Refugium Botanicum.] (January, 1870. 
TABr 191. 
Natural Order Lrtracem. 
Tribe ScILLEZz. 
Genus Drintopsis, Lindl. (See Appendix). 
D. macunata, Lindl. & Pact. Fl. Gard. ii. p. 73, cum icone. Bulbo 
globoso dimidio superiore emerso squamoso, foliis 5—6 tri-quadri- 
pollicaribus acutis carnoso-herbaceis viridibus maculis saturatioribus 
notatis basi in petiolum canaliculatum lamina equante cite angus- 
tatis, scapis arcuatis foliis superantibus, floribus 12—20 dense sub- 
spicatis, perigonio 2 lin. longo laciniis ovato-rotundatis. 
A native of Cape Colony. 
Bulb globose, an inch and a half thick, the upper half emergent 
and squamose. Leaves five or six to a bulb, cordate-ovate, fleshy- 
herbaceous, three to four inches long by an inch and a half to 
two inches broad, acute, the upper surface bright green biotc'ed 
with deeper green, the blade narrrowed suddenly into a concave 
petiole about as long as itself, which sheaths the base of the 
scape. Scape overtopping the leaves, terete, eight to twelve 
inches long. lowers twelve to twenty, a few of the lowest often 
lax and abortive, the spike when fully developed half an inch in 
thickness, the lower flowers very shortly stalked and often a little 
drooping. Perianth two lines deep, at first milk-white, but 
changing to greenish white as it matures, the divisions ovate- 
rotundate, the outer ones a little longer than the other three, all 
concave and cucullate at the apex. Stamens not more than one- 
third as long as the divisions. Ovary sessile, subglobose, bluntly 
trisulcate, with two collateral ascending ovules in each cell. 
Tab. 191.—1, separate flower, closed; 2, flower opened; 3, pistil: all 
magnified.—J. G. B. 
ee 
An ornamental and interesting bulb, having bright green 
leaves blotched with black, which are in perfection for a large 
portion of the year. It flowers freely when grown in a warm 
airy greenhouse and kept near the light. The plant requires a 
hberal supply of water while in the growing state, and should be 
potted in a mixture of turfy loam and peat, with plenty of 
drainage. 
I have had this plant under cultivation for many years. — 
W.W.S. 
