534 CXL. LILIACEH (BAKER). | Albuca. 
red-brown keel. Stamens all perfect ; anthers linear-oblong ; filaments 
linear, 5—6 times the length of the anthers. Style subulate, twice the 
length of the ovoid-oblong ovary. Capsule ovoid, above 4 in. long. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Niamniam; at the River Boddo, near Abu 
Samat’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, ser. iii., 168. 
No specimen at Kew. 
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19. A. chlorantha, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 
Bot. i. 251. Bulb globose, 14 in. diam.; outer tunics membranous, 
brown. Leaves several, ensiform, 14-2 ft. long, above 1 in. broad 
low down, tapering gradually to a long point. Peduncle 2-3 ft. long. 
Raceme moderately dense, cylindrical, 1 ft. long; pedicels very short ; 
bracts lanceolate, acuminate, the lower 1 in. long. Perianth about 
1 in. long ; segments linear-oblong, yellow, with a broad green keel. 
Stamens all fertile ; anthers oblong, 4 in. long ; filaments linear-subulate. 
Style subulate, 4 in. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo ; banks of the River Cuanza, Wel- 
witsch, 3835 ! 
20. A. angolensis, Welw. ex Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 336. 
Bulb large, ovoid; outer tunics membranous. Leaves 6—8, suberect, 
ensiform, 2-3 ft. long, 1 in. broad low down, narrowed gradually 
from the middle to the apex. Peduncle stiffly erect, reaching a length 
of 5-6 ft. Raceme cylindrical, dense upwards, 1-1} ft. long ; pedicels 
short, erecto-patent, the lower 1-4 in. long; bracts linear from an ovate 
base, 1-14 in. long, protruding beyond the buds. Perianth 1 in. or 
more long; segments linear-oblong, yellow, with a broad green or red- 
brown keel. Stamens all fertile; anthers oblong ; filaments subulate 
from a lanceolate base. Style slender, 4—3 in. long.—Baker in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 251; Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 290 ; Engl. Hoch- 
gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 166. A abyssinica, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1872, 392. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in meadows near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 
3836! and without precise locality, Antunes ! Malange, Buchner ! Pungo Andongo, 
Mechow! 
South Central. Lunda, Pogge, 433. 
21. A. Bainesii, “Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 290. Leaves 
linear, 14-2 ft. long, 1 in. broad low down, channelled down the 
face. Peduncle stout. Raceme moderately dense, 15-18 in. long; 
pedicels ascending, lower 1 in. long; bracts lanceolate-subulate, 
protruding beyond the buds; lower as long as the pedicels. Perianth 
1-1} in. long; segments oblong, pale yellow, with a many-nerved red- 
brown keel. Stamens all fertile; anthers small, oblong ; filaments 
lanceolate-subulate, 3 in. long. Style subulate, 8—9 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Ngamiland; between Kobis and 
North Shaw Valley, Baines / 
22. A. Schinzii, Baker. Bulb globose, 2-3 in. diam. Leaves 4, 
erect, lanceolate or linear, sheathing the lower part of the stem, the 
outer one the largest, 6-8 in. long, 1 in. broad at the middle. 
