Dipcadi,] 



CXL. LILIACILE (baker). 



517 



Bulb ^-f in. diam. 

 Bulb 1-2 iu. diam. 

 Peduncle 3-4 ft. long . 

 Flowers brick-red 

 Leaves lanceolate. 

 Leaves 3-4 in. long . 

 Leaves 1-1^ ft. long 

 Leaves lorate. 



Pedicels very short . 

 Lower pedicels ^-f in. long 

 Tail of outer segments long. 



Leaf 1 with a long sheathing base. 

 Flowers green 

 Flowers reddish black 

 Leaves 2 or more, not sheathing the peduncle 



D. zambesiacum. 

 D. durandianum. 



D. unifolium, 

 D. platyphylliim. 



superposed; style subulate; stigma capitate. Capsule loculicidally ?,- 

 valved. Seeds compressed ; testa black, membranous ; albumen fleshy ; 

 embryo cylindrical. — Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves all radical, 

 usually linear. Inflorescence a lax raceme. Flowers usually small, 

 greenish. 



Species 40. Also many in South Africa, a few in South Europe, India, and 

 Madagascar. 



Outer perianth-segments scarcely longer than the inner. 

 Leaves terete. 



Bracts linear ...... 



Bracts ovate, cuspidate .... 



Leaves linear or lanceolate. 

 Leaf solitary. 



Leaf linear ...... 



Leaf lanceolate ..... 



Leaves two or more, linear. 

 Perianth \ in. long. 



Perianth yellowish-white 

 Perianth green. 



Bracts lanceolate, acuminate 

 Bracts ovate, acuminate. 



Peduncle short .... 



Peduncle long .... 



Perianth ^ in. long ..... 



Outer segments distinctly longer than the inner. 

 Tail of the outer segments short. 

 Leaves subterete. 



Leaves 2-3 to a stem. 



Peduncle very short .... 



Peduncle 6-8 in. long .... 



Peduncle 1 ft, or more long . 

 Leaves 6-8 to a stem .... 



Leaves linear. 

 Flowers green. 



Peduncle under 1 ft. long. 

 Bracts lanceolate, acuminate 

 Bracts ovate. 



6. D. venenaium. 



6. D. longifolium. 



7. D.fesoghlense. 



8. -D. sansibarictim. 



9. D.Jirmifolium. 



10. D, minimum. 



11. D. Welwitschii. 



12. D.Jilifolium. 



13. D. arenarium. 



14. D. tacazzeanum. 



15. D. oxylobum. 



16. D. Occident ale. 



17. D. comosum. 



18. D. lateritium. 



19. 

 20. 



D. lanceolatum. 

 JJ. magnum. 



21. D. clarkeanum. 



22. B. longibracteatum. 



23. D. vaginatum. 



24. D. ihoUonianum. 



25. J), riride. 



1. D. zambesiacum, Baker. Bulb globose, J in. diam. ; tunics 

 dull brown. Leaves 4, erect, subterete, glabrous, channelled down the 



