526 CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). | Drimia. 
erect, 1}-2 ft. long. Raceme lax, cylindrical, 3-6 in. long; pedicels 
4-1 in. long; bracts linear, } in. long. Perianth red-brown, $ in. 
long ; tube campanulate; segments linear, 3 times the length of tube. 
Stamens nearly as long as the segments; filaments filiform; anthers 
subglobose, minute. Style not overtopping the anthers. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Zomba, 3000- 
5000 ft., Kirk ! 
3. D. Fischeri, Baker. Bulb oblong, 1 in. diam.; outer tunics 
pale, rigid. ‘Leaves 3, contemporary with the flowers, erect, the two 
outer oblong, 3—4 in. long, under an inch broad, the inner lanceolate, 
narrowed to the base, membranous, glabrous. Peduncles 2 to a bulb, 
erect, fragile, above a foot long. Raceme moderately dense, cylin- 
drical, 3-4 in, long; bracts obsolete ; pedicels short, articulated at the 
apex, the lower recurved. Perianth permanently campanulate, $ in. 
long; tube short; segments oblong, flat, brownish-white. ‘Stamens 
shorter than the perianth; anthers small, oblong. Ovary globose; style 
short. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa, Fischer, 325! 
No specimen at Kew, 
4. D. Barteri, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 423. Bulb large, 
globose. Leaves unknown, not contemporary with the flowers. 
Peduncle stiffly erect, moderately stout, 14 ft. long. Raceme lax, 
above 2 ft. long, 18-21 lin. diam.; bracts minute; pedicels spreading, 
3—# in. long, articulated at the apex. Perianth 4 in. long; tube very 
short; segments flat, linear-obiong with a pale margin and brown keel. 
Stamens half as long as the perianth-segments; filaments short, 
flattened. Capsule subglobose, deeply lobed, acutely angled, } in. 
diam. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, Barter, 1183! 
A connecting link between Drimia and Urginea, 
5. D. Coleze, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7565. Bulb large, globose. 
Leaves contemporary with the flowers, oblong, 5-6 in. long, 2} in. 
broad at the middle, glabrous, fleshy, spotted with dark green on a pale 
green ground. Peduncle spotted, shorter than the leaves. Raceme 
lax, 5-6 in. long; bracts minute; pedicels shorter than the flowers. 
Perianth green, 4 in. long; tube campanulate; segments linear, re- 
flexed. Stamens rathershorter than the perianth segments ; filaments 
‘bright mauve-purple ; anthers minute. Style overtopping the anthers. 
Wile Land. British Somaliland: Golis Range, Miss Edith Cole! 
Described from living plants that flowered October 1896, 
GD. angustitepala, Lngl. Jahrb. xv. 475. Bulb ovoid, nearly 
l in. diam. Leaves contemporary with the flowers, oblong, narrowed 
gradually to the base, 3—4 in. long, nearly 14 in. broad, Peduncle 2-3 
times the length of the leaves. Raceme lax, 4 in. long; bracts small, 
