518 CXL. LILIACEX (BAKER), | Dipeadt. 
face, 6-8 in. long, 1 lin. diam. low down. Peduncle slender, as long as 
the leaves. Raceme very lax, 4 ft. long; pedicels short, ascending ; 
bracts linear, the lower }-} in. long. Perianth green; tube oblong, 
4 in. long; inner segments as long as the tube ; outer slightly longer, 
falcate, flat, not caudate. Anthers linear, 4 in. long; filaments very 
short. Capsule quadrate, } in. diam. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Zambesi Delta, between Mambucha 
and Vicenti, Scott ! 
2, D. durandianunm, Schinz in Dur. d Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 
374. Bulb globose, 4—3 in. diam.; outer tunics white. Leaves many 
to a bulb, filiform, very slender, erect, 3—10 in. long. Peduncle slender, 
13-2 ft. long. Raceme very lax, secund, 6—8-flowered ; pedicels arcuate, 
ascending, 4-} in. long; bracts large, ovate, cuspidate, deciduous. 
Perianth green; tube oblong-cylindrical, } in. long; inner segments 
linear, as long as the tube; outer scarcely longer, linear-complicate, 
faleate or spreading. Anthers oblong, subsessile at the throat of the 
perianth-tube. Capsule oblong, subsessile, obtusely angled, 4 in. long. 
D. bakerianum, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Branden. xxxi. 217, 
not of Bolus. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Amboland; near Olukonda 
Schinz, 7! 410! Rautanen, 103. 
3. D. unifolium, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 399. Bulb 
globose, 1—4 in. diam. ; outer tunics dull brown, Leaf single, linear, 
erect, glabrous, 6-7 in. long, clasping the base of peduncle for some 
distance. Peduncle slender, rather shorter than the leaf. Raceme 
laxly 3-6-flowered ; pedicels very short; bracts very small, lanceolate. 
Perianth green ; tube oblong, } in. long; inner segments flat, as long 
as the tube ; outer complicate, rather longer than the inner, Anthers 
subsessile. Ovary sessile—Uropetalum tacazzeanum var. angustifolium, 
Schweinf. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 399. 
Wile Land. Galabat: left bank of the River Gendua, Schweinfurth, 23! 
4. D. platyphyllum, Baker. Stem slender, glabrous, 6—9 in. long, 
bearing from above the base a single sheathing lanceolate leaf, 6—9 1m- 
long, 1 in. broad, glabrous on the surface, much crisped towards the 
margin and ciliate with long white hairs. Raceme lax, 3—4 in. long 1D 
the flowering stage; rhachis slender, pubescent; pedicels cernuous, 
pubescent, 4-1 in. long; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth green ; tube 
oblong, 4 in. long; inner segments oblong, as long as the tube; outer 
segments caudate, a little longer than the inner, not spreading. 
Anthers sessile at the throat of the perianth-tube. Capsule oblong- 
quadrate, sessile. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Ngamiland; Kwebe, Lugard, 44! 
5. D. venenatum, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. = 
Bulb ovoid, 14 in. diam. Leaves linear, channelled, glabrous, fleshy; 
8 in. long, -4 in. broad. Raceme lax, many-flowered ; pedicels $-4 
