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copiously branched from a little above the base. Spikes very lax, few- 
flowered; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, }-} in. long. Perianth 
pale; tube very slender, 14 in. long; segments linear-subulate, half 
as long as the tube. Stamens and style very short.—Baker, Handb. 
Trid. 172. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Amboland ; near Olukonda, Schinz, 
23! Rautanen, 2! 
8. L. congesta, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 403. Corm 
4 in. diam. ; tunics rigid, cancellate, dark brown. Produced leaf 1, 
linear, arising from the base of the spike, 4-5 in. long. Outer spathe- 
valve linear-lanceolate, 4-4 in. long. Perianth-tube slender, 4-5 in. 
long; segments linear-lanceolate, acute, above 1 in. long. Anthers 
ł in. long. Style-branches reaching to the tip of the anthers. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between the coast and Uyui, Taylor. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
9. L. fragrans, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 272. Corm 
ovoid, ? in. diam.; tunics thick, brown, cancellate, produced in stout 
bristles above its neck. Basal leaves 2, narrowly linear, rigid, erect, 
strongly nerved, 6-8 in. long, 7—4 in. broad. Stem very short, 
branched, flattened, acutely angled. Peduncles 1—2-flowered ; spathe- 
valves green, lanceolate, the outer 1 in. long. Perianth white, fragrant ; 
tube very slender, 4—44 in. long; segments lanceolate, acute, 1 in. long. 
Filaments very short ` anthers linear, } in. long. Capsule oblong, 4 in. 
long.—Handb. Irid. 172. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; subtemperate region in rocky and stony 
places, near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 1552! 
10. L. edulis, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 49. Corm 
ovoid; outer tunics reticulate-fibrous. Stem much branched, stout, 
erect, glabrous, 3—4 ft. long; branches acutely angled. Leaves 5-6, 
superposed, linear, 1-14 ft. long. Flowers copiously panicled; branches 
laxly corymbose; spathe-valves lanceolate, acuminate, 1-1} in. long. 
Perianth white; tube very slender, 5—6 in. long; segments lanceolate, 
l in. long. Stamens half as long as the perianth-segments ; anthers 
linear. Style much overtopping the stamens. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Amboland ; west of Olukonda, 
Rautanen, 106! 
11. L. porphyrosiphon, Baker. Stem stout, acutely angled, 
narrowly winged, with several erecto-patent branches, each subtended 
bya small linear leaf. Panicle corymbose, 1 ft. long and broad ` spathe- 
valves linear, firm, pale green, 1}-2 in. long. Perianth-tube very 
slender, 5-6 in. long, tinged with purple ; segments lanceolate, white, 
ł in. long. Stamens more than half as long as the perianth-segments ; 
anthers large, linear. Style-branches overtopping the anthers. Capsule 
subglobose, 4 in. long. 
Mozamb, Dist. Ngamiland: Kalahari Desert, near Mamunwe, Lugard, 338 ! 
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