APPENDIX. re 
Bulb ovoid, a quarter to three-eighths of an inch thick. Leaves 
two or three to a bulb, ascending, fleshy-herbaceous, acute, 
twelve to eighteen lines long, a line to a line and a half broad, 
slightly narrowed downwards. Scapes one or two to a bulb, very 
slender, flexuose, an inch and a half to two inches long. Raceme 
lax, erect, twelve- to twenty-flowered, nine to twelve lines long 
by five to six lines broad. Pedicels a line and a half to two lines 
long, horizontal, the lowest slightly curved. Perianth cernuous, 
campanulate, not more than a line deep, the same colour as in 
the last. Filaments and ovary as in the two preceding. 
4. S. Cooperi, Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. 5580. Bulbo subgloboso foliis 4—5 
synanthiis carnoso-herbaceis ascendentibus loratis subpedalibus viri- 
dibus deorsum dorso purpureo-maculatis, scapo foliis duplo breviore, 
racemo sublaxo 30—40-floro 2—38-pollicari, pedicellis patentibus 
floribus cernuis 2—3-plo longioribus, perigonio campanulato 1% lin. 
longo saturate roseo-purpureo, filamentis laciniis subsequantibus 
supra coloratis, ovario stipitato basi discoideo ampliato. 
Cape of Good Hope, imported by Mr. Cooper. 
Bulb subglobose, tunicated, an inch thick. Leaves four to five 
to a scape, ascending, fleshy-herbaceous, ten to twelve inches 
long by six to nine lines broad when fully developed, green on 
both sides, streaked and spotted with purple on the back down- 
wards. Scape firm, erect, four to five inches long. Raceme 
moderately dense, thirty- to forty-flowered, two to three inches 
long by an inch broad when expanded. Pedicels three-eighths to 
half an inch long, patent or the lowest a little nutant. Perianth 
cernuous, bright purple, campanulate, an eighth of an inch deep, 
the divisions reflexed from half-way down when expanded. 
Stamens bright purple, nearly as long as the divisions. Ovary 
distinctly stipitate and the base dilated. 
5. 8. firmifolia, Baker. Bulbo ovoideo magno, foliis 4—5 synanthiis 
coriaceis nervosis ascendentibus semipedalibus vel ultra anguste 
linearibus, scapo foliis subequante, racemo sublaxo angusto 3—4 
poll. longo 80—40-floro, pedicellis erecto-patentibus floribus sub- 
eequautibus, perigonio campanulato 14 lin. longo saturate roseo- 
purpureo, filamentis laciniis subeequantibus deorsum applanatis 
lanceolatis, ovario sessili basi nullo modo ampliato. 
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Cape of Good Hope, Drege, 44192! Tastern frontier, P. Mac- 
owan! v. 8. 
