Dasystachys. CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER), 511 
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fibres. Produced leaves 3, linear, erect, glabrous, moderately firm, 
1-14 ft. long, 4—4 in. broad at the middle, sheathing the stem at the 
base. Peduncle leafless, glabrous, 3-12 in. long. Raceme dense, 
usually simple, subspicate, 3-6 in. long; rhachis sulcate, pubescent ; 
bracts subulate from a dilated base, LA in long. Perianth campanu- 
late, 4 in. long; segments lanceolate, white with a brown keel. 
Stamens as Jong as the perianth; anthers linear, } in. long. Style 
much exserted. Capsule } in diam.—Bot. Mag. t. 7580. Anthericum 
drimiopsis, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 301. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; at Shupanga, in 
damp places, Kirk ! and between Lupata and Tete, Kirk! British Central Africa : 
Northern Zambesia; Boruma, Menyharth, 923! Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan, 110! between Kondowe and Karonga, Whyte! plateau of Mount Zomba, 
5000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 
3. D polyphylla, Baker. Stem 2 in. long below the rosette 
of leaves, clothed with the copious fibrous relics of old leaves. Leaves 
8-9 in a rosette, erect, linear, moderately firm, glabrous, 1-14 ft. long, 
3 in. broad at the middle, tapering gradually to the acuminate apex and 
clasping base. Peduncle leafless, glabrous, nearly as long as the leaves. 
Raceme 4 in. long, dense, cylindrical, with a short fork at the 
base; pedicels very short; bracts small, ovate or lanceolate scariose. 
Perianth campanulate, 4 in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, keeled 
with brown. Stamens not exserted. Capsule } in. diam. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Jon- 
ston ! 
4. D. crassifolia, Baker. Root of many slender fibres; neck 
crowned with a ring of bristles. Rudimentary leaves spotted on the 
back with claret-purple. Produced leaves linear, thick, rigid, glabrous, 
a foot long, strongly nerved and keeled. Peduncle simple, flexuose, 
13-2 ft. long, bearing 2-3 reduced leaves. Raceme dense, subspicate, 
3 in. long; bracts subulate from a dilated base, }-} in. long. Perianth 
campanulate, } in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, white with a 
1-nerved brown keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth; anthers 
small, oblong. Style much exserted. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between Lake Rukwa and Lake Tan- 
ganyika, 6000 ft., Nutt! British Central Africa: Urungu ; Fwambo, 5250 ft., Nutt / 
5. D. densiflora, Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 470. Leaves 
ascending, glabrous, lanceolate, 2—4 in. long, 4—4 in. broad at the 
middle, crisped at the margin. Peduncle shorter than the leaves, 
simple or forked, pubescent. Raceme dense, oblong, subspicate, H 3-2 
in. long; pedicels very short; bracts large, lanceolate. Perianth 
campanulate, } in. long; segments oblong, keeled with red brown. 
Stamens as long as the perianth.—Chlorophytum densiflorum, Engl, 
in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 470. 
Lower Guinea, Angola; Malange, Teuscz, 313! 
No specimen at Kew, 
