Oimithogloasum.'] cxl. liliacile (baker). 5C1 



31. OBNITHOGLOSSUM, Salisb.; Benth. et Hook f Gen 

 Plant, iii. 824. 



Perianth-segments distinct, firm, equal, reflexing, linear or lanceolate, 

 furnished with a gland on the face above the claw. Stamens (>* 

 hypogynous, shorter than the perianth; filaments filiform, slightly 

 thickened at the middle; anthers linear-oblong, versatile. Ovary 

 sessile, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed; styles 3, distinct, subulate, 

 falcate, stigmatose at the apex. Capsule obovoid, obtuse, finally 

 loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds globose; testa thick, fleshy; albumen 

 firm; embryo minute. 



Monotypic. 



1. O. glaucum, Salish. in Hook. Parad. t. 54. Rootstock a 

 globose tunicated corm. Stems simple, erect, J-1 ft. long. Lower 

 leaves lanceolate, clasping, often crowded; upper linear, much produced. 

 Flowers forming a lax raceme, produced singly on long ascending 

 pedicels, cernuous at the apex, from the axils of the reduced upper 

 leaves. Perianth-segments linear, dark brown, J in. long. Stamens 

 about half as long as the perianth. Styles subulate, J-J in. long. 

 Capsule obovoid, J-f in. long, — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 44'J, 

 and Fl. Cap. vi. 525. Melanthium viride, Linn. f. Suppl. 213. 



XVXozamb. Dlst. British East Africa : Nyasaland ; near Blantyre, Last ! 



Var. grandijlorum. Baker, loc. cit. Stems more robust. Leaves broader. Flowers 

 and fruit large. 



liower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Amboland; Omambonde, iScAinr, 

 17! 



Widely spread in South Africa. 



32. IPHIGENIA, Kunth"; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, iii. 824. 



Perianth cut down to the base; segments equal, subulate, linear or 

 oblong-lanceolate, spreading, caducous, obscurely unguiculate, not 

 foveolate on the face. Stamens 6, hypogynous, shorter than the 

 perianth-segments; filaments slightly or much thiakened ; anthers 

 oblong, minute, versatile. Ovary sessile, 3-celled ; ovules many, super- 

 posed; styles 3, short, falcate, obliquely stigmatose at the apex. Capsule 

 chartaceous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds subglobose; testa brown, 

 with a small strophiole; albumen fleshy; embryo minute. — Kootstock 

 a small tunicated corm. Stem produced, bearing few or many spaced - 

 out narrow leaves. Flowers inconspicuous, brown-black, usually 

 produced on single pedicels from the axils of the upper leaves. 



Species 9, extending through Tropical Asia to North Australia, none in Souih 

 Africa. 



Perianth-segments subulate. 



Flowers few, erect . . . . . 1. /. somaliensis. 



Flowers few, ascending or cernuous . . . 2. /. hechuanica. 



Flowers many, cernuous . . . . . . 3. 7. Oliverx. 



Perianth-segments lanceolate 4. /. tlrumosa. 



Perianth-segments oblong-lanceolate . . . . 5. /. guineen*xs. 

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