5 1 4 Liliacece Funckia. 



raceme 8- to 12-flowered. Perianth 2 inches long, "white with 

 a pale lilac tinge, in shape like that of the last species. 



4. F. grandiflora. Petiole a foot long, edges incurved 

 until they meet ; lamina 8 to 9 inches long by 4 to 5 broad, 

 ovate with a slightly cordate base, 15- to 17-nerved. Scape 

 about 2 feet high, sometimes bearing a well-developed leaf 

 below the 12- to 15-flowered raceme. Perianth pure white, 

 nearly 4 inches long, dilated gradually from a tube a quarter of 

 an inch thick. 



5. F. subcordata. Petiole 4 to 6 inches long, edges incurved 

 and overlapping ; lamina 4 to 5 inches long by 3 inches broad, 

 ovate with a slightly cordate base, 13-nerved. Scape 1 to 1J 

 foot high, sometimes bearing a leaf; raceme 10- to 15-flowered. 

 Perianth always pure white, about 4 inches long, gradually 

 dilated from a tube a quarter of an inch in thickness. 



9. AGAPlNTHUS. 



Herbs with tuberous roots and numerous radical linear 

 somewhat fleshy leaves. Perianth funnel-shaped, regular, 

 deeply 6-parted ; tube short ; segments 1 -nerved. Stamens 

 inserted in the throat, declinate, with slender filaments and 

 versatile anthers. Flower-scape tall, naked, bearing a many- 

 flowered umbel supported by an involucre of two bracts. The 

 name is a compound of two Greek words : dyd-n-r), love, and 

 a^oy, a flower. The species are all natives of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and require covering in Winter. Three have been 

 described, viz. : A. umbellatus, African Lily, the common one, 

 having dark blue or occasionally white flowers ; A. prcecox, 

 with light blue flowers, appearing rather earlier ; and A. minor, 

 a smaller form with light blue flowers. Possibly these are 

 merely varieties of one species. There is also a variegated 

 variety in cultivation. 



10. KNIPHOFIA (Tritima). 



A small genus of tufted herbs with numerous grass-like 

 flaccid leaves and tall naked scapes surmounted by an oblong 

 or ovoid dense cluster of brilliantly coloured clavate or cylin- 

 drical tubular slightly curved flowers with a very short scarcely 

 spreading limb. Stamens hypogynous, usually exserted. Cap- 

 sule few-seeded. A commemorative name. About half-a-dozen 

 species are known, natives of South Africa. 



1. K. aloldes, syn. K. uvaria, Fritoma uvaria. This stri- 



