Albuca. | CXL. LILIACEE (BAKER), 531 
long. Raceme laxly 10-12-flowered, cylindrical, 4-5 in. long; lower 
pedicels 4 in. long; bracts ovate, acuminate, as long as the pedicels. 
Perianth 4 in. long; segments greenish-white, with a broad 7-nerved 
purple keel. Anthers oblong, all fertile; filaments linear-subulate. 
Style subulate, more than twice the length of the ovary. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, at Jomvu, 
Taylor ! : 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between Uyui and the coast, at Mirana- 
kidiri-Porani, Taylor ! 
8. A. Pleckii, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 40. 
Bulb ovoid-globose, 3-4 in. diam. Leaves lanceolate, acute, 4 ft. long, 
concave in the lower part of the face. Raceme cylindrical, 1 ft. long; 
pedicels 4 in. long; bracts linear-lanceolate, cuspidate, 4 in. long. 
Perianth } in. long; segments oblong, whitish, } in. broad. Stamens 
all fertile; alternate filaments auricled at the base. Style nearly 4 in. 
long. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland; between Horn 
Krantz and the Gans Bergen, on granite, Fleck, 137. 
No specimen at Kew. 
9. A. Allenz, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1888, iii. 10. Bulb 
globose, 2 in. diam.; outer tunics pale brown. Leaves about 6, 
ensiform, fleshy, bright green, glabrous, 1-14 ft. long, 14-2 in. broad. 
Peduncle stiffly erect, 3-4 ft. long. Raceme lax, cylindrical, a foot 
long; pedicels ascending, the lower under 1 in. long; bracts 
lanceolate, acuminate; upper protruding beyond the buds. Perianth: 
white, 2 in. long; segments oblong, broadly keeled with green; inner 
spreading at the tip in the expanded flower. Filaments linear, sharply 
constricted above a quadrate base; anthers oblong, all perfect. Style 
subulate, 4 in. long; stigma capitate. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, cultivated specimen received in December 1887, 
from Sir C. W. Strickland! British Central Africa: North Nyasaland, Whyte ! 
10. A. Wakefieldii, Baker in Bot. Mag. i. 6429. Bulb ovoid, 
14 in. diam.; tunics membranous, pale brown. Leaves 4-5, erect 
linear, 1-14 ft. long, 1 in. broad low down. Peduncle terete, longer 
than the leaves. Raceme very lax, cylindrical, 10-—12-flowered ; 
pedicels ascending, the lower under 1 in. long; bracts small, 
lanceolate. Perianth 1 in. long; segments oblong, white with a 
broad green keel. Anthers all perfect; filaments panduriform in the 
lower half. Ovary oblong; style subulate, more than twice as long 
as the ovary.—Regel, Gartenfl. t. 1031; A. Hlwesi, Regel, Descr. vii. 
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Nile Land. British Somaliland, Miss Edith Cole! British East Africa: near 
Mombasa, cultivated specimen, Wakefield ! 
Mozamb, Dist. German East Africa: Usagara Mountains, Hannington ! 
Lake Nyassa, Hort, Strickland ! 
Introduced into cultivation by the Rev. T. Wakefield. 
