Drimia. ] CXL. LILIACEÆ (BAKER). 527 
lanceolate ; pedicels as long as the flowers, purple. Perianth purple, 
+ in, long; segments narrowly linear, rather dilated at the base, 
Stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments ; filaments filiform. 
Ovary deeply 3-lobed ; style exserted. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba, Hildebrandt, 2644 ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
7. D. Hildebrandtii, Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 474, Bulb 
globose, above 1 in diam. Leaves 5-6, contemporary with the flowers, 
oblong-lanceolate, spotted, glabrous, 7—8 in. long, 14-14 in. broad. 
Peduncle as long as the leaves. Raceme lax, cylindrical, 5-6 in. long; 
bracts deltoid, minute; pedicels as long as the flowers. Perianth 4 in. 
long; tube campanulate; segments linear. Stamens as long as the 
perianth-segments. Capsule depresso-globose, acutely angled. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 2001! 2017! 
8. D. brevifolia, Baker. Bulb ovoid, 3 in. diam., composed 
of many thick oblong scales. Leaves contemporary with the flowers, 
oblong-lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, an inch broad, erect, sessile, acute, 
narrowed to the base, membranous, glabrous. Peduncle erect, fragile, 
6-9 in. long. Raceme lax, 6—9 in. long; bracts obsolete; pedicels 
4—3 in. long, articulated at the apex; upper flowers small, campanulate, 
sterile. Perianth whitish, oblong-cylindrical, } in. long; tube short ; 
segments linear, complicate. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth ; 
filaments subulate, bright mauve-purple; anthers small, oblong. Cap- 
sule globose, 4 in, diam. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: near the River Daua, at Dolo, Riva, 1251! 
No specimen at Kew. 
9. D. laxiflora, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 422. Bulb and 
leaves unknown. Peduncle slender, fragile, 15-18 in. long. Raceme 
very lax, 6-8 in. long, 10-15-flowered; bracts minute; lower pedicels 
3-3 in. long, Perianth 4-44 lin. long, reddish-brown ; tube campanu- 
late; segments oblong, twice as long as the tube. Stamens nearly 
as long as the perianth-segments ; filaments flattened, twice as long as 
the anthers. Style slightly exserted. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Quilimane, Kirk ! 
22, EUCOMIS, L’Herit.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Plant. iii. 813. 
Perianth campanulate, polyphyllous, persistent; segments oblong, 
subequal, spreading, connate only at the very base. Stamens 6, shorter 
than the perianth, attached to the base of the segments; filaments 
subulate from a dilated base; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary globose, 
sessile, 3-celled; ovules many, biseriate ; style short, subulate; stigma 
capitate, minute. Capsule globose, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 
turgid or rather compressed; testa black or brown; albumen firm; 
