530 CXL, LILIACEE (BAKER). | Albuca. 
1-1} ft. long. Raceme deltoid, 6-15-flowered; pedicels ascending ; 
lower 3-4 in. long; bracts lanceolate, ?-1 in. long. Perianth ? in. 
long ; segments white, with a broad brown keel. Anthers all fertile; 
filaments lanceolate-subulate. Style triquetrous, as long as the ovary ; 
stigma 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, ? in. long.—Baker in Saund. Ref. 
Bot. t, 45, and in FI. Cap. vi. 458; Ornithogalum Kirkii, Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. xiii. 279. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi, at Shupanga, Kirk ! 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland; in woods between Blantyre and Matope, Scott ! 
Mount Sochi, Scott-Elliot, 8615! Mlanje Plateau, MeClounie ! 
Also in South Africa, 
4, A. nyikensis, Baker. Leaves linear, glabrous, tapering 
gradually to the point, ?-1 in. broad low down. Peduncle stout, 
erect. Raceme lax, cylindrical, finally 1 ft. long; pedicels ascending; 
lower 14-2 in. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate; lower 1 in. long. 
Perianth 1 in. long; segments linear-oblong, white, with a many- 
nerved brown keel. Stamens all perfect, rather shorter than the 
perianth ; filaments linear, dilated at the base. Ovary oblong, ł in. 
tong 5 style stout, rather longer than the ovary. Capsule oblong, 2 in. 
ong. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Nyika Plateau, 6000- 
7000 ft., Whyte, 246! 
5. A. subspicata, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 251. 
Bulb subglobose, 4-3 in. diam.; outer tunics membranous, dull brown. 
Leaves 3-4, erect, subulate, 4-1 ft. long, 1 lin. diam. low down. 
Peduncle flexuose, 4—6 in. long. Raceme 4—12-flowered, 2—4 in. long; 
pedicels short, ascending ; lower 4—4 in. long; bracts lanceolate ; lower 
4-3 in. long. Perianth 4 in. long; segments white, with a broad 
green keel. Stamens all perfect; anthers oblong; filaments linear, 
subulate. Style subulate, reaching to the tip of the perianth; stigma 
capitate.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 166. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Morro de Monino, on high rocks in the sub- 
temperate region, Welwitsch, 3839! 
6. A. galeata, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 1. 
251. Bulb small, ovoid; outer tunics brown, membranous. Leaves 
linear, acuminate, 14-2 ft. long, }-} in. broad, channelled down the 
face. Peduncle slender, 1-2 ft. long. Raceme lax, 3-5 in. long; 
pedicels erecto-patent; lower 4 in. long; bracts Janceolate-subulate, 
4-4 in. long. Perianth 4-3 in. long; segments white, with a broad 
green keel, the three upper subgaleate. Stamens all fertile; anthers 
oblong, } in. long; filaments linear-subulate. Style subulate, longer 
than the ovary. 
Lower Guinea. Angola; in stony woods near Giucanda, Welwitsch, 3837 ! 
7. A. tayloriana, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 424. Bulb 
ovoid, 3 in. diam. Leaves narrowly linear. Peduncle nearly 2 ft. 
