Chlorophytum. | CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). 499 
lax, 6-8 in. long ; bracts lanceolate, the lower 4 in. long ; pedicels short, 
articulated below the apex, the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth greenish- 
white, 4 in. long; segments oblanceolate, keeled with brown. Stamens 
as long as the perianth ; anthers much shorter than the filaments. 
Lower Guinea, Gaboon: banks of the Gaboon River, Mann ! 
14. C. thollonianum, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franc. Lil. 20, 
Rhizome oblique ; crown not setose ` root-fibres many, long, sometimes 
thickened. Leaves 3-6; petiole channelled, 2-4 in. long; blade 
oblong-lanceolate, 4-10 in. long, 14-2 in. broad at the middle, acute 
or acuminate; ribs about 20. Peduncle simple, 6—8 in. long, bearing 
2-3 adpressed lanceolate bract-leaves. Raceme simple, lax, 8-10 in. 
long; bracts minute; pedicels 3-4-nate, about as long as the bracts, 
articulated at the middle. Perianth + in. long, greenish ; segments 
oblong, 3-nerved. Capsule } in. long. Seeds 3-5 in a cell. 
Lower Guinea. Southern French Congo: on the banks of streams in the 
forest of Mayumba, Thollon, 1225! and region of the River Niari, at Niounrou, 
Lecomte, 13! 
No specimen at Kew, 
15. ©. Carsoni, Baker. Root-fibres long, fleshy, cylindrical. 
Leaves about 6 to a stem; petiole slender, 3-6 in. long; blade thin, 
glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, } ft. long, 2 in. broad low down, broadly 
rounded at the base. Peduncle 6-8 in. long, leafless. Racemes many, 
very lax, ascending, 3-6 in. long, forming a rhomboid panicle; lower 
bracts lanceolate, 4—3 in. long; pedicels ascending, articulated at the 
middle, the lower 1 in. long, 2-3-nate. Perianth } in. long, dull 
greenish. Anthers as long as the filaments, 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, 5000-6000 ft., 
Carson, 29 of 1893 collection ! 
Very near C, Orchidastrum, but the leaves broadly rounded at the base, 
16. C. inornatum, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1071. Root-fibres 
densely fascicled, fleshy, cylindrical. Leaves 6-8 to a stem; petiole 
distinct, 3-4 in. long, sheathing the stem at the base; blade mem- 
branous, glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 6-8 in. long, an inch 
broad below the middle, narrowed gradually at the base. Peduncle 
slender, 4—1 ft. long. Raceme lax, 6-8 in. long, simple or forked at 
the base; bracts lanceolate, the lower }—} in. long; pedicels short, 
ascending, articulated at the middle, the lower 3-4-nate. Perianth 
greenish-white, }-1 in. long; segments lanceolate. Anthers rather 
shorter than the filaments. Capsule } in. long.—Roem. et Schultes, 
Syst. Veg. vii. 453; Kunth, Enum, iv. 603; Baker in Journ, Lann, 
Soe. xv. 324. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 
17. CG filipendulum, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. 2, Bot. i. 260. 
Rootstock oblique; root-fibres slender, bearing tubers near the end. 
Leaves 6-8 to a stem; petiole winged, 3-4 in. long, clasping the stem 
