Refugium Botanicum.] 
[September, 1870. 
TAB. 238. 
Natural Order Liliace.^i. 
Tribe Scille.e. 
Genus Eucomis {UHerit. Sert. Angl. t. 17). Periantbium profuiide 
0-partitum segmentis uninerviis lanceolato-spathulatis subsequalibus 
flore expanse stellatim patentibus. Stamina 6, distincte perigyna ; 
filamentis filiformibus tequalibus incliisis deorsum applanatis, an- 
tberis oblongis versatilibus. Ovarium sessile, OYoideum, ovulis in 
loculo pluribus ; stylus erectus, filiformis : stigma capitatum. Cap- 
sula membranacea, globosa, profunde trisulcata, loculicide trivalvis, 
seminibus in loculo 3 — 6, baud corapressis. HerbsB capenses 
bulbosae racemosse, scapo apice dense foliate, floribus numerosis 
viridibus. 
E. CLAVATA (Baker). Foliis 9 — 12 late oblanceolatis acutis vel sub- 
obtusis pedalibus vel ultra planiusculis margine minute breviter 
ciliatis, scapo crasse clavato racemo dimidio breviore, racemo sub- 
denso 50 — 80-floro 3 poll, crasso, pedicellis crassis brevissimis, 
coronoe foliis 20 — 25 lanceolatis floribus paulo excedentibus. 
A native of Cape Colony, gatliered by Mr. Cooper. 
Leaves nine to twelve to tlie basal rosette, not at all blotcbed 
or spotted, spreading and fully developed when the flowers 
expand, the largest above a foot long by three to five inches broad 
two -thirds of the way up, hardly at all undulated towards the 
edge, acute or subobtuse, narrowed gradually from the middle to 
a broad base, the edge minutely ciliated. Scape clavate, three to 
four inches high before the flowers begin, twelve to fifteen lines 
thick at the top. Raceme moderately dense, fifty- to eighty- 
flowered, six to eight inches long by tw^o and a half to three 
inches thick when developed. Pedicels very short and stout. 
Perianth half an inch deep, green within and without ; the 
lanceolate- spathulate divisions connate, as in the other species, 
a little above the base. Stamens distinctly perigynous, not much 
over half the length of the segments. Style filiform, about as 
long as the ovary. Coma of twenty to tw^enty-five lanceolate 
leaves which exceed the flowers a little. 
This has the clavate scape and short pedicels of E. nana (Bot. 
Mag. t. 1495) in combination with the leaves and stature of 
H. regia, Ait. In the perianth and stamens, these three species 
appear to correspond precisely with one another and with E. 
jpiuictata and luidulata. E, hifolla, Jac^i, has onl}' a pair of 
