522 CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). [ Dipeadi. 
linear, glabrous, 1—14 ft. long, 4} in. broad. Peduncle slender, as 
long as tke leaves. Raceme lax, secund, 2-6 in. long ; pedicels ascend- 
ing, the lower 6-9 lin long; bracts lanceolate, }-} in. long. Perianth 
brick-red colour ; tube oblong; inner segments linear, 4 in. long, outer 
caudate, 4 in. long. Anthers subsessile at the throat of the perianth- 
tube. Capsule sessile—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 167. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; subtemperate region, 3800-5500 ft., Wel- 
witsch, 3716! 3717! 
19. D. lanceolatum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 322. Bulb not 
seen. Leaves 4—5, lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, 4-3 in. 
broad. Peduncle moderately stout, 8-18 in. long. Raceme very lax, 
3-1 ft. long; pedicels very short, erecto-patent; bracts linear, the 
lower 4-} in. long. Perianth green; tube oblong, 4-4 in. long; inner 
segments flat, rather longer than the tube; outer complicate, $-§ in. 
longer than the inner. Stamens reaching half-way up the inner seg- 
ments. Ovary oblong, sessile. 
Nile Land. Bongo: Gir, Schweinfurth, 1782! 
20. D. magnum, Baker. Leaves thin, lanceolate, 1-1} ft. long, 
2 in. broad at the middle, glabrous on the margin. Peduncle stiffly erect, 
1} ft. long. Raceme lax, 1-14 ft. long; pedicels spreading or ascend- 
ing, lower 14-2 in. long; bracts minute, linear, deciduous. Perianth- 
tube } in. long; segments oblong, nearly as long as the tube, yellow 
with a broad green keel; outer caudate, green, spreading, }—} in. long. 
Stamens nearly as long as the inner segments; anthers as long as the 
flattened filaments. Ovary quadrate, sessile. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Ngamiland; Kwebe, Lugard, 88! 
21. D.clarkeanum, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Branden. XXX}. 
218. Bulb large, globose ; outer tunics white. Leaves 3, lorate, obtuse, 
glabrous, 4—1 ft. long, above an inch broad. Peduncle stout, stifily 
erect, 14 ft. long. Raceme long, very lax ; pedicels very short; bracts 
minute or deciduous. Perianth green ; tube oblong, 4 in. long; Inner 
segments linear, twice as long as the tube; outer linear GOEN 
falcate, 1-4 in. longer than the inner. Anthers sessile at the throat © 
the tube. Capsule quadrate, 3 in. long, $ in. diam. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland; Zwartbank Berg» 
Stapff. 
Also in South Africa. 
22. D. longibracteatum, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Branden. 
xxxi. 218. Bulb globose, 2 in. diam.; outer tunics pale. Leaves e 
lorate, glabrous, 1 ft. long, 1-14 in. broad at the middle, narrowe 
gradually to a clasping base. Peduncle robust, 14 ft. long. Raceme 
dense, 4 in. long; lower pedicels deflexed, $—} in. long; bracts lanceo- 
late, white, scariose, protruding beyond the buds. Perianth green; 
tube oblong, } in. long; inner segments flat, as long as the tube; outer 
