APPENDIX. 17 
Genus Drimiopsis, Lindley dé Pawt. Flow. Gard. ii. p. 73. Perigonium 
corollinum, albidum, campanulatum, ad basin sexpartitum, seg- 
mentis subeequalibus erectis ovatis apice cucullatis. Ovarium 
sessile, globosum, triloculare, trisulcatum, ovulis in loculis 2 colla- 
teralibus ascendentibus ; stylus erectus, crassiusculus, ovario sub- 
equans; stigma capitatum. Stamina ex basi laciniarum uniseriata, 
distincte perigyna, filamentis erectis lanceolatis segmentis triplo 
brevioribus, antheris versatilibus oblongo-rotundatis. Capsula mem- 
branacea, loculicide trivalvis, seminibus in loculis solitariis, haud 
compressis. Herb africanee bulbose scapigere floribus spicatis 
vel subspicatis. 
This agrees with some of the species of Scilla § Ledebouria 
in its ovary; differing by its shorter style and filaments, spicate 
white flowers, and the different shape of the perianth and its 
divisions. 
* Leaves narrowed into a distinct petiole. 
1. D. maculata, Lindl. tab. nostra, 191. 
2. D. minor, Baker, tab. nostra, 192. 
3. D. botryoides, Baker. Foliis carnoso-herbaceis lanceolato-spathulatis 
3—4 pollicaribus acutis basi ad petiolum brevem scapum vaginante 
sensim angustatis, scapo foliis duplo longiore, floribus 12—30 dense 
spicatis, perigonio botryoideo 14 lin. longo laciniis ovato-ligulatis. 
From the collection of Justice Blackburn of Mauritius, localised 
** Africa orientalis,” v. s. 
Bulb not seen. Leaves two or probably more to a scape, very 
fleshy, lanceolate-spathulate, three to four inches long, fifteen to 
eighteen lines broad, acute, narrowed gradually into a petiole 
sheathing the base of the scape for about an inch. Scape erect, 
seven to eight inches long. Flowers twelve to thirty in a dense 
spike twelve to eighteen lines long, three-eighths of an inch broad. 
Perianth an eighth of an inch deep, globose, the divisions perma- 
nently convergent, ovate-ligulate. Stamens as in the preceding. 
** Leaves not narrowed into a petiole. 
4. D. Burkei, Baker. Bulbo ovoideo tertio superiore emerso subsqua- 
moso, foliis 2—38 carnoso-herbaceis ascendentibus lanceolatis bi- tri- 
pollicaribus acutis infra medium paullulum angustatis, scapo gracili 
flexuoso 14—2 poll. longo, floribus 12—30 dense subspicatis, peri- 
gonio 1 lin. longo laciniis ovato-ligulatis. 
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