‘Chlorophytum. | CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). 505 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjarc, above Marangu, 6800 ft., 
Volkens, 1294! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium, 
35. C. puberulum, Lgl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 139. Near C.. gallabat- 
ense, Schweinf. Rootstock thick; root-fibres filiform; rudimentary 
leaves many, very broad. Produced leaves thin, broadly lanceolate, 
acuminate, crisped at the broad pale margin, }—} the length of the 
peduncle. Peduncle densely pubescent. Racemes dense, ascending, 
panicled; bracts lanceolate; pedicels short. Perianth 4 in. long; 
segments lanceolate. Filaments as long as the anthers. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Ukome, Emin Pasha Gulf, Lake 
Victoria Nyanza, ex Engler, without mention of the collector, 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
36. C. ciliatum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 325. Root-fibres 
many, cylindrical; neck crowned with a ring of bristles. Leaves 3—4, 
with a sheathing base and a moderately firm lanceolate blade, 4—6 in. 
long, 1 in. broad low down, distinctly ciliated on the margin. Peduncle 
slender, glabrous, as long as or shorter than the leaves. Racemes 
usually simple, dense upwards, about 3 in. long; lower pedicels 3—4- 
nate, {1 in. long; bracts small, ovate, membranous. Perianth } in. 
long; segments oblong. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth; 
anthers linear, as long as the filaments. Capsule } in. long. 
Nile Land. Jur: Kutschuk (Kurshook)-Ali, Schweinfurth, 1521! 
37. ©. tenuifolium, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 228. Leaves 
5-6 to a stem, thin, linear, glabrous, 1-14 ft. long, 4-4 in. broad at the 
middle, much narrowed to the base, often crisped towards the margin. 
Peduncle long, slender, glabrous, not angled. Raceme lax, cylindrical, 
finally 6-9 in. long; bracts minute, ovate-lanceolate; pedicels erecto- 
patent, articulated below the middle, all solitary, the lower 4—4 in. 
long. Perianth } in. long; segments linear, white, with a green keel. 
Anthers small, linear-oblong, much shorter than the glabrous filaments. 
Capsule subglobose, deeply emarginate, } in. long. 
Nile Land. British Somaliland: Wadaba, Miss Edith Cole! Mrs. E. Lort- 
Phillips ! 
38. C. floribundum, Baker. Leaves membranous, lanceolate, 
glabrous, sessile, above a foot long, 1-2 in. broad at the middle, nar- 
rowed gradually to a base 7-1 in. broad, laxly veined, not ciliate on the 
margin. Inflorescence a panicle composed of 5 lax cylindrical ascending 
“racemes a foot long; branch-bracts lanceolate, 3—4 in. long ; lower 
flowers 3—4-nate ; pedicels articulated, pubescent, 4—4 in. long; flower- 
bracts small, lanceolate. Perianth-segments lanceolate, 4 in. long, with 
a faint 1-nerved green keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth. 
Anthers small ; capsule globose, deeply lobed. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Zomba and vicinity, 
2500-3500 ft., Whyte! 
