474 CXL. LILIACE£ (BAKER). | Zriospermum. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; frequent in swamps, Welwitsch, 
2761! 3763! 
13. E. Kirkii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 267, Tuber 
globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 2 to a tuber, contemporary with the 
flowers, distinctly petiolate, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, moderately 
firm, glabrous, 5-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad at the middle. Peduncle 
slender, 6—9 in. long. Raceme moderately dense, 2—4 in. long; pedicels 
ascending, the lower 4—1 in. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, white, with 
a brown keel. Perianth } in. long; segments linear-oblong, white, 
with a distinct brown keel. Stamens half as long as the perianth ; 
filaments filiform ; anthers subglobose, minute. Capsule } in. long ; 
valves obovate, reflexing. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: on the Lower Zambesi ; between 
Lupata and Sena, Kirk! and Shupanga, Kirk ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; 
Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 65! between Blantyre and Matope, Scott ! 
Var. brevifolium, Baker. Tube small. Leaves shorter and more coriaceous, 3 ìn. 
long by half as broad. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 
195! 
14, E. Currori, Baker. Tuber not seen. Leaf solitary, contem- 
porary with the flowers, cordate-ovate, obtusely cuspidate, subcoriaceous, 
glabrous, under 1 in. long; petiole clasping the base of the peduncle. 
Peduncle very short. Raceme dense, 4-3 in. long; pedicels erecto- 
patent, the lower 4—4 in. long; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth oblong- 
cylindrical, 4 in. long; segments linear-oblong, pinkish-white with a 
broad brown keel. Stamens half as long as the perianth. Styleas long 
as the globose ovary.—Scilla Currori, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xu. 
249. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: without precise locality, Curror, 26! 
15. E. somalense, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 416. Tuber 
not seen. Leaf solitary, contemporary with the scape, broadly ovate. 
cordate at the base, chartaceous, glabrous, 3—4 in. long, nearly 3 in. 
broad. Peduncle above 2 in. long. Raceme 3-4 in. long; lower 
pedicels spreading, Jin. long. Flowers not seen. 
Nile Land, Somaliland: Abdallah, Keller, 172. 
No specimen at Kew. 
16. E. roseum, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 38. Tuber 
globose ; skin rose-red. Leaf solitary, contemporary with the flowers, 
cordate-suborbicular, cuspidate, glabrous, 2-3 in. long. Peduncle e 
long as the leaf. Raceme lax, many-flowered, 14-4 in. Jong: pocion 
patent, LA in. long; bracts deltoid. Perianth campanulate, 4 1P- 
long ; segments oblong, obtuse, with a broad rose-red keel. Stamens 
half as long as the perianth: filaments lanceolate. ; 
Lower Guinea. Hereroland: Kaoko, between the Koiami and Onanis Rivers, 
Belek, 22, Great Namaqualand: Rehoboth, Fleck, 888. 
Also found in Great Namaqualand south of the Tropic. 
No specimen at Kew. 
