Chlorophytum. | CXL, LILIACEZ (BAKER), 501 
a stem, thin, glabrous, lanceolate, 4-6 in. long, 4-2 in. broad, narrowed 
slightly to the sheathing base, not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle 
very short. Flowers many, corymbose; bracts linear, 6-9 lin. long; 
pedicels not articulated, }-? in. long. Perianth } in. long; segments 
lanceolate, white with a 3-nerved brown keel. Stamens rather shorter 
than the perianth ; anther and filament each 1 lin. long. Capsule sub- 
globose, 4 in. diam.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 160. Scilla 
tetraphylla, Linn. fil. Suppl. 200; Kunth, Enum. iv. 331. Phalangium 
abyssinicum, Kunth, Enum. iv. 598. Asphodelus Chamemoly, Hochst. 
ex Kunth, Enum. iv. 599. Anthericum Chamemoly, Hochst. ex Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 332. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Habab, 6000 ft., Hildebrandt, 375! Abyssinia: Tigre; 
Mount Kubbi, near Adowa, Schimper, 271! Wadjerat, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 185! 
Waldubba, Steudner, 460! Amhara; Jenda, Stewdner, 461! and without precise 
locality, Schimper, 3224! 3228! 
22. C. Schimperi, ngl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 161. Root- 
fibres many, long, fleshy, cylindrical. Leaves many to a rosette, thin, 
lanceolate, glabrous, laxly nerved, 3—4 in. long, 4 in. broad above the 
middle, narrowed gradually to the apex and channelled base. Flowers 
few in a nearly sessile corymb; pedicels long, not articulated; bracts 
large, lanceolate. Perianth 4 in. long; segments lanceolate, white with 
a brown keel. Stamens distinctly shorter than the perianth ; filaments 
twice as Jong as the oblong anthers. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder; Gafat, 8000-9000 ft., Schimper, 1203 of 
1863 collection ! 
23. C. amplexicaule, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 325. 
Leaves about 3, clasping the lower part of the stem, superposed, chart- 
aceous, glabrous, the lower cordate-ovate, the upper oblong, acute, 6—8 
in. long, 1-14 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base. 
Peduncle hidden by the leaves, 4 ft. long. Racemes lax, simple or 
forked, 2-4 in. long; bracts small, deltoid or the lower lanceolate ; 
pedicels very short, articulated, the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth } in. 
long; segments linear. Capsule oblong, } in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! 
24. C. blepharophyllum, Schweinf. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xv. 327. Root-fibres long, slender; root crowned with a dense 
mass of bristles. Leaves about 4, sheathing the base of the stem for 
some distance, the lowest small, the others lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
moderately firm, glabrous, laxly veined, 4-8 in. long, 4-1} in. broad at 
the middle, narrowed to the base. Peduncle slender, shorter than the 
leaves. Raceme dense, 2-3 in. long, simple. or forked at the base; 
bracts linear or lanceolate from a broad base, the lower 3-1 in. long; 
pedicels very short, articulated, the lowest 2-3-nate. Perianth dark 
green, 4 in. long; segments linear, 5-nerved in the keel. Anthers 
linear, } in. long, longer than the filaments. Capsule deeply emargi- 
nate, 4 in. long. 
