Chlorophytum. | CXL, LILIACEZ (BAKER). 509° 
50. C. viridescens, Hngl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 140. Leaves many, 
linear, acuminate, complicate, 14 ft. long, 4 in. broad at the middle, 
closely ribbed, glabrous. Peduncle with panicle 3-34 ft. long. Branches. 
of panicle lax, ascending; bracts small, lanceolate; pedicels 3—5-nate, 
4—4 in. long, articulated above the base. Perianth cylindrical; segments 
linear, 4 in. long, greenish, with a 3-nerved green keel. Stamens much 
shorter than the perianth; anthers oblong, small. Capsule obovoid,. 
acutely angled, pale green, } in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, below Marangu, 8000 ft. 
Volkens, 2155 ! 
No specimen at Kew. The specimens distributed at Berlin under the name of 
Cholorophytum viridescens, both in the Kew and British Museum Herbaria, belong to 
u species of Schizoglossum ! 
51. C. polystachyum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 326. Root- 
fibres cylindrical, fleshy ; neck crowned with a few bristles. Produced 
leaves about 6 to a stem, moderately firm, linear, glabrous, a foot long, 
4-4 in. broad, not narrowed to the base. Peduncle leafless, terete, 
glabrous, as long as the leaves. Racemes several, panicled, lax, erecto- 
patent, the lower forked; pedicels 4-4 in. long, articulated at the 
middle, the lower 3—4-nate; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth campanu- 
late, } in. long ; segments green, with a white margin. Stamens nearly 
as long as the perianth ; anthers minute, oblong. 
Nile Land. Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1838! 
52. C. pubiflorum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 329. Root- 
stock tuberous, horizontal; root-fibres cylindrical. Leaves 6-10 toa 
stem, linear, glabrous, closely ribbed, moderately firm, 2-3 ft. long, 
6-9 lin. broad, not narrowed to the base. Peduncle 2—3 ft. long, sub- 
terete. Racemes 3-5, very lax, ascending, the end one 9-12 in. long; 
bracts all small, ovate; pedicels articulated at the middle, the lower 
3—4-nate, finally 4—4 in. long. Perianth greenish-white, pubescent, } in. 
long ; segments linear-oblong, laxly 3-nerved on the back. Stamens 
nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers d in. long, much shorter than 
the filaments. Capsule 4 in. long, } in. diam. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: banks of the Boruma River, Kirk! 
Portuguese East Africa: Zambesi Delta, Kirk ! Shimwara Hills, near the mouth of 
the River Shire, Kirk, 237! British East Africa: Nyasaland, Buchanan, 191! 
Imperfectly-known species. 
53. C. Tinneæ, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 333. Whole plant 
quite glabrous. Root-leaves unknown. Peduncle very slender, 4-1 ft. 
long, bearing several linear red uced leaves. Raceme very lax, 4 ft. long; 
bracts lanceolate, minute; pedicels very short, ascending, the lower 
2-3-nate. Perianth } in. long; segments oblong, 3-nerved on the keel. 
Stamens rather shorter than the perianth ; anthers linear, twiceas long 
as the filaments. Ovules 12 in a cell. Chlorophytum sp. Kotschy & 
Peyr. Plant. Tinn. 46, t. 23 B. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Jur, Miss Tinné, 
