Dipcadi. } CXL, LILIACEH (BAKER). 519 
in. long; bracts caudate, } in. long. Perianth yellowish-white, 4 in. 
long. Anthers subsessile at the throat of the perianth-tube. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Amboland; near Olukonda, 
Rautanen, 126. 
No specimen at Kew. 
6. D. longifolium, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 397. Bulb 
globose, 1 in. diam.; outer tunics pale. Leaves 3-6, linear, glabrous, 
1-2 ft. long. Peduncle long, slender, fragile. Raceme very lax, 4—8- 
flowered ; pedicels very short ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, }—} in. long. 
Perianth green, } in. long; tube oblong; segments of both rows as long 
as the tube, the inner flat, the outer subcaudate. Anthers oblong, nearly 
sessile. Capsule sessile, subglobose, } in. diam.—Uropetalum longi- 
folium, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 974; Kunth, Enum. iv. 378. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe; abundant on the plains of Ilorin, 
Barter, 3441! 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; opposite Sena, 
Kirk ! Shupanga, Kirk ! Mozambique, Forbes! British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; 
valley of the River Shire, Meller ! 
7. D. fesoghlense, Baker. Bulb unknown. Leaves 2, narrowly 
linear, 6-8 in. long, 4} in. broad. Peduncle 4 in. long. Raceme laxly 
many-flowered ; pedicels very short ` bracts ovate, acuminate, the lower 
4-3 in. long. Perianth green, 4 in. long; inner segments as long as 
the tube; outer scarcely longer, with a tail 54, in. long. Style shorter 
than the ovary.—Uropetalum fesoghlense, Solms in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. 
“Ethiop. 204. 
Nile Land. Upper Sennar: Fazokl, Cienkowsky, 
No specimen at Kew. 
8. D. sansibaricum, Zngl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 142. Bulb globose. 
Leaves narrowly linear, half as long as the scape. Raceme laxly 8-9- 
flowered ; pedicels short; bracts ovate, acuminate. Perianth green, 
3 in. long; segments linear, subobtuse. Capsule large for the genus, 
4 in. diam. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar: at Kumbeni, on coral line limestone, Stuhlmann, 
No specimen at Kew. 
9. D. firmifolium, Baker. Leaves narrowly linear, firm, erect, 
glabrous, thick, deeply grooved, 1 ft. long, $ in. broad. Peduncle 6-8 
in. long, without any sheathing leaf. Raceme Jax, many-flowered, 3-4 
in. long ; pedicels ascending, lower ł—4 in. long ; bracts green, persistent, 
lanceolate, acuminate, lower above 1 in. long. Perianth-tube oblong- 
cylindrical, } in. long; inner segments oblong, nearly as long as the 
tube, green with a tinge of yellow; outer caudate, spreading, slightly 
longer than the outer. Stamens half as long as the inner segments ; 
filaments very short. Ovary shortly stipitate. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Ngamiland ` Kwebe, Zugard, 57! 
10. D. minimum, Webb, Phyt. Canar. iii. 341. Bulb ovoid, }-4 in. 
diam, ; outer tunics brown. Leaves 2-3, slender filiform, erect, glabrous, 
