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Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
Perianth tubular. 
Ovary hidden in tunics of bulb neck. 
3. Apodolirion. 
Ovary free. . 
Bracks, surrounding the inflorescence, 2, rarely 3 or 4. 
Periantli-tube long, 1-4 in. 
Perianth-tube and segments of about the same length ; bracts 
always 2, large and deltoid. 
4. Crinum, 
Perianth-tube 2 or 3 times longer than the segments : bracts 
2-4, lanceolate. 
5. Cyrtanthus. 
Perianth tube short, less than 1 in. long. 
Flowers solitary or 2-10 in an umbel, white or 
yellow. 
6. Anoiganthus. 
Flowers many in an umbel, always more than 
10, rose-red or red. 
Perianth irregular, large, with oblong-lanceolate segments. 
7. Brunswigia. 
Perianth regular, small, with linear segments. 
8. Buphane. 
Bracts, surrounding the inflorescence, many. 
Perianth regular, segments equal, linear or lanceolate. 
9. II amianthus. 
Perianth irregular, segments unequal, the outer narrower 
than the inner. 
10. Olivia. 
Perianth cut down to the base or nearly so, segments 
spreading. 
Stamens of different length, anthers dorsifixed. 
lx. Nerine. 
Stamens of same length, anthers basifixed. 
12. Hessea. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE GENERA AND SPECIES. 
1. Hypoxis, L. (F.C. VI., 174.) 
Perianth segments free, equal, spreading, the outer hairy 
on the outside as in all Transvaal species ; stamens inserted 
at the base of the segments, filaments short, filiform, anthers 
linear, sagittate, baxifixed or dorsifixed ; ovary 3-loculed, 
style short, stigmata 3, free or concrete ; capsule usually 
opening at the top ; seeds round, black. — Flowers yellow, 
hairy outside, solitary or in racemes and corymbs ; the 
