472 CXL, LILIACEÆ (BAKER). | Zriospermum. 
clothed with fibres. Leaves 1-4, contemporary with the flowers, 
lanceolate, acute, erect, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 3-4 in. long. Raceme 
very lax, 4-6 in. long; pedicels ascending, lower 3 in. long. Perianth 
4 in. long ; segments oblong, white with a red-brown keel.. Filaments 
filiform, as long as the anthers. Style longer than the ovary. Seeds 
clothed with fine white hairs } in. long. 
Lower Guinea, German South-west Africa: Amboland ; in sandy ground at 
Olukondo, Schinz, 25! 39! Oshiheke, Schinz, 17! Hereroland, Belck, 48, Luderitz, 
26. 
5. E. bechuanicum, Baker. Tubernotseen. Leaf contemporary 
with the flowers, firm, glabrous, lanceolate, acute, 2-3 in. long, sheathing 
the stem a little above the base, erect. Peduncle 2-3 in. long. Raceme 
many-flowered, 3-6 in. long; pedicels ascending; lower 3—4 in. long; 
bracts ovate, minute. Perianth campanulate, } in. long; segments 
oblong, white, with a greenish-brown keel. Stamens unequal, more 
than half as long as the perianth; anthers small, oblong ; filaments 
linear. Ovary ovoid ; style as long as the ovary. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Ngamiland; near Kwebe, Lugard, 
80! 
6. E.andongense, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 
261. Tuber globose, 1-14 in. diam., crowned with bristles. Leaf solitary, 
not contemporary with the flowers, petiolate, subcoriaceous, oblanceo- 
late, glabrous, 6-8 in. long, 1-14 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 
gradually to the base. Peduncle wiry, 8-12 in. long. Raceme lax, 
3-4 in. long; pedicels long, ascending. Perianth campanulate, 4 in. 
long; segments linear-oblong, sulphur-yellow, with a purple keel. 
Stamens nearly as long as the perianth, 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 3757! 
7. E. spherophyllum, Baker. Leaf single, contemporary with 
the flowers, clasping the base of the stem, suborbicular, subcoriaceous, 
glabrous, 14-1} in. broad. Peduncle very short. Raceme deltoid, many- 
flowered, 2-3 in. long; pedicels ascending; lower 1 in. long; bracts 
minute, ovate-lanceolate. Perianth oblong, } in. long; segments 
oblong, white with a greenish-brown keel. Stamens unequal, nearly as 
long as the perianth ; anthers globose; filaments dilated towards the 
base. Ovary globose ; style as long as the ovary. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Ngamiland; near Kwebe, Lugard, 
8! 
8. E. flexuosum, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 
261. Tuber globose, #-1 in. diam. Leaf unknown, not produced at 
the same time as the stem. Peduncle slender, 6-9 in. long. Raceme 
lax, 6-9 in. long; rhachis slender, flexuose ; pedicels ascending, lower 
2-3 in. long; bracts very minute, ovate, scariose. Perianth campanu- 
late, } in. long ; segments linear, white, with a red-brown keel. Stamens 
