Hyacinthus.'] cxl. liliace^e (bakee). 525 



land ; Zomba and east end of Lake Shirwa, Meller ! and between Blantyre and 

 Matope, Scott ! 



Perhaps should be separated generically from Hyacinthus, from which it differ* 

 by its petiolate leaves and solitary seeds. 



21. DRIMIA, Jacq.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 Plant, iii. 808. 



Perianth gamophyllous ; tube oblong or campanulate ; segments 

 equal, longer than the tube, spreading or reflexed, linear or oblonc' ; 

 Stamens 6, inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments nearly 

 or quite as long as the segments, filiform or flattened towards the base ; 

 anthers oblong. Ovary sessile, ovoid, 3-celled ; ovules many, super- 

 posed ; style subulate ; stigma minute. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. 

 Seeds flattened; testa black; albumen fleshy; embryo cylindrical. — 

 Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves often not contemporary with the 

 flowers. Flowers many, laxly racemose, greenish or purple. 



Species 30, the others in South Africa. 



Bracts large linear. 



Bracts \ in. long . . . . . . . 1. Z>. robust a. 



Bracts \ in. long 2. Z>. zombensis. 



Bracts minute. 



Perianth small ; segments flat. 



Raceme short . . . . . . . 3. Z). Fischeri. 



Raceme long 4. Z>. Barteri. 



Perianth ^-\ in. long; segments channelled. 

 Leaves synanthous. 

 Leaves oblong. 



Peduncles shorter than the leaves . . . 5. 2>. Colece. 

 Peduncle much longer than the leaves . . 6. D. angustitepala. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate. 



Peduncle as long as the leaves . . . 7. D. Mildebrandtii. 

 Peduncle much longer than the leaves . . 8. Z). brevifolia. 

 Leaves hysteranthous . . . . . . 9. D. laxijlora. 



1. D. robusta. Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 190? Bulb and 

 leaves not seen. Peduncle very stout. Raceme dense, 8-12 in. long, 

 2-2^ in. diam. when expanded ; central pedicels patent, ^-| in. long ; 

 bracts linear, scariose, as long as the pedicels, protruding beyond the 

 buds. Perianth reddish-brown, | in. long ; tube oblong ; segments 

 linear, 3 times the length of the tube. Stamens nearly as long as the 

 perianth-segments ; filaments filiform ; anthers minute. Style over- 

 topping the anthers. 



XMCozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland : Mount Mlanje, GCHX) ft., 

 Whyte ! McClounie ! 



May prove distinct from the Cape species when fully known. 



2. D. zombensis, Baker. Bulb globose, J-1 in. diara. ; tunics 

 brown, membranous, produced above its neck. Leaves not contem- 

 porary with the flowers, linear, glabrous. Peduncle slender, stiffly 



