leaves lanceolate, fleshy . . . . . . 2. B. alooides. 



Leaves oblong, coriaceous 3. 5. platyphylla. 



1. B. asphodeloides, Schultes f. Syst. Yeg. vii. 444. Rootstock 

 a small globose tuber, with a dense tuft of slender root-fibres. Leaves 

 10-20 in a dense basal rosette, erect, subulate, J-lJ ft. long. Peduncle 

 shorter than the leaves. Raceme 3-6 in. long, very dense upwards ; 

 upper pedicels ascending, lower spreading, 6-9 lin. long ; bracts lanceo- 

 late, protruding beyond the buds. Perianth bright yellow, J in. long ; 

 segments oblong, much imbricated. Capsule obovoid-trigonous, \-\ in. 

 long. Seeds 3-4 in each cell. — Kunth, Enum. iv. 564 ; Baker in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xv. 345 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 159. B. ahyssinica, 

 A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 334, t. 97. Anthericum asphodeloides, 

 Linn. Sp. Plant. 311 ; Jacq. Hort. Vind. ii. 85, t. 181. 



Nile Dband. Abyssinia: Shire, Quartin-Billon <^ Petit, 177 ! and without pre- 

 cise locality, Schimper, 505! Somaliland, Mrs. Lort-Fhillips ! British East Africa: 

 Jur ; Abu Guroon's Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1541 ! ser. iii. 137 ! Ukamba ; very comnioii, 

 6000 ft., Seott'Elliot, 6745 ! Kitui, Hildehrandt, 2638 ! 40-60 miles from the coast, 

 Johnston ! 



Ziower Guinea. Angola: Huilla and Pungo Andongo; temperate region, 

 Welwitsch, 3774 ! 3775 ! 



Soutb Central. Lunda : Kamissamba, Buchner, 681. 



Mozamb. 3>l»t. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 10,000 ft., Volkens, 2029 ! 

 British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Namasi River, Cavieron ! Blantyro. Buchanan, 

 48 ! Mount Sochi, Scott-Elliot, 8612 ! Mount Mlanje, McClounie, 53 ! and without 

 precise locality, Buchanan, 1327 ! 



Widely spread at the Cape. 



