Albuca. | CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). 533 
pedicels very short; bracts linear, LL in. long. Perianth 3 in. long ; 
segments oblong, green, with a narrow yellow margin. Stamens rather 
shorter than the perianth; anthers all perfect ; filaments much dilated 
towards the base. Style subulate, 4-} in. long. Capsule oblong, 
obtusely angled, 2 in. long.—Ornithogalum Melleri, Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xiii. 280. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Hammar, Miss Edith Cole! British East Africa$ 
40-60 miles from the coast, Johnston ! 
Mozamb,. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi ; Shupanga Forest, 
Scott! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Manganja Hills, near Mount Sochi, 
Meller ! at Murchison Falls, on the River Shire, Meller! Northern Zambesia : 
Boruma, Menyharth, 1241! 
16. A. abyssinica, Dryand. in Vet. Acad. Nya Handl. Stockh. 
1784, 297. Bulb globose, 1-2 in. diam.; outer tunics dull brown, 
membranous. Leaves 6-8, erect, linear, 2-3 ft. long, 4-1 in. broad 
low down. Peduncle stiffly erect, 14-3 ft. long. Raceme moderately 
dense, cylindrical, 4-1 ft. long; pedicels ascending, }-} in. long; 
bracts lanceolate-subulate, protruding beyond the buds; lower 1-14 in. 
long. Perianth 3 in. long ; segments linear-oblong, pale yellow, with a 
broad green or red-brown keel. Stamens all perfect; anthers small, 
oblong; filaments lanceolate-subulate. Style subulate, } in. long.— 
Jacq. Ic. t. 64; Red. Lil. t. 195; Kunth, Enum. iv. 376; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 289; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 165; 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 75. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: in the neighbourhood of Acrur, 6000 ft., Schweinfurth d 
Riva, 2151! Geleb, 5400 ft., Schweinfurth Ar Riva, 1417, 1528, 1824; in the great 
valley above Ginda, 3200-4800, Schweinfurth & Riva, 513; Donkollo Heights, near 
Ginda, 3200 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 269, 396; Mount Faracb, near Ailet, Schwein- 
Surth & Riva, 461; Saganeiti, Schweinfurth & Riva, 822, 1242; and Mount Kube, 
5900 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1508. Abyssinia: Begemeder; Jan Meda, 8500- 
10,000 ft., Schimper, 486! and without precise locality, Schimper, 756! Plowden ! 
Also in Arabia. 
17. A. Lugardi, Baker. Leaves firm, linear, glabrous, above 1 ft. 
long, }-4 in. broad low down. Peduncle moderately stout, stiffly 
erect, 2 ft. long. Raceme 1 ft. long, many-flowered, cylindrical; pedicels 
ascending, the lower under 1 in, long; bracts small, lanceolate. 
Perianth nearly 1 in. long; segments oblong, bright yellow, with a 
many-nerved broad green keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; 
anthers oblong, 4 in. long; filaments slightly flattened. Style subulate, 
just overtopping the anthers. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Ngamiland: Botletle Valley, Lugard, 
216! 
18. A. Schweinfurthii, Zngl. Jahrb. xv. 473. Bulb ovoid, 1 in. 
diam. Leaves linear, 2-2} ft. long, 4 in. broad. Peduncle longer than 
the leaves. Raceme 20-30-flowered, above 1 ft. long ; pedicels very 
short; bracts lanceolate, acuminate ; lower 1-1} in. long. Perianth 
nearly 1 in. long; segments linear-oblong, pale yellow, with a broad 
