Leaves 2 in. broad. 



Leaves acute 



Leaves obtuse 

 Leaves 3 in. broad . 

 Leaves rounded at the base. 

 Leaves oblong 

 Leaves orbicular 



Drimiopsis.] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 548 



Seeds solitary, turgid; testa black; albumen fleshy; embryo cylindrical. 



Bootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves sessile or petiolate. Inflorescence 

 dense, racemoso-spicate ; upper flowers minute, abortive, as in Muscari 

 and Lachenalia ; bracts generally obsolete. Flowers small, white. 

 Species 10-12, the others South Africa. 

 Leaves narrowed to the base. 



Leaves 1 in. broad . . . , . \. D. Barieri. 

 Leaves 1^ in. broad 2. Z>. Kirkii. 



3. D. botrifoides. 



4. D. Stuhlmanni. 



5. D. Volkensii. 



6. D. Hoist a. 

 . 7. D. perfoliata. 



1. D. Barteri, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 18. Bulb 

 globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves oblanceolate, 6-8 in. long, 1 in. broad above 

 the middle, not distinctly petiolate, narrowed gradually to the clat^ping 

 base. Peduncle 6-8 in. long. Raceme dense, subspicate, oblongs 

 cylindrical, 1J-2J in. long; bracts obsolete. Buds subglobose ; 

 perianth-segments oblong, J in. long. Stamens shorter than the 

 perianth-segments ; filaments deltoid. — Journ. Linn. Soc. ziii. 228. 



TTpper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe ; in rocky places, Barter, \b\2\ and 

 on the plains of llorin. Barter, 3445 ! 



2. D. Kirkii, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1874, ii. 644. Bulb 

 globose, 1 J in. diam. ; outer tunics white, truncate. Leaves ^-X^ 

 lorate, 6-8 in. long, 1^ in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually 

 into a broad channelled petiole shorter than the blade, pale green, with 

 copious irregular blotches of dark green. Peduncle 1-H ft. long. 

 Raceme 3-6 in. long, lax in the lower half ; pedicels very short ; 

 bracts obsolete. Perianth J in. long ; segments oblong. Filaments 

 lanceolate. Style —^ in. long. — Bot. Mag. t. 6276. 



nZozainl). 3>lst. Zanzibar: cultivated specimen, ^iVXr .' 

 First flowered at Kew, October 1874. 



3. D. hoXxyoidieSy Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 17. Bulb 

 globose, 11 in. diam. Leaves 7-8 to a bulb, oblong, ^ ft. long, 2 in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed gradually into a broad channelled 

 petiole half as long as the blade, thick and fleshy in texture, mottled 

 on the upper surface with blotches of dark green on a pale green 

 ground. Peduncle terete, 1 ft. or more long. Raceme subspicate. 

 3-4 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts obsolete. Perianth ^ in. 

 long; segments oblong; upper flowers minute, abortive. Filaments 

 lanceolate, half as long as the perianth-segments. — Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xiii. 227. 



Mozamb. Dlst. Zanzibar, cultivated specimen, Kirk ! East Africa : without 

 locality, Serb. Blaekhiirn ! 



Flowered at Kew, July 1873. 



