496 CXL. LILIACEH (BAKER). [ Chlorophytum. 
a stem, linear, 6-8 in. long, 4 in. broad, narrowed into a short petiole, 
glabrous on the upper surface, hairy on the conspicuous ribs beneath. 
Peduncle pubescent, 2 in. long. Raceme nearly as long as the peduncle, 
15-16-flowered ; bracts ovate, acuminate, the lowest lanceolate, ? in. 
long; pedicels solitary or geminate, articulated below the middle. 
Perianth 3 in. long; segments lanceolate, 3-5-nerved in the keel. 
Anthers 4 in. long, as long as the filaments. 
Mozamb, Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Uyui, Taylor! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
2. C. ramiferum, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 421. Root- 
stock stout, finely setose at the crown; root-fibres long, fusiform below 
the tip. Leaves 7—9 to a stem, membranous, linear, 1 ft. or more long, 
6-8 lin. broad, narrowed into a petiole 2-3 in. long. Peduncle leafless, 
8-10 in. long. Racemes 3-4, lax, forming a panicle nearly 1 ft. long; 
bracts ovate, cuspidate, 4—5 lin. long; pedicels 3-nate, articulated near 
the apex. Perianth } in. long; segments lanceolate, 5-nerved in the 
brown keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers 1-1} lin. 
long, shorter than the filaments. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between the coast and Uyui, Taylor ! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
3. C. Afzelii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 323. Root-fibres 
cylindrical, fleshy. Leaves with a distinct petiole 2-5 in. long, and a 
thin glabrous lanceolate blade 5—6 in. long, 1-1} in. broad at the middle, 
narrowed gradually to the apex and base. Peduncle 1-2 in. long. 
Raceme dense, simple, oblong, 2-3 in. long; pedicels very short, ascend- 
ing, articulated near the apex, the lower 3—4-nate ; bracts small, deltoid- 
cuspidate. Flowers not seen. Capsule obovoid, emarginate, $ in. long, 
4 in. diam. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: under trees, at Wallia, Scott-Elliot, 4642! 
and without precise locality, Afzelius! Don! Barry ! 
4, C. miserum, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 420. Root-fibres 
short, tuberous at the tip. Leaves 4, lanceolate, ciliated on the edge, 
4-5 in. long, 8 lin. broad, narrowed into a petiole 14 in. long. Peduncle 
5-6 in. long. Raceme simple, 3—4 in. long, dense in the upper part, 
lax downwards ; pedicels short, 3-nate, articulated above the middle; 
bracts lanceolate, acuminate, the lower ł}—} in. long. Perianth 4 in. 
long; segments oblong-lanceolate, 2—3-nerved on the keel. Anthers 
very small; filaments flattened. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between the coast and Uyui, Taylor ! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
5. C. alismzefolium, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 324. Root- 
stock oblique, cylindrical; root-fibres few, long, slender, bearing tubers 
at the end. Leaves 4-6 to a tuft; petiole distinctly channelled, 3-4 In. 
long; blade thin, glabrous, lanceolate, 4-6 in. long, ł in. broad low 
down, narrowed gradually to the acuminate apex, rather rounded at the 
