Dipcadi.] CXL. LILIACEÆ (BAKER). 521 
Anthers sessile at the throat of the perianth-tube. Capsule subglobose, 
sessile.—Martelli, Fl. Bogos. 85; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 
App. ii. 76. Uvropetalum tacazzeanum, Hochst. ex A. Rich, Tent. Fl. 
Abyss. ii. 325. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Bogos, Beccari, 111! near Saati, 480-970 ft., Schwein- 
Surth & Riva, 50, 52; and at Ginda, 3000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 189. Abyssinia: 
at the foot of the mountains in the valley of the River Tacazze, Schimper, 1696! 
British East Africa ; Jur ; Abu Guroon’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1559! 
U. (?) depressum, A. Rich. loc. cit., of which the flowers are unknown, a native 
of Abyssinia, is said to differ from tacazzeanum by having 4—5 longer, broader leaves, 
and a more acutely-angled capsule. 
15. D. oxylobum, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i, 246. 
Bulb subglobose, 4—3 in. diam. ; outer tunics pale. Leaves 2, narrowly 
linear, complicate, glabrous, 4—6 in. long. Peduncle slender, 6-9 in. 
long. Raceme lax, subsecund, 5-10-flowered; pedicels short; bracts 
ovate, cuspidate, lower 4-1 in. long. Perianth green tinged with 
cinnamon-red ; tube oblong, 4 in. long; inner segments flat, rather 
longer than the tube; outer complicate, falcate, 2-1 in. longer than 
the inner. Anthers nearly sessile at the throat of the perianth-tube. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; subtemperate region, 2400-3800 ft., 
Welwitsch, 3714! 3716! 
16. D. occidentale, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 119. Bulb 
globose, 1—2 in. diam.; outer tunics whitish. Leaves 2-3 to a bulb, 
linear, glabrous, 4-1 ft. long. Peduncle slender, 5-6 in. long. Raceme 
very lax, 3-6-flowered ; pedicels very short, erecto-patent ; bracts ovate, 
as long as the pedicels. Perianth green; tube oblong, } in. long; 
inner segments linear-oblong, nearly as long as the tube; outer linear, 
complicate, } in. longer than the inner. Anthers linear-oblong, ys in. 
long, exceeding the filaments. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: by the Scarcies River, near Wallia ; on hard 
dry laterite, Scott-Elliot, 4840! Interior of Western Lagos, Rowland ! 
17. D. comosum, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 
247, t. 34, figs. 1-3. Bulb large, depresso-globose, bulbilliferous at the 
base; outer tunics light red. Leaves linear, glabrous, channelled 
down the face, 2 ft. long, 4-4 in. broad low down. Peduncle 3-4 ft. 
long. Raceme lax, 30—60-flowered, 14-2 ft. long; lower flowers per- 
fect, many upper imperfect; lower pedicels 2 A in. long; bracts lanceo- 
late, Perianth green, 8—9 lin. long; tube oblong; inner segments as 
long as the tube; outer rather longer, falcate, distinctly caudate. 
Perianth of upper imperfect flowers reduced to 3 long entirely filiform 
segments.—Engl. Hochebirgsfi. Trop. Afr. 167. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; near Lopollo, on sandy hills in the sub- 
temperate region, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 3732! and without precise locality, 
Antunes ! 
18. D. lateritium, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn, Soc, ser. 2, 
Bot. i. 247. Bulb globose, 3-1 in. diam.; tunics whitish, Leaves 2-4, 
