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with l-nerved segments. Scapes naked. Racemes always simple. Pe- 
dicels solitary, articulated at the apex. Filaments naked. Ovules in 
each cell twin collateral. Seeds in each e solitary.—Acaulescent herbs, 
with leaves usually very narrow, fleshy or 
Leaves filiform, 1-3-nerved. 13. ¿rigue 
eaves a line or less broad, 5—7-nerved. 14 “peronatum. 15. ciliolatun. 
Leaves 3—4 lines broad, ena More 17. Cauda-felis. 18. setosum. 
Leaves laneeolate. 19. floribundum 
Group 3. Trachyandra, Kunth. Flowers white, with obscurely 3- 
ded, segments with a purplish keel. Scapes naked.  Racemes usually 
: ches nap pM sometimes simple.  Pedicels solitary, articulated 
at the apex. Filaments muricato-papillose. Ovules in each cell several, 
superposed. Seeds in each cell few.—Acaulescent herbs, with dry 
narrow-linear or subterete a, emay surrounded at the crown of the 
root with a whorl of membranous scales : 
Leaves subterete, 1-13 liue uil, Seas or hairy. . 
Rachis of inflorescence persistently pilose or setose. 20. canaliculatum. 
21. scabrum. 22. Gerrardi. 23. asperatum 
Rachis. of inflorescence glabrous or glabrescent, 4. longepeduncu- 
es 25. elongatum. 26. affine. 27. oss Pig 28. Jacqui- 
Leaves. flat, glabrous, not distinctly ciliated. 29. hispidum. 30. wndu- 
latu 31. revolutum. 32. falcatum. 
Leaves flat, glabrous, distinctly ciliated. 33. ciliatum. 34. longifolium. 
35. Brehmeanum. 
Leaves flat, RP clothed over the € 36. thyrsoideum. 37. 
paradozu 38. muricatum. 39. hirs 
Group 4. xri eese Kunth, ex iot non R. Br.). Flowers 
hire. m 3-nerved segments with a purplish keel. Seapes naked or 
‘ mes lax, simple or corymboso-paniculate. 
Pedicels solitae or iinit a articula ted at the apex.  Filaments muri- 
cato-papillose. Ovules 2 in a cell, collateral. Seeds i in each cell solitary. 
Leaves dry, very narrow. 
Scapes rast or bracteated. 40. contortum. 41. Dregeanum. 
Scapes le 
mnc: ges 42. Pe 43. brevifolium.. 44. flagelliforme. 
Zeyheri. 46. scil 
dessin igs riten duis 47. Burkei. 48. intri- 
catum 
Group 5. Dilanthes (Chlorophytum Kunth, ex parte, non R. Br.). 
Flowers white, the segments with a purplish cor with 3 nerves. Scapes 
naked or bracteated. Racemes iu pla or corymboso- 
Filaments muricato-papillose. Ovules and seeds in a cell superposed 
Herbs with narrow, flat or subterete leaves, surrounded. by filiform fibres, 
not scales 
Racemes -— 49. triflorum. 50. Schultesii. 
Inflorescence compound. 51. crispum. 52. pulchellum. 53. rigidum. 
54. viscosum. 
(To be continued.) 
