498 CXL, LILIACEZ (BAKER). [ Chlorophytum. 
10. C. sparsiflorum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 325. Root- 
fibres long, slender, bearing tubers at the middle. Leaves about 5 to 
a stem; petiole slender, 4-5 in. long; blade membranous, glabrous, 
lanceolate, 6-7 in. long, 15—20 lin. broad at the middle, acute, narrowed 
very gradually to the base. Peduncles 3 to a tuft, very slender, 4—6 in. 
long. Racemes very lax, 4 ft. long, simple or forked at the base ; lower 
bracts lanceolate, 4 in. long ; pedicels short, articulated as the middle, 
the lower 3-4-nate. Flower not seen. Capsule } in. long, } in. diam, 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 388! 
11. ©. macrophyllum, Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Æthiop. 
294. Root-fibres long, slender, not bearing tubers. Leaves 4-5 to a 
stem ` petiole channelled, $-1 ft. long; blade membranous, lanceolate, 
glabrous, 1-14 ft. long, 2—3 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 
gradually to the base and apex. Peduncle 4-1 ft. long, naked or 
bracteate. Raceme simple or branched at the base, dense, finally 
6-8 in. long; pedicels ascending, articulated, 1-4 in. long, the lower 
fascicled ; bracts lanceolate, the lower 3-1 in. long. Perianth 4 in. 
long; segments lanceolate, with a laxly 3-5 nerved brown keel. 
Anthers linear, } in. long, as long as the filaments. Capsule } in. 
long.—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 323. Anthericum macrophyllum, 
A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 334. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, Barter ! 
Nile Land. Galabat: banks of the River Gendua, Schweinfurth, 7! Abyssinia : 
near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1837! and without precise locality, Quartin-Dillon g 
Petit, 183 (82)! British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2051: 
Nyika country, near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 3771! Malange, Teuscz ! Büttner, 534! 
South Central. South-East region of the Congo Free State, west of the 
Lualaba River, Pogge, 1479 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro ; below Marangu, 4000 ft., 
Volkens, 2136 ! and by the Dehu or Mue River, at the foot of Kilimanjaro, 2900 ft., 
Volkens, 2178! Usambara; Magila, Kirk! Portuguese East Africa : Morambala 
Mountain, 1500 ft., Kirk ! 
12. ©. lancifolium, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 
Bot. i. 260. Root-fibres many, cylindrical, not bearing tubers. Leaves 
about 6 to a stem; petiole slender, distinct, 5-6 in. long ; blade ovate- 
lanceolate, thin, glabrous, 3—5 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, acuminate, 
cuneate or rather rounded at the base. Peduncle slender, 3—4 in. long. 
Raceme simple, very lax, 4-1 ft. long; bracts small, lanceolate ; 
pedicels very short, articulated, the lower 3—4-nate. Perianth greenish- 
white, 4 in. long ; segments linear. Capsule globose, 4 in. long. 
Lower Guinea, Angola: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 3772! 3773! 
13. C. Mannii, Baker. Root-fibres dense, cylindrical. Leaves 
about 5 to a stem; petiole distinct, 6-8 in. long, dilated and clasping 
the stem low down; blade thin, glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, Seier 
6-8 in. long, 18-21 lin. broad below the middle, rather rounded at the 
base. Peduncle slender, as long as the petiole. Raceme simple, very 
