520 CXL, LILIACEÆ (BAKER). [ Dipeadi. 
2-3 in. long. Peduncle 1}-2 in. long. Raceme short, secund, 2-4- 
flowered; pedicels very short; bracts lanceolate, lower } in. long. 
Perianth green ; tube oblong, } in. long ; inner segments as long as the 
tube; outer rather longer, complicate, falcate. Anthers subsessile at 
the throat of the tube. Ovary sessile-—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 
399; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 166. Uvropetalum minimum, 
Steud. ex A. Rich, Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 326. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; in dry mountain meadows, near Enjedcap, 
Schimper, 1168 ! 
11. D. Welwitschii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 400. Bulb 
globose, 1 in. diam.; outer tunics pale. Leaves 2, narrowly linear, 
complicate, glabrous, much shorter than the peduncle. Peduncle 
slender, stiffly erect, 6-8 in. long. Raceme lax, 6—8-flowered ; pedicels 
ascending, 4-} in. long; bracts ovate or lanceolate, small. Perianth 
green; tube } in. long; inner segments linear, as long as the tube ; 
outer complicate, 4 in. longer than the inner. Anthers oblong, as long 
as the filaments. Capsule sessile, globose, } in. long.—Baker in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 246; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 167. 
Uropetalum Welwitschii, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 16. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; subtemperate region, 3800-5500 de 
Welwitsch, 3715! 
12. D. filifolium, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 322. Bulb globose, 
4—} in. diam. ; tunics dull brown. Leaves 2, subterete, firm, slender, 
glabrous, nearly 1 ft. long. Peduncle slender, 1 ft. or more long. 
Raceme very lax, 3-10-flowered ; pedicels short, erecto-patent ; bracts 
obsolete or deciduous. Perianth fulvous-green ; tube oblong, ¢ in. long; 
inner segments linear, as long as the tube; outer complicate, 4—4 in. 
longer than the inner. Anthers oblong, nearly sessile at the throat of 
the perianth-tube. Capsule } in. diam., shortly stipitate. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfur th, 1947! 
13. D. arenarium, Baker. Bulb not seen. Leaves 7-8 to a 
cluster, terete, very slender, moderately firm, glabrous, 5-6 in. long. 
Peduncle slender, about as long as the leaves. Raceme lax, few-flowered ; 
pedicels } in. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, the lower twice as long 
as the pedicels. Perianth green; tube oblong-cylindrical, 4 in. long; 
inner segments very slender; outer subulate, } in. longer than the 
inner, Anthers subsessile. 
Wile Land, British East Africa: Kikumbuliyu; at Kenani, in dry sandy soil, 
Scott-Elliot, 6246 ! 
14. D. tacazzeanum, Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xi. 400. Bulb 
globose, 1 in. diam.; tunics pale. Leaves 2-3, linear, flat, glabrous, 
3-4 in. long. Peduncle slender, 6-9 in. long. Raceme laxly 6-12- 
flowered ; pedicels very short; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, } in. long. 
Perianth green; tube oblong-cylindrical, } in. long; inner segm re 
truncate, as long as the tube; outer k in. longer, subulate, Dez 
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