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narrowed gradually to the acuminate apex and sheathing base, 
obscurely ciliated on the edge. Peduncle stiffly erect, 3 ft. long, 
bearing a few reduced leaves, pubescent upwards. Raceme subspicate, 
cylindrical, 4-1 ft. long; bracts lanceolate, the lower large. Flowers 
clothed in the early stage with golden pubescence. Perianth } in. 
long; segments oblong, white, with a red-brown keel. Stamens as 
long as the perianth ; anthers longer than the filaments. Style much 
exserted.—Chlorophytum (Dasystachys) aureum, Engl. Jahrb. xv. 469. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Kurshook Ali’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, 
1504! Niamniam, Schweinfurth, 3570! 3752! 
11l. D. campanulata, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 
256, t. 35, figs. 1-4. Rootstock oblique, tuberous; root-fibres many, 
slender. Root-leaves 5-6, with a long sheathing base and a moderately 
firm glabrous lanceolate blade, 1-14 ft. long, an inch broad at the 
middle. Peduncle stiffly erect, terete, 3-4 ft. long, bearing several 
adpressed reduced leaves. Raceme simple, dense, subspicate, cylin- 
drical, 3-6 in. long; bracts setaceous from a lanceolate base, the lower 
4—4 in. long. Perianth 4 in. long; segments lanceolate, white, with a 
l-nerved brown keel. Stamens as long as the perianth; anthers 
shorter than the filaments. Capsule } in. long.—Chlorophytum cam- 
panulatum, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 161. 
Lower Guinea. Angola; Huilla; between Lopollo and Lake Ivantalla, 
Welwitsch, 3783! 
12. D. debilis, Baker. Produced leaves 4, thin, erect, linear, 
glabrous, 4—1 ft. long, 4-$ in. broad low down, tapering gradually 
to a long point. Peduncle very slender, leafless, subterete, much 
shorter than the leaves, pubescent upwards. Raceme dense, subspicate, 
1-1} in. long; bracts small, linear. Perianth campanulate, ¢ in. long; 
segments oblong-lanceolate, white, the 1-nerved keel greenish towards 
the tip. Stamens much exserted ; anthers linear, 4 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! 
13. D. Grantii, Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 789. Root-tibres many, 
cylindrical ; neck crowned with copious bristles. Produced leaves 3, 
erect, lanceolate, moderately firm, glabrous on the surface, ciliated on 
the margin, a foot long, ł in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually 
to the apex and the sheathing base. Peduncle glabrous, leafless, 4 ft. 
long. Raceme dense, subspicate, 3-4 in. long; bracts red, large, 
setaceous. Perianth campanulate, 4 in. long; segments oblong, 
whitish, with a brown keel. Stamens exserted; anthers linear-oblong, 
much shorter than the filaments. Style much exserted.—Cesia 
africana, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 160, t. 103 A. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Rubugwa, in boggy 
ground, 4000 ft., Speke & Grant ! 
Var. 8 Engleri, Baker. Leaves 2 ft. or more long. Peduncle longer than the 
leaves, bearing several reduced leaves.— Chlorophytum africanum, Engl. Jahrb. xv, 
470, excl. syn. 
Mozamb. Dist: German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Gonda, Bohm, 18, 162, 
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