Chlorophytum. ] CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER), 507 
¢ in. diameter, acutely angled, broader than long.— Anthericum Fischeri, 
Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 468. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usmawo; between Magu and Kageyi, 
on Lake Victoria Nyanza, Fischer, 591! 
43. C. longifolium, Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Hthiop. 294. Rootstock 
horizontal, as thick as a man’s finger, crowned with copious bristles ; 
root-fibres many, long, cylindrical, not bearing tubers. Leaves about: 
6 to a stem, firm, linear, acuminate, closely ribbed, ciliate on the 
margin, not petiolate, 1-14 ft. long, 4—3 in. broad. Peduncle leafless, 
as long as the leaves. Raceme dense, simple, 3-5 in. long ` bracts: 
small, lanceolate, scariose ; pedicels very short, ascending at the apex, 
the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth } in. long; segments lanceolate. Stamens 
as long as the perianth; anthers small. Capsule deeply emarginate, 
ZA in. long. —Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 327. Anthericum longi- 
Jolium, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 333. 
Nile Land, Galabat: Matamma, Schweinfurth, 8! Abyssinia, Quartin-Dillon ! 
44. C. affine, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 160, t. 104. Root- 
fibres many, wiry, not bearing tubercles; root-crown with a few bristles. 
Leaves 6-8 to a stem, linear, acuminate, firm, closely ribbed, not petio- 
late, ciliate on the margin, 12—15 in. long. 3-1 in. broad. Peduncle 
leafless, nearly as long as the leaves. Racemes simple, 3-9 in. long, 
dense upwards; bracts large, linear, the lowest 1 in. long; pedicels 
ascending, articulated at the middle, the lowest geminate, 4 in. long. 
Perianth white, 4 in. long; segments oblong, 3-nerved in the brown 
keel. Stamens much shorter than the perianth; anthers linear, longer 
than the filaments. Capsule globose, 4 in. long. 
Nile Land. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; in swamps near Rubugwa, 
3800 ft., Speke § Grant ! 
45. C. brunneum, Baker. Roots not seen. Leaves several, erect, 
linear, 9-12 in. long, 4—4 in. broad, clasping the base of the stem 
narrowed gradually to a long point, moderately firm, distinctly ciliated 
on the white margin, glabrous on the surface. Peduncle simple, stiffly 
erect, subterete, shorter than the leaves. Raceme lax, simple, 3 in. 
long ; pedicels clustered, } in. long, ascending, articulated at the middle. 
Perianth-segments linear, brownish, ł in. long. Capsule quadrate, 
acutely angled, 4 in. diam. 
Nile Land. German East Africa: Usaramo; at Mboamaji, near Dar-es-Salam, 
Stuhlmann, 6031 ! 
46. C. micranthum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 325. Root-fibres 
wiry, not bearing tubers; neck crowned with a dense ring of fibres. 
Produced leaves firm, linear, glabrous, 4-6 in. long, } in. broad. 
Peduncle slender, leafless, terete, as long as the leaves. Raceme long, 
lax, simple or deeply forked, finally 6-8 in. long; pedicels very short, 
articulated at the middle, lower 3—4-nate; bracts minute. Perianth 
