494 CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). | Chlorophytum. 
perianth, hypogynous or attached to the base of the segments ; filaments 
filiform or slightly flattened ; anthers linear, erect, dehiscing down the 
face. Ovary sessile or subsessile, globose, 3-celled; ovules few or many 
in a cell; style filiform; stigma minute, capitate. Capsule deeply 
lobed, acutely angled, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds compressed ; testa 
black ; albumen firm; embryo nearly as long as the albumen,—Root- 
stock not bulbous ; root-fibres many, usually fleshy or bearing small 
tubers. Leaves linear, lanceolate or oblong, often thin and petiolate. 
Peduncle naked or bearing a few reduced leaves. Racemes simple or 
panicled: pedicels articulated, the lower usually 2—4-nate. Flowers 
small, white or greenish-white. 
Species 70-80, concentrated in the Tropical regions of the Old World. 
*Leaves thin, distinctly petiolate, laxly veined. 
Leaves linear. 
Peduncle short . : 3 i : : . 1. C. fusiforme. 
Peduncle long. é : : : : . 2, C. ramiferum. 
Leaves lanceolate, 
Leaf-blade 4-6 in. long. 
Raceme dense . : . 3. O Afzelii. 
Raceme dense upwards, le downwards í . 4. C. miserum. 
Raceme lax. 
Leaves glabrous, 
Blade broadest near the base . S . 5. C. alismefolium. 
Blade broadest at the middle. 
Blade Z 5 in. broad 6. C. Holstii. 
Blade 1 in. broad . : ; . 7. C. brevipes. 
Leaves villous beneath . : $ ; . 8. C. bracteatum, 
Leaf-blade 6-9 in. long. 
Raceme dense . S S . f . 9. C. scabrum. 
Raceme very lax. - A . : . 10. C. sparsiflorum. 
Leaf-blade very long : 11. C. macrophyllum. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate. 
Flowers very small, 
Blade 2 in, broad . - ; ` . 12. C. lancifolium. 
Blade 134-2 in. broad, 
Raceme simple, 
Petiole as long as the blade : S . 13. C. Mannii. 
Petiole much shorter than the blade . . 14. C. thollonianum, 
Racemes panicled . 4 d > S . 15. C. Carsoni. 
Flowers medium-sized, 
Blade 1 in. broad . > : : . 16. C. inornatum. 
Blade 2 in, broad, 
Raceme usually simple . - : : . 17. C. filipendulum. 
Racemes many, panicled : : : . 18. C. Orchidastrum. 
Blade 23-3 in. broad : : : - . 19. C. petiolatum. 
Flowers larger, about 4 in. long . i . 20. C. moniliforme. 
Leaves thin, not distinctly petioled, laxly veined. 
Pedicels not articulated. Inflorescence corymbose. 
Filament as long as the anther. S . 21. C. tetraphyllum. 
Filament twice the length of the anther ` . 22. 0. Schimperi. 
Pedicels articulated. Inflorescence racemose. 
Leaves 3—4, superposed. 
Flowers greenish. 
