Refugium Botanicum.} (January, 1870. 
TAB. 178. 
Natural Order LiniAcea. 
Tribe ScILLEA. 
Genus OrnirHoGgaLum, Linn. 
Sub-genus LepEBourtiopsis, Baker. Perigonium imo basi gamophyllum, 
laciniis flore expanso falcato-reflexis. Stamina distincte perigyna. 
Bractez minut, deltoidese, membranacez. 
O. anomaLum, Baker. Bulbo globoso dimidio superiore hypogeo viridi 
subsquamoso, foliis 1 vel raro 2 sesqui vel bipedalibus perfecte tere- 
tibus flaccidis serpentinis glaucescentibus sursum sensim graciliori- 
bus, scapo foliis subeequante, racemo elongato angusto laxo 80—40- 
floro, pedicellis strictis erecto-patentibus floribus subaquantibus 
apice articulatis, bracteis perparvis, perigonio pro genere parvo 
laciniis eequalibus lanceolato-spathulatis flavis viridi-vittatis mox 
falcato-reflexis, staminibus perigynis filamentis equalibus filiformi- 
bus laciniis duplo brevioribus, stylo filiformi ovario oblongo sub- 
eequante. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, introduced by Mr. Cooper. 
Bulb round, two inches thick, with the upper half emergent, 
green and slightly scaly. Leaves one or rarely two to a bulb, 
flaccid, terete without a furrow, fleshy in texture, a foot anda 
half to two feet long, a quarter of an inch thick at the lower part, 
narrowed gradually to the point, a pale slightly glaucous-green. 
Scape very slender, terete, pale glaucous-green, about eighteen 
inches long, exclusive of the raceme. taceme six to nine inches 
long when expanded, under an inch broad, thirty- to forty- 
flowered. Pedicels rigid, erecto-patent, articulated at the apex, 
two to three lines long. Bracts very minute. Perianth not more 
than a quarter of an inch deep, the divisions lanceolate-spathu- 
late, equal, greenish yellow, with a greener keel, at first shortly 
gamophyllous at the base, reflexed when the flower expands. 
Stamens from the base of the divisions, with equal filiform fila- 
ments an eighth of an inch long. Ovary sessile, oblong, with 
numerous biseriate ovules in the cells. Style erect, filiform, quite 
as long as the ovary. 
Besides the curious habit, this recedes from ordinary Ornitho- 
galum by its reflexed perianth, not split down to the very base, 
perigynous filiform stamens, minute bracts, and articulated pedi- 
cels. In all these points it agrees with O. capitatwm, Hook. fil. 
