512 CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). [Dasystachys. 
6. D. decorata, Baker. Root densely crowned with fibres. 
Rudimentary leaves lanceolate, with many transverse bands of red 
brown. Produced leaves 3-4, with long clasping base and a lanceolate 
thin glabrous blade a foot or more Jong, an inch broad, not ciliated on 
the edge. Peduncle terete, 2-3 ft. long, bearing several reduced leaves. 
Raceme simple, cylindrical, 6-8 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts. 
subulate from an ovate base, the lower an inch long. Perianth white, 
1 in. long; segments oblong, with a 1-nerved keel. Stamens included ; 
anthers small, oblong. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, 5090 ft., Carson, 
26 of 1893 collection ! 
7. D. marginata, Baker. Rootstock thick, woody, annulate ; root- 
fibres short; crown sparsely setose. Leaves 4, lanceolate, subacute, 
glabrous on the surface, densely ciliated on the thickened edge, reaching 
10 in. long, 4—1 in. broad. Peduncle naked, leafless, subterete, 5-6 in. 
long. Raceme dense, oblong, cylindrical, 24 in. long; bracts subulate, 
lower 8-9 lin. long. Perianth }in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, 
with a.brown central rib. Anthers oblong, A. in. long.—Chlorophytum 
(Dasystachys) marginatum, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 422. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Uyui, Taylor! 
No specimen at Kew. 
8. D. pleiostachya, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 255. 
Rootstock a globose tuber, with many slender root-fibres. Leaves 3-4, 
with a long sheathing base and a lanceolate glabrous coriaceous blade 
8-12 in. long, $—? in. broad, with close raised veins. Peduncle stiffly 
erect, terete, 2—3 tt. long, with several small reduced leaves. Racemes 
1-3, dense, subspicate, 6—9 in. long, A in. diam.; bracts setaceous from 
an ovate base, 4-1 in. long. Perianth campanulate, } in. long; 
segments linear-oblong, white. Stamens as long as the perianth. 
Capsule } in. diam. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo ; on the banks of the River Cuanza, 
Welwitsch, 3785 ! 
9. D. falcata, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 256. 
Rootstock tuberous, horizontal; root-fibres slender. Leaves 6-8, 
lanceolate, faleate, thin, glabrous, 6—9 in. long, 3-1 in. broad at the 
middle. Peduncle 14-2 ft. long, tinged with red, bearing many 
reduced leaves. Raceme simple, subspicate, dense, 3-4 in. long in the 
flowering stage; pedicels very short; bracts setaceous. Perianth 
white, } in. long; segments oblong. Stamens as long as the perianth ; 
anthers linear, } in. long, as long as the filaments.—Clorophytum 
Jalcatum, Eng). Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 161. 
citi etd Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Morro de Lopollo, in rocky places, Welwitsch, 
! 
10. D. aurea, Baker. Leaves 5-6 to a stem, erect, linear, 
moderately firm, glabrous, 2-24 ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, 
