Eriospermum
(from erion, wool, and sperma, seed; referring to the woolly envelope of the seeds). ORD. Liliaceae. A genus of about twenty-five species of pretty greenhouse bulbous plants, from tropical and Southern Africa. For culture, see Bulbine.
E. Bellendeni (Bellenden's). fl. light blue. June to August. l. roundish, acuminate, cucullate at base. h. 1ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1800. (B. M. 1382, under name of E. latifolium.) E. Mackenii (McKen's). fl. bright golden-yellow, jointed on the pedicel; scapes slender, cylindric, glabrous. July. l. ovate-oblong, obtuse, or sub-acute, quite glabrous, rather fleshy, smooth, nerveless. Natal, 1871. (B. M. 5955, under name of Bulbine Mackenii.) E. proliferum (proliferous). fl. white, green. June to August. l. proliferous; leaflets filiform, undivided, sessile. h. 9in. Cape of Good Hope, 1821. E. pubescens (downy). fl. white, green. June. l. sub-cordate, acute, cucullate, pubescent. h. 1ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1820. (B. R. 578.)