FLORA OF EASTERN TROPICAL AFRICA. 4,23 
infra medium gerente, bracteis sterilibus 1—-2-uncialibus triangu- 
lari-subulatis a nervis bruneis mediis notatis, margine ciliolatis ; 
racemo denso, bracteis scariosis triangulari-subulatis conspicue 
lineatis ; floribus inter minores subsessilibus; perianthio fusco 
campanulato dorso dense papilloso, segmentis consimilibus lineari- 
oblongis, exterioribus apice cucullatis, interioribus obtusis his 
quoque minus coloratis medioque solum papillosis; staminibus 
styloque filiformi perianthium longe superantibus; filamentis 
filitormibus glabris, antheris sagittatis fulvis versatilibus, polline 
ovali-oblongo; ovario late ovali emarginato 3-sulcato; ovulis 
multis superpositis. 
Hab. Between Zanzibar and Uyui: W. E. Taylor, 1586. 
A somewhat insignificant plant, springing from a perennial 
irregularly thickened knotted rhizome 2 inches long, ? inch 
thick, bearing above a few bristles at the position of previous 
years’ shoots, and below root-fibres }-? line in diameter. The 
two or three lowest leaves are much shorter than the rest, the 
lowest and shortest being 3} inches long, while the upper 
elongated ones reach a foot or even more, with a breadth of 
6-7 lines; the slightly dorsally prominent longitudinal nerves 
are 28-32 in number. The smooth scape measures 18 inches 
below the rather short (24 inches) dense narrow raceme ; it 
bears below the middle a narrow tapering green leaf, and between 
this and the raceme several weak, long-pointed, barren bracts 
1-2 inches long, and marked with deep brown longitudinal 
nerves; the floral bracts are much smaller but of similar shape, 
and have 1-3 dark brown median nerves, the lowest 3 inch long, 
the upper decreasing in size. The solitary pedicels are 3 line 
long. The brownish campanulate perianth is 33 lines long; the 
segments are about 1 line broad, the outer three being slightly 
hooded at the tip, and papillose over the whole outer surface, 
especially towards the darker coloured tip; they are marked 
with three rather dark nerves. The inner segments differ in 
having a rounded apex and in being dorsally papillose up the 
centre only, their broader margins are also scarcely coloured. 
The long filiform filaments measure 4 lines, the versatile dull 
yellow anthers 14. The broadly oval ovary is depressed at the 
apex, where is inserted the slender style; it is 1 line long, and 
its rounded outline is traversed by three shallow furrows with 
three less marked alternating with them. 
A distiuet species, approaching somewhat Chlorophytum 
(§ Dasystachys) colubrina, Baker, from Angola, but its leaves are 
