528 CXL, LILIACEZ (BAKER). [Eucomis. 
embryo cylindrical.—Rootstock a large tunicated bulb. Leaves all 
radical, oblong or lorate. Inflorescence a dense raceme, crowned with a. 
coma of reduced leaves. Flowers greenish. 
Species 10, the others all South African. 
1. E. zambesiaca, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1886, xxv. 9. Bulb 
large, globose. Leaves sessile, lorate, subobtuse, 1-2 ft. long, 14-2 in. 
broad above the middle, narrowed gradually to the base, scarcely at all 
crisped, not spotted or striped on the back. Peduncle terete, unspotted, 
6-9 in. long. Raceme dense, oblong, 4-8 in. long; pedicels short, 
erecto-patent; bracts small, ovate. Perianth green, 4 in. long. 
Stamens half as long as the perianth. Style as long as the globose 
ovary. Capsule globose, obtusely trigonous, 4 in. diam. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mambane, 6000 ft., Kirk! 
Mount Zomba, 5000-6000 ft., Whyte! Johnston! and without precise locality, 
Buchanan ! 
First flowered in England by Messrs. Wallace of Colchester in November 1880. 
23. ALBUCA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. iii. 809. 
Perianth pollyphyllous; outer segments oblong, spreading at the 
apex; inner connivent, cucullate at the apex. Stamens 6, hypogynous, 
as long as the inner segments; filaments flattened or filiform; anthers 
oblong, all perfect or the 3 outer abortive. Ovary oblong, 3-celled, 
sessile ; ovules many, superposed; style triquetrous or filiform; stigma 
usually 3-lobed. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds numerous, 
compressed ; testa membranous, black; albumen fleshy; embryo cylin- 
drical.—Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves all radical, linear or 
terete. Inflorescence a cylindrical or corymbose raceme; pedicels 
sometimes long; bracts persistent, membranous. Flowers large, white 
or yellow; segments with a broad keel of green or red-brown. 
Species about 50, the others all South African except one Arabian species. The 
subgenus Hualbuca is not represented in Tropical Africa. 
*FALCONERA. Style triquetrous, not longer than the 
ovary. Stamens all with perfect anthers. 
Perianth about } in. long. 
Bracts small . S A S Š š . 1. A. myogaloides. 
Bracts very large . í 2, A. longibracteata. 
Perianth 2 1 in. long. 
Leaves Z A in. broad ‘ Š a ‘ . 8. A. caudata. 
Leaves 3-1 in. broad S S ‘ s S . 4. A. nyikensis, 
**PALLASTEMA. Style subulate, usually longer than the 
ovary. Stamens all with perfect anthers, 
Perianth segments white, keeled with green. 
Pedicels all short, 
Perianth about 4 in. long, 
Leaves subulate 
Leaves linear, 
Bracts lanceolate-subulate ` S S . 6. A. galeata. 
Bracts ovate-acuminate S 2 F . D A. tayloriana. 
e . . . 5. A. subspicata. 
