504 CXL. LILIACEÆ (BAKER). [ Chlorophytum. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, Barter, 1514! Niger Delta ; Grand 
Bassa, Vogel, 41! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Gursarfa, 3400 ft., Schimper, 2231! British East 
Africa: Malinde, at the mouth of the River Sabaki, Kirk ! 
Lower Guinea. Corisco Bay: River Kongue, Mann, 1876! Loango, Thollon, 
1223! Angola, Welwitsch, 3769 ! 
32. C. gallabatense, Schweinf. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xv. 
325. Rootstock horizontal; root-fibres dense, long, slender. Leaves 
6-8 to a stem, thin, glabrous, lanceolate, 1-1} ft. long, 14-2 in. 
broad at the middle, narrowed gradually from the middle to the 
narrow clasping base, not distinctly petiolate. Peduncle slender, a 
foot long below the panicle. Racemes many, slender, ascending, the 
end one 6-9 in. long; bracts small, ovate; pedicels short, ascending, 
articulated at the middle, the lower 2—3-nate. Perianth dull, greenish- 
white, Ä in. long; segments lanceolate. Anthers ;}, in. long, as long 
‘as the filaments. Capsule } in. diam.—C. Orchidastrum, Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 325, ex parte: Martelli, Fl. Bogos. 85. 
Wile Land, Galabat: Matamma, Schweinfurth,10! Eritrea: Keren, 4500 ft., 
Beccari, 185! British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1894! 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi, Lupata, Kirk ! 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 199! Zomba and 
vicinity, 2500-3500 ft., Whyte! Masuka plateau, 6500-7000 ft. Whyte! Fort 
Young, Nicholson ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 57! 
33. C. ukambense, Baker. Rootstock a globose tuber ` root-fibres 
many, slender, cylindrical, Leaves 6-9 to a stem, oblong-lanceolate, 
membranous, glabrous, not distinctly petiolate, 5-6 in. long, ?-14 in. 
broad at the middle, laxly and distinctly veined, narrowed gradually to 
the base and apex. Peduncle shorter than the leaves. Racemes 3, lax, 
the end one much the longest, about 3 in. long; bracts linear, the 
lower 4-3 in. long; pedicels very short, the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth 
greenish, } in. long; segments oblong. . Anthers minute, oblong, much 
shorter than the filaments. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2650! 
34. C. bukobense, Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 139. Near C. sparst- 
florum, Baker, Root-fibres filiform, bearing tubers at the middle. 
Leaves thin, lanceolate, very acute, narrowed gradually to the base, 
scarcely half as long as the peduncle. Racemes very lax ; bracts lanceo- 
late; pedicels 3-4-nate, articulated above the middle. Flowers small. 
Capsule emarginate, } in. long, rather broader than long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe; Bukoba on Lake Victoria 
Stuhlmann ! 
Var. kilimandscharicum, Engl, loc, cit. Leaves 7-8, lanceolate, membranous, 
6-8 in. long, 2 in. broad, narrowed gradually to a channelled base. Stem slender, 
3-1 ft. long. Raceme simple or forked at the base ` bracts linear, acuminate, the 
lower 3-1 in. long; pedicels 4 in. long, lower geminate. Perianth-segments lanceo- 
late, } in. long, whitish, with a green keel, Capsule }-} in. diam, more deeply 
emarginate ; valves rather broader, 
