CXXXITI. LILIACE^. 397 



Scapigei'ous, bulbous plants. Loavi^s thickish, mostly linear. Raceme 

 few- or many-flowered. Flowers blue purple or rosy, rarely wliite. — .S^. 

 plimihea, Lindl., the only Cape species, is a doubtful member of this geuus, 

 of which the genuine species are from the northern hemisphere. 



11. DRIMIA, Jacq. 



Perianth 6-parted nearly to tlie base, regular, persistent ; 

 sepals equal, converging and connate at base, 1-nerved, above 

 widely spreading and reflexed, uncinate-intlexed at a])ex. 

 Stamens at the base of the perianth-lobes and about equalling 

 them, subequal or 3 shorter ; filaments filiform. Ovary shortly 

 stipitate, depressed-ovate; ovules 1-2 in each cell; style fili- 

 form, erect. Capsule membranous, sharply 3-angled. Seeds 

 solitary, oblong, dorsally convex, flat in front, chestnut-brown. 

 — Kunth, I. c. p. 338. 



Scapigerous, bulbous plants. Leaves nerve-striate ; raceme many- 

 flowered, simple. Flowers on longish pedicels, dull coloured. — 7 species. 



12. IDOTHEA, Kth. 



Perianth G-parted, regular, deciduous ; segnients equal, 

 connate below in a short, campanulate tube, 1-nerved, patent- 

 reflexed. Stamens at the base of the se<?ments, erect, rather 

 shorter than the perianth ; filaments a little dilated at base. 

 Ovary sessile, ovate-conical ; ovules 7-19 in each cell ; style 

 filiform, deciduous. Capsule dry, many-seeded. Seeds black, 

 shining. — Kunth, I. c. p. 34^1. 



Bulbous plants, separated by Kunth from Drimia. Leaves appearing 

 mostly after or before the flowers, narrow. Scape elongate, many-flowered ; 

 flowers greenish or dull coloured. — 10 species. 



13. ORNITHOGALUM, Linn. 



Perianth 6-parted, regular, persistent; sepals subconnate 

 at base, 3-7-nerved, subequal, spreading, concave. Stamens 

 at the base of the sepals ; filaments flattened, subulate, the 3 

 inner sometimes wider and longer. Ovary sessile, 3-celled ; 

 ovules several ; style erect ; stigma thickened. Capsule 

 membranous. Seeds mostly angular, black. — Kunth, I. c. p. 

 349. 



Scapigerous, bulbous plants. Leaves nerve-striate, thickisli, broad or 

 narrow. Scape tall, racemose, corymbose or subcapitate at the summit, 

 mostly many-flowered ; flowers podicelled, erect, wbite, green, rarely yellow, 

 orange or scarlet. Bracts membranous. — Many species. 



14. ALBUCA, Linn. 



Perianth G-parted, regular, persistent ; sepals subconnate at 

 base, either all or the inner ones only hooded, and with an in- 



