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long, the lowest cernuous. Perianth an eighth of an inch broad 
and deep, the divisions bright rose-purple, only slightly tinged 
with green on the keel when mature, spreading from half-way 
down. filaments nearly equalling the divisions, the upper half 
bright-coloured. Ovary stipitate and the base discoid. 
2. 8. revoluta, Baker. Bulbis globosis tunicatis abunde soboliferis, foliis 
5—9 lanceolato-spathulatis synanthiis carnoso-herbaceis 2—3 poll. 
longis acutis basi longe angustatis viridibus facie superiore scabris, 
scapis 1—3 gracilibus foliis duplo vel triplo longioribus, racemo 
laxissimo 10—80-floro primum nutante, pedicellis patulis floribus 
cernuis duplo vel triplo longioribus, laciniis 14—2 lin. longis satu- 
rate roseo-purpureis, filamentis laciniis equantibus dimidio supe- 
riore colorato, ovario stipitato basi ampliato discoideo. — Hyacinthus 
revolutus, Linn. Suppl. 204; Thunb. Prodr. 64. Drimia revoluta, 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 341. 
Cape of Good Hope, described from Burchell, 7982! and dried 
specimens from Hort. Liverpool and Hort. Paris. 
Bulbs roundish, tunicated, an inch thick, copiously soboliferous. 
Leaves five to nine to a bulb, fleshy-herbaceous, spreading, green, 
lanceolate-spathulate, two to three inches long, half to five-eighths 
of an inch broad, acute, scabrous on the upper surface, much 
narrowed at the base. MScapes slender, two or three times as 
long as the leaves. Raceme ten- to thirty-flowered, very lax, at 
first nutant, an inch and a half to two inches long by twelve to 
fifteen lines broad when expanded. Pedicels horizontal, four to 
six lines long. Perianth a line and a half to two lines deep, 
cernuous, campanulate, bright rose-purple with a green keel, the 
divisions spreading from two-thirds of the way down when ex- 
panded. filaments nearly as long as the divisions, bright- 
coloured in the upper half. Ovary stipitate, the base discoidly 
dilated. | 
8. 9S. minima, Baker. Bulbis gracilibus ovoideis, foliis 2—3 ascendenti- 
bus carnoso-herbaceis synanthiis linearibus 12—18 lin. longis 
acutis, scapis gracilibus flexuosis foliis excedentibus, racemo laxo 
erecto subpollicari 12—20-floro, pedicellis patentibus infimis floribus 
cernuis subduplo longioribus, perigonio campanulato saturate roseo- 
purpureo 1 lin. longo, filamentis laciniis subequautibus supra 
coloratis, ovario stipitato basi discoideo ampliato. 
Cape of Good Hope, Drege, 3510! Macalisberg, Burke! v.s. 
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