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Polyxena, Kunth. ; Lachenalia, Jacq. ; Bhaclamanthus , Salisb. ; 

 Litanthus, Harv. ; Galtonia, Dene. ; Veltheimia, Gleditsch. 



The following South African genera have more than local dis- 

 tribution : — 



Drimia, Jacq. 22 species in South Africa, 7 in Tropical Africa. 



Dipcadi, Medic. 16 species in South Africa ; also developed in 

 Tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Mediterranean Eegion, and India. 



Albnca, Linn. About 50 species in South Africa; extends to 

 Tropical Africa and Arabia. 



Urginea^ Steinh. 27 species in South Africa ; extends to Tropical 

 Africa, the Mediterranean Eegion, and India. 



Hyacinthus, Linn. About 30 species ; 2 in South Africa, 1 in 

 Tropical Africa, the others in the Oriental and Mediterranean 

 Eegions. 



Drimiopsis, Lindl. 7 species in South Africa; 5 in Tropical Africa. 



Eticomis, L'Herit. 8 species in South Africa ; 1 in the highlands 

 of Central Africa. 



Scilla, Linn. About 60 species in South Africa ; the remaining 

 species (about 30) widely spread through the Old World ; 1 or 2 

 doubtful species in Chile. 



Ornithogalum, Linn. About 75 species in South Africa, strongly 

 developed also in Tropical Africa, and widely spread throughout 

 Europe and Asia. 



YI. Draccenoidece. 



1. YuccecB. 



2 genera in North and Central America. 



2. NolinecB. 



1 genus in Texas and Mexico. 



3. DraccenecB. 



Draccena, Vand. About 50 species spread through the warmer 

 regions of the Old World ; 47 species in Tropical Africa ; only 1 in 

 South Africa (South-Eastern). 



1 genus on the Mascarene Islands and New Caledonia; 1 in the 

 warmer regions of the Old World and America ; 1 in New Zealand 

 and Pacific Islands ; 1 in Tasmania. 

 VII. Asparagoidece. 

 1. Asparagece. 



Asparagus, L. 43 species in South Africa ; 36 in Tropical Africa ; 

 a few on Madeira and the Canaries ; a few on the Mascarene 

 Islands ; 17 in the Mediterranean Eegion, and spread from there 

 northwards to Norway and eastwards to the Malay Archipelago. 

 The other genera chiefly in the Mediterranean Eegion and the 

 Orient. 



