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CXL. LILIACEJE (bAKER] 



[Urginea. 



24. UKGINEA, Steinh.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 810. 



Perianth polyphyllous ; segments oblong, subequal, spreading, with 

 a 1- or 3-5 -nerved brown keel. Stamens C, shorter than the perianth, 

 attached to the base of the perianth-segments; filaments filiform or 

 slightly flattened ; anthers C, small, versatile. Ovary sessile, ovoid ; 

 ovules several in. a cell, superposed ; style subulate ; stigma small, 

 capitate. Capsule deeply 3-lobed, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds flat, 

 uniseriate ; testa membranous, black or brown-black ; albumen fleshy ; 

 embryo cylindrical. — Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves linear or 

 terete, often not developed with the flowers. Inflorescence racemose ; 

 bracts membranous, usually, especially the lower, spurred at the base. 

 Flowers whitish, never bright blue. 



Species 40-50. Also in South Africa, the Mediterranean Region, and India. 

 Perianth-segments l-nerved on the hack. 

 Kaceme oblong or cylindrical. 

 Perianth ^~ in. long. 

 Raceme 1-6 in, long. 



Spur of lower bracts minute . . . .1. U. mandalensis. 



Spur of lower bracts large . . . . 2. Z7. Nt/asce. 



Raceme 1-1^ ft. long. 



Lower pedicels |-^ in. long . . . .3. U. psilostachya. 



Lower pedicels ^-f in. long . . . . 4. ?7. micrantha. 



Perianth \ in. long. 



Lower pedicels ^^ in, long. 



Bulb globose ..... 5. ?7. simensis. 



Bulb oblong . . . . . . 6. U. sanguinea. 



Lower pedicels |-1 in, long. 



Keel of perianth-segments green . . . '7. U. viridula. 

 Keel of perianth-segments red-brown . . 8. U. altissima. 



Raceme few-flowered 9. f. paucijiora. 



Raceme dense, subglobose. 

 Peduncle very short. 



Perianth \ \i\, long ...... 10. 



Perianth 5 in. long . . . . . .11. 



Peduncle long . . . . . . .12. 



Perianth-segments 3-5 nerved on the back. 

 Bracts deltoid, minute. 



Capsule oblong, subacute . . . . .13. 



Capsule globose ....... 14. 



Bracts lanceolate, large. 



Perianth f-i in. long 'i^. U. petitiana. 



Perianth \-^ in. long. 

 Raceme 3-6 in. long. 

 Leaves 7-8 in. long 



Leaves 1-2 ft. long 

 Raceme 1-1 1 ft. long 

 Perianth \ in. long 

 Perianth i— | in. long . 

 Perianth 1 in. long 



Z7. JoJinstoni. 



U. hrachysiachys. 



U. Bragce, 



U. indica. 



U, zambesiaca. 



16. 

 17. 



18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 



v. tayloriana. 

 U. angolensis. 

 TJ. comosa. 

 U. Beccarii. 

 U. nigriiana. 

 TJ. acinacifolia. 



1. U, mandalensis, -SrtAe?'. Bulb small, globose. Leaves hyster- 

 anthous, unknown. Peduncle very slender, 3-4 in. long. Raceme lax, 



