DESCRIPTION:--A shrub. _Branches_ pubescent, at length becoming glabrous. _Leaves_ 6 to 9 cm. long, imparipinnate; leaflets alternate or opposite, 1 to 2 cm. long, 3 to 6 mm. broad, lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, thinly pubescent. _Inflorescence_ an axillary raceme, peduncle and pedicels covered with short stiff sparse hairs. _Floral-bracts_ 3 mm. long, oblong. _Pedicels_ 1·2 cm. long. _Calyx-tube_ 1 cm. long, deeply campanulate; lobes 4·5 mm. long, ovate, acuminate. _Vexillum_ 3 cm. long, 1·2 cm. broad, obovate, acuminate; alae 8 mm. long, 1·5 mm. broad, oblong, obliquely clawed; keel 3·5 cm. long, 8 mm. broad, more or less oblong, with a linear claw 1·2 cm. long. _Stamens_ diadelphous; filaments filiform. _Ovary_ stalked, 1·5 cm. long, linear, with many ovules; style 1·5 cm. long, bearded on the inner face. _Pod_ membranous, inflated. (National Herb., Pretoria, No. 2943.) PLATE 193.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of flower. F.P.S.A., 1925. [Illustration: 194.] PLATE 194. ORNITHOGALUM ODORATISSIMUM. _Cape Province._ LILIACEAE. Tribe SCILLEAE. ORNITHOGALUM, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 815. * * * * * =Ornithogalum odoratissimum= _C. A. Smith_, sp. nov. _Bulbus_ ovoideo-globosus, 2 cm. diam., tunicis brunneis membranaceis. _Folia_ 2-6, 6-10 cm. longa, anguste linearia, basi leviter dilatata, glabra. _Pedunculus_ ad 14 cm. longus, cylindricus, glaber. _Inflorescentia_ ad 6 cm. longa, pauci-vel multiflora. _Bracteae_ 1-1·8 cm. longae, ovato-acuminatae, membranaceae. _Pedicelli_ 0·5-1 cm. longi, teretes. _Segmenta perianthii_ 1·5 cm. longa, oblonga, apice inflexa pubescentia obtusa. _Filamenta_ 0·5-1 cm. longa, basi 2 mm. lata; antherae oblongae. _Ovarium_ 5 mm. longum, sessile. _Stylus_ 1·5 cm. longus, teres, apice minute capitatus, penicillatus. _Fructus_ trigonus. * * * * * This Plate should be compared with that of _O. Roodeae_ figured on Plate 75, as the two species are no doubt closely related though differing much in the colour of the flowers and the shape of the leaves. Like _O. Roodeae_ the flowers are very sweet-scented, a character not usually met with in the genus, and a single inflorescence is sufficient to saturate a large room with a pleasant scent, and even when planted out in the garden the strong perfume is noticeable for a considerable distance from the plant. The plant has been compared with Jacquin’s figure of _O. suaveolens_, from which it differs in being much smaller, and as it has been figured it was thought better to describe it than to definitely state that it is _O. suaveolens_. We are indebted to Mrs. E. Rood of van Rhynsdorp for the specimens.