Chlorophytum. | CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). 503 
broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the apex and clasping base. 
Peduncle very short. Raceme dense, simple, oblong, 2-3 in. long; 
bracts lanceolate, 1} in. long; pedicels very short, the lower 2—3-nate. 
Perianth greenish, } in. long; segments lanceolate. Anthers as long 
as the filaments. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, Barter ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla, Welwitsch, 3768 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan, 753! 
29. C. Menyharthi, Schinz mss. in Herb. Hort. Bot. Vind. Root- 
fibres dense, cylindrical. Leaves about 6 in a basal rosette, lanceolate, 
sessile, membranous, 6—9 in. long, 1-1} in. broad at the middle, nar- 
rowed gradually to the base and apex, glabrous on the margin. Peduncle 
scarcely any. Raceme dense, simple, oblong, 2-3 in. long; pedicels 
very short, erecto-patent, 2—3-nate; bracts lanceolate, longer than the 
flowers. Perianth dull greenish, } in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate. 
Stamens nearly as long as the perianth; anthers oblong, small. Cap- 
sule subglobose, } in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Northern Zambesia, Boruma, Meny- 
harth, 565! 
Flowered in the Vienna Gardens from seeds received in 1891. 
Very near the Indian C. breviscapum, Dalz. 
30. C. Schweinfurthii, Baker. Root-fibres many, long, slender. 
Leaves 5-6 to a stem, oblong-lanceolate, membranous, glabrous, not 
distinctly petiolate, 12-15 in. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 
gradually to the acute apex and channelled clasping base. Peduncle 
2-3 in. long. Raceme 2-3 in. long, dense, oblong, simple or branched 
at the base; pedicels short, ascending, articulated at the middle, the 
lower 2-3-nate; bracts lanceolate, the lower $—} in. long. Perianth 
tin. long, greenish ; segments linear-oblong. Stamens as long as the 
perianth ; anthers linear, rather shorter than the filaments. Capsule 
¢ in. long, 4 in. diam. 
Nile Land. Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1968! 2068! 
31. C. laxum, R. Br. Prodr. 277.  Root-fibres very slender. 
Leaves many to a tuft, linear, membranous, glabrous, 4-1 ft. 
long, 13 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the acute 
apex and sheathing base. Peduncle very slender, much shorter than 
the leaves. Racemes very lax, simple or forked, 3—12 in. long ; bracts 
small, lanceolate, membranous ; pedicels short, articulated at the middle, 
the lower geminate. Perianth white, {—} in. long; segments 3-nerved 
on the keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers as long 
as the filaments. Capsule globose, } in. diam.—C. laxiflorum, Baker 
in Journ, Linn. Soe. xv. 328. C. falcatum, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. 
t. 333. C. abyssinicum, Kotschy & Peyr. Plant Tinn. 46. C. parvi- 
florum, Hochst. ex Kotschy & Peyr. l.c. under 69, C. sp. C. debile, Baker 
in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 260. 
