Orniihogalum.] 



CXL. LILIACEiE (bAKER). 



545 



albumen firm ; embryo small.— Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves all 

 radical, contemporary with the flowers. Raceme elongated or corym- 

 bose ; pedicels not articulated ; bracts membranous, persistent, not 

 spurred. Flowers usually white. 



Species 100. Temperate and subteraperate regions of the Old World, concentrated 

 in South Africa, one doubtful species Chilian. AH the Tropical African species l)€lonjf 

 to the section Beryllis, marked by its long narrow racemes and perianth-segment 

 furnished with a distinct narrow green keel. 



Bulbs large. 



Leaves 1^-2 ft. long. 



Bracts very large 1. O. longibradeatum. 



Bracts smaller 

 Leaves \ ft. long 

 Bulbs small. 



Peduncle 1-2 ft. long. 



Leaves ^— |^ in. 



-li in. broad . 



^ broad 

 Leaves 1- 

 Peduncle 6-9 in. long. 

 Pedicels erecto-patenu 

 Pedicels cernuous. 

 Raceme long . 

 Raceme short . 

 Peduncle short. 

 Leaves straight 

 Leaves circinate at the tip 



2. 0. caudatum. 



3. O. Stapfiii. 



O. sordid um. 

 O. Erkloni. 

 O. Cfpoefolium. 



7. O. henguellense. 



8. 0. cernuum. 



9. 0. gambosanum. 



10. 0. amboense. 



11. O. spirale. 



1. O. longibracteatum, Jacq. Hort. Vind. in.t. 29. Bulb ovoid, 

 3-4 in. diam. Leaves 5-G, lanceolate, flaccid, lJ-2 ft. long, 1-H in. 

 broad low down. Peduncle stout, stiffly erect, as long as the leaves. 

 Raceme dense in the upper half, 1 ft. or more long ; pedicels ascending 

 or spreading, the lower 1 in. long ; bracts very long, subulate from a 

 lanceolate base, protruding beyond the buds. Perianth A in. long ; 

 segments linear-oblong, whitish, with a broad green keel. Stamens 

 shorter than the perianth; filaments linear. — Red. Lil. t. 120; Baker 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 277, and Fl. Cap. vi. 514. 0. pidchruviy 

 Schinz in Verb. Bot. Yer. Prov. Brandon, xxxi. 221. 



Nile Iiand. British East Africa : Ukamba ; Kitui, Hildebrajvdt, 2G40 : 

 XiO\irer Guinea. Gorman South-west Africa: Amboland; Ondonga district at 

 Okasima-ka-Namutenya, Schinz, 19 ! 

 Also in South Africa. 



2. O. caudatum, Ait. Hm^t. Kew, i. 442. Bulb globose. U-2 in. 

 diam. Leaves ensiform, flaccid, glabrous, H-2 ft. long, 1-1 J in. broad 

 low down. Peduncle long, moderately stout, stiffly erect, U-.1 ft. long. 

 Raceme moderately dense, J-1 ft. long ; pedicels ascending or patent, 

 the lower |-f in. long; bracts subulate from a lanceolate base, the 

 lower 1 in^ long. Perianth \-\ in. long; segments oblong, white, 

 with a distinct green keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; 

 filaments flattened. Capsule globose.— Jacq. Ic. t. 423 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 805: Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 276, and Fl. Cap. vi. ^15. 



