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Eucomis (Flowers pedicellate in a dense)

Flowers pedicellate, in a dense or elongated raceme; perianth persistent, with six sub-equal, spreading segments; stamens six; scape simple, leafless. Leaves radical, oblong or elongated. Bulb tunicated, often rather large. To the species described on pp. 537-8, Vol. 1., the following should now be added:

E. pallidiflora (pale-flowered). fl., perianth 1 1/4in. in diameter, the segments greenish-white, oblong, acute; raceme 1ft. long, 2 1/2in. diameter, crowned with a tuft of thirty small leaves; peduncle 1 1/2ft. to 2ft. long. cylindrical. l. five or six to a stem, oblanceolate, sub-erect, over 2ft. long, 4in. to 5in. broad. 1887.

E. zambesiaca (Zambesi). fl. green; pedicels shorter; raceme longer and denser; scape not spotted. l. firmer. Otherwise like E. punctata. Eastern tropical Africa, 1886.