
Refugium Botanicum.| (July, 1872. 
TAB. 335. 
Natural Order LiIniIAcE#. 
Tribe ScILLES. 
Genus Artpuca, Linn. 
A. renvrroxta (Baker). Bulbo parvo ovoideo membranaceo-tunicato, 
foliis 6—9 filiformibus gracillimis saturate viridibus carnoso- 
herbaceis inconspicue glanduloso-punctatis dorso rotundatis 
facie canaliculatis, scapo foliis equilongo, floribus 3—4 erectis 
laxe corymbosis, bracteis parvis lanceolatis, pedicellis erecto- 
patentibus 2—8 poll. longis, perianthii 8—9 lin. longi seg- 
mentis flavis dorso late viridibus, filamentis omnibus fertilibus, 
stylo prismatico obverse pyramidato ovario equilongo. 
A native of Cape Colony, discovered by Mr. M‘Owan. 
Bulb ovoid, half an inch thick, membranaceo-tunicated, not 
crowned with setose fibres. Leaves six to nine to a scape, filiform, 
half a foot long, scarcely more than half a line thick, suberect, 
round on the back, channelled on the face, bright green, glan- 
duloso-papillose under a lens. Scape slender, four to six inches 
long. Flowers three to four in a lax corymb, erect. Pedicels 
erecto-patent, the lowest reaching three inches long. Bracts 
lanceolate, six to eight lines long. Perianth eight to nine lines 
deep; the divisions yellow, with a broad green band, the outer 
rather exceeding the connivent inner three. Stamens all fertile, 
but the alternate anthers much smaller. Style obversely pyra- 
midal, equalling the ovary ; the stigma just on a level with the 
top of the anthers. 
Tas. 335.—1, portion of leaf; 2, pistil and stamens: both mag- 
nified. 38, capsule, natural EAs eed EEE Ped we 
—— 
This species of Albuca was sent to me by Mr. M‘Owan, of 
Gill College, Somerset Hast, Cape of Good Hope, to whom I am 
very greatly indebted for this and many other very interesting 
South-African plants. It requires the same treatment as recom- 
mended for Albuca flaccida, Tab. 334.—W. W.S. 
