


Refugium Botanicum.| (July, 1872. 
TAB. 380. 
Natural Order AMARYLLIDACE. 
Tribe AMARYLLES. 
Genus Brunsviera, Gawl. 
B. Coorzrt (Baker). Bulbo ovoideo 38—4-poll. crasso, foliis 4—6 
distichis patulis lingulatis obtusis carnosis 10—12 poll. longis 
41—4 poll. latis carnosis facie oranulosis margine cartilagineis 
minute ciliatis, scapo valido sesquipedali, spathe valvis 2 
magnis ovato-lanceolatis et multis filiformibus, umbellis 12— 
16-floris, pedicellis validis suleatis 3—4 poll. longis, ovario 
obovoideo profunde sulcato, limbi segmentis lanceolatis rubris 
imbricatis 8 poll. longis basi connatis, genitalibus inclusis. 
A native of Cape Colony, gathered by Mr. Cooper. 
Bulb ovoid, gray-tunicated, three to four inches thick. Leaves 
two to three on each side, spreading bifariously, almost hor- 
zontally, ligulate, obtuse, ten to twelve inches long, three and a 
half to four inches broad, granular on the face, thick and fleshy 
in texture, with sixty to eighty fine immersed parallel veins, the 
edge subcartilaginous, minutely ciliated. Scape terete, more 
than half an inch thick at the base, a foot and a half high. 
Spathe with the two main outside opposite valves ovate-lanceolate, 
reflexed, an inch and a half to two inches long, and small filiform 
ones subtending the pedicels. Umbels twelve- to sixteen-flowered. 
Pedicels three to four inches long, stout, deeply sulcate. Ovary 
green, obovoid, deeply sulcate, five-eighths to three-fourths of an 
inch deep. Limb of the perianth three inches deep; the divisions 
lanceolate, imbricated in the lower half, one-half to five-eighths 
of an inch broad, reflexed towards the tip in the expanded flower. 
Stamens declinate, unequal, the longest, like the style, rather 
shorter than the flower. Capsule obovoid, deeply sulcate, acutely 
angled, eighteen to twenty-four lines deep. 
Tax. 330.—1, bulb with leaves; 2, bulb with base of scape ; 8, pistil ; 
4, horizontal section of ovary; 5, capsule: all natural size.—J. G. B. 

A remarkable and interesting species of Brunsvigia, sent to me 
from South Africa by Mr. Thos. Cooper. It is a shy-flowering 
bulb, but well worthy of cultivation. It thrives when grown 
in a warm airy greenhouse, with plenty of sunlight, during the 
growing season. It should be potted in sandy loam, and when at 
rest it should have but little water. This, like many other large 
South African bulbs, does not like to be frequently disturbed 
when once it has made a good healthy lot of roots.—W. W.S. 
