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Cape of Good Hope, Aapages river, Burke! v. s. 
Bulb ovoid, not more than half an inch thick, the upper part 
emersed and subsquamose. Leaves two or three to a scape, 
fleshy-herbaceous, ascending, lanceolate, two to three inches 
long, six to nine lines broad, slightly narrowed at the base. 
Scape slender, flexuose, an inch and a half to two inches long. 
Flowers twelve to thirty, densely subspicate, the spike six to 
twelve lines long, three to four lines thick. Perianth not more 
than a line deep, the divisions ovaite-ligulate, the style very short, 
and filaments not more than a third of the length of the 
divisions. 
5. D. Barteri, Baker. Bulbo ovoideo tunicato, foliis lorato-lanceolatis 
eegre pedalibus firmulis acutis maculatis dimidio inferiore paullulum 
sensim angustatis, scapis foliis subeequantibus, floribus 80—50 
dense spicatis, perigonio 1% lin. longo laciniis ovato-ligulatis. 
Niger country: rocky plains near Nupe, Barter, 1512! 3445! 
Vv. S. | 
Bulb ovoid, tunicated, an inch thick. Leaves two or perhaps 
more to a bulb, firmer in texturé than in the other species, 
lorate, nearly a foot long when fully developed by six to nine 
lines broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base but 
not distinctly petiolate, “spotted,” the lower part clasping tightly 
the base of the scape. Scape straight, erect, nearly as long as 
the leaves. lowers thirty to fifty in a dense spike an inch and a 
half to two inches and a half long by three-eighths of an inch 
broad. Perianth an eighth of an inch deep, the divisions ovate- 
ligulate, greenish white. Stamens, ovary and style as in the 
other species.—J. G. B. 
