Some Floioering Plants from the Neighbourhood of Port Elizabeth. 443 
inwards so as to nearly touch one another, and also by the terminal 
fibres of the bulb-tunics. 
Lachenalia algoensis, SchonL, n. sp. 
Bulbus subglobosus vel depresso-globosus c. 10 mm. diam. Folia 
2 sublinearia tenuia subplicata dorso convexa 14-24 cm. longa basi 
vaginantia, vagina 5-9 cm. longa basi albida. Pedunculus ebracteatus 
10-17 cm. longus pallide viridis maculis rubridis irregulariter ornatus 
leviter applanatus ; racemus 4-5 cm. longus 4-10 floras, floribus supe- 
rioribus incompletis, bracteis minutis ovatis acuminatis, pedicellis brevis- 
simis, floribus erecto-patentibus c. 19 mm. longis. Perianthium oblongum 
leviter compressum, petalis exterioribus pallide viridibus ventricosis 
2 anterioribus subaequalibus, 1 posteriori quam anteriora 2 mm. longiori, 
tubo c. 4 mm. longo, lobis c. 12-15 mm. longis, posteriori infra apicem 
dorso gibboso ; petalis interioribus albidis aut setate rubescentibus ad 
faucem tubi insertis, quam interiora 2-4 mm. longioribus apice leviter 
recurvatis et emarginatis. Stamina stylusque petala paullo excedentia ; 
filamenta alba, pollen flavum. Capsula ignota. 
Port Elizabeth, I. L. Drege (No. 64) ; Eedhouse, Mrs. T. V. Paterson 
(No. 92). Flowers in August. 
This species is nearly allied to L. refiexa, Thunb., from which it is 
distinguished by narrow, longer, and not falcate leaves, further by a much 
shorter corolla-tube, besides the flowers are not yellowish. The vagina of 
the foliage-leaves is sometimes distinctly umbonate on the back. 
PoLYXENA ENSiFOLiA (Thuub.), Schonl. 
Fig. 2. 
Bulbus subglobosus vel ovoideus 12-30 mm. diam. Folia 2-3, infimum 
vaginans membranaceum nondum abest, 2 foliacea ex vaginis hypogaeis 
ovato-acuta ensifolia vel lanceolata suberecta vel patentia utrinque glabra 
ad margines versus vaginas tennuiter ciliata vel laevia cseterum scabri- 
uscula, 3-15 cm. longa. Inflorescentia corymbosa pauciflora, pedunculo 
3 mm.-6 cm. longo, bracteis parvis lanceolatis albis, pedicellis 3-5 mm. 
longis. Perianthium tubo albo cylindrico c. 15 mm. longo semsim ad 
faucem dilatato, segmentis lilacinis obovato-lanceolatis obtusis 7-9 mm. 
longis, suberectis apice leviter recurvatis. Stamina biseriata ad faucem 
perianthii inserta, exteriora lobis perianthii ^ breviora, interiora iis 
f breviora, antheris minutis oblongis filamentis filiformibus. Ovarium 
trigonum oblongum compressum, stylus filiformis, stigma capitatum. 
Capsulam maturam non vidi. 
