204. Albuca (Pallastema) chaetopoda Chiov. 
Bulbus ovoideo-cylindraceus e basi rotundata 15-20 
mm. diam, lata, 6-7 cm, longus, apice 9-12 mm. spissus, 
extus fibris parallelis laxissimis liberis, setaceis fuscis, 
erectis usque ad collum persistentibus, tunicarum vetu- 
stiorum reliquiis praeditus. Tunicae bulbi pallide exte 
riores lutescentes longitudinaliter crasse nervosae, nervis 
1 mm. cire, distantibus et prope collum nervis obliquiter 
transversalibus, crassis, flexnosis; 4-10 mm. inter se di- 
Stantibus, connexis. Folia linearia plana, 3-5, 15-25 cm. 
longa, e basi 7-10 mm, lata sensim ad apicem usque 
attenuata ibique acuta glaberrima, margine hialino laeve, 
0,5:1 mm. lato praedita. Scapi 10-17 cm. longi, ey lin- 
dracei glabri, basi 1,7-2 mm. spissi, erecti, Flores extremo 
apice 3-8 in racemo breve, denso, 1-2 cm. longo, inter- 
nodio inferiore 3-4 mm. longo, dispositi; bracteae ovato- 
lanceolatae ex inferiori 10-15 mm. longa, e basi rotun- 
ata 5 mm. circ. lata sensim acuminato - attenuata, 
dorso nervis 5-7 aurantiacis vercursae, marginibus oo 
albo-jalinis, superiores gradatim minores; pedicelli anthesi 
1-2 mm., fructiferi 6-7 mm, longi, glabri. Perianthium 
12 mm. longum 7 mm. latum, basi rotundatum, tepalis 
erectis, ellipticis ex terioribus parum longioribus, 6 mm. 
latis, dorso pallide aurantiacis, interioribus 2 mm. bre- 
