516 CXL. LILIACEX (BAKER). [ Alliwm. 
Species 250-300, Concentrated in the north temperate zone, one in South Africa. 
Filaments of inner stamens tricuspidate H . , 1l. A. alibile. 
Filaments uniform, subulate. 
Bulbs solitary, globose. > : a = . 2. A. spathaceum, 
Bulbs cespitose, narrowly ovoid . . e . 3. A. angolense. 
1. A. (Porrum) alibile, 4. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 330. Bulb 
globose, white, the thickness of a man’s finger. Leaves unknown. 
Peduncle 14 ft. long. Umbel dense, many-flowered; pedicels short ; 
spathe short, scariose, many-valved, and pedicels also subtended by 
short scales. Perianth campanulate, pale rose ; segments erect, ovate- 
oblong, acute. Filaments of the inner stamens tricuspidate; of the 
outer lanceolate.—Regel, Monogr. All. 69; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 165. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Shire; on mountains, near Tembella, Quartin-Dillon. 
No specimen at Kew. 
2. A. (Molium) spathaceum, Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 
Abyss. ii. 330. Bulb globose, 4—3 in. diam. ; outer tunics pale, scariose. 
Leaves 1-2, thin, narrowly linear, glabrous, sometimes as long as the 
peduncle. Peduncle slender, fragile, 4-9 in. long. Umbel 10-15- 
flowered ; spathe of 1 short ovate valve ; pedicels 4-3 in. long. Perianth 
$ in. long ; segments oblong, subacute, spreading, white, with a distinct 
brown keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; filaments subu- 
late. Style as long as the ovary.—A. subhirsutum var. spathaceum, 
Regel, Monogr. All. 221; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 164; 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 75. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Mount Alamkale, near Aideresso, 5900 ft., Schweinfurth 
d Riva, 1475! Abyssinia: Gamen; near Demerki, on Mount Bachit, 10,000-11,000 ft., 
Schimper, 1266! Ghaba, Steudner, 451; Nori, Schimper, 57; and without precise 
locality, Schimper, 839 ! 
3. A. (Rhiziridium) angolense, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
ser. 2, Bot. i. 262. Bulbs densely cxspitose, narrowly ovoid, 3 in. long; 
outer tunics brown, membranous. Leaves 6-8, narrowly linear, erect, 
glaucous, 6-9 in. long. Peduncle stout, 1 ft. or more long, narrowed 
gradually from the middle to the apex. Umbel dense, globose, 2 in. 
diam. ; pedicels 6—9 lin. long; spathe-valve 1, short, broad, membranous. 
Perianth campanulate, 4 in. long; segments oblong, white, with e 
brown keel, permanently ascending. Stamens as long as the perianth ; 
filaments subulate; anthers small, oblong. Style as long as the ovary. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto, in pastures, Welwitsch, 3764! 
18. DIPCADI, Medic. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. iii. 809. 
Perianth gamophyllous ; tube oblong ` segments dissimilar, 3 oer 
shorter, connivent, truncate ; three outer more or less distinctly cauda 8 
Stamens 6, inserted at the throat of the perianth ; filaments short ; 
anthers oblong or linear. Ovary sessile, globose, 8-celled ; ovules many, 
