470 CXL. LILIACEÆ (BAKER). [Schizobasis. 
3-lobed. Capsule globose, dehiscing loculicidally. Seeds 1-3, angled ; 
testa lax, black; albumen fleshy; embryo nearly as long as the 
albumen.—Rootstock a comparatively large bulb. Leaves all basal, not 
contemporary with the flowers. Stems much branched, straight or 
flexuose. Flowers minute, white, racemose or terminal on the 
branchlets. 
Species 5, the others South African. 
1. S. angolensis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 255. 
Bulb globose, 1-14 in. diam.; outer tunics brown, membranous. 
Leaves unknown. Peduncle slender, naked, straight, erect, 4 ft. long. 
Panicle corymbose, 1 ft. long; branches and branchlets long, straight, 
slender; pedicels articulated at the apex ; bracts minute, deltoid. 
Perianth A in. long; segments oblong, white with a brown keel. 
Filaments slightly flattened ; anthers shorter than the filaments. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in rocky ground, 2400-3800 ft., 
Welwitsch, 3866 ! 
9. ERIOSPERMUM, Jacq. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 786. 
Perianth campanulate, polyphyllous, persistent ; segments oblong or 
linear-oblong, subequal, spreading. Stamens 6, shorter than the perianth, 
attached to the base of the segments ; filaments filiform or flattened ; 
anthers oblong, small, basifixed, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary sessile 
or subsessile, globose, 3-celled ` ovules 2 or few in a cell; style short, 
subulate ; stigma capitate,minute. Capsule with 3 persistent spreading 
or reflexed loculicidal valves. Seeds oblong-triquetrous, densely hairy ; 
albumen fleshy ` embryo long, cylindrical. Rootstock a large irregularly- 
shaped tuber. Leaves usually solitary and not contemporary with 
the flowers, ovate or lanceolate. Inflorescence a simple raceme; 
pedicels articulated at the apex ; bracts minute, membranous. Flowers 
small, white or yellow; segments with a 1-nerved brown keel. 
Species 50, the others all South African. 
Pedicels long. 
Peduncle long. Perianth 4-4 in. long . : . 1. E. elatum. 
Peduncle short. Perianth smaller. 
Leaf linear . : : : ; . 2. E. stenophyllum. 
Leaf lanceolate. 
Leaves not contemporary with flowers S . 8. E. abyssinicum, 
Leaves contemporary with flowers. 
Stamens short 3 i S Se bakerianum. 
Stamens more than half as long as the perianth 5. E. dechuanicum. 
Leaf oblanceolate S S S : S . 6. E. andongense. 
Leaf cordate-orbicular . : 7. E spherophyllum. 
Leaf unknown 8. E flexuosum. 
Pedicels short. 
Leaf linear ‘ : : S S . 9. E. linearifolium. 
Leaf lanceolate S : S 3 : 210: P. triphyllum. 
Leaf oblong-lanceolate 11. E. ophioglossoides. 
Leaf oblong. 
