Albuca.] CXL. LILIACEH (BAKER). 535 
Peduncle moderately stout, rather overtopping the leaves. Raceme 
dense, subcorymbose, 3 in. long ; pedicels erecto-patent, the lower 14 in. 
long; bracts oblong-lanceolate, the lower 4 in. long. Perianth } in. 
long; segments oblong, green, with a very narrow pale edge. Stamens 
shorter than the perianth ; filaments lanceolate. Style subulate, } in. 
long. À 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland, Schinz! 
No specimen at Kew. 
23. A. purpurascens, ngl. Jahrb. xv. 473. Bulb globose, 
23-3 in. diam., crowned with the bristly relics of the old leaves, 
Leaves linear, 1-14 ft. long. Peduncle rather longer than the leaves. 
Raceme 10-15-flowered, 6-8 in. long; pedicels erecto-patent, half as 
long as the flowers; bracts lanceolate, lower above E in. long. Perianth 
4-4 in. long ; segments linear-oblong, 4 in. broad, with a broad purplish 
- keel. Stamens all fertile; filaments lanceolate, 2-3 times the length 
of the linear-oblong anthers. Ovary ovoid. Style subulate, twice the 
length of the ovary. Capsule ovoid, 4-4 in. long. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur ; near Kurshook Alis Seriba, Schwein- 
ferth, 1659! Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2129! and the west bank of the River Jur, 
Schweinfurth, 1504, 1522, 1907. Mittu; Kuraggera, Schweinfurth, 2786! and 
Dimindu, Schweinfurth, 3796. 
No specimen at Kew. 
24. A. Fischeri, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 165. Leaves 
linear, acuminate, 14 ft. long, 1 in. broad at the middle. Peduncle 
rather longer than the leaves, Raceme lax, 9—10 in. long; pedicels 
finally as long as the bracts; bracts linear-subulate, 4-4 in. long. 
Perianth above 4 in. long; segments linear-oblong, {—} in. broad, with 
a broad green keel. Stamens all fertile; filaments linear-subulate from 
a broad base. Style slender, 3 times the length of the ovary. Capsule 
ovoid, above 4 in. long. 
Mozamb., Dist. German East Africa: at Wadiboma, August 1885, Fischer, 
598 (ex Engler). The locality intended is probably Kwediboma, near Mgera, in Nguru 
District. 
No specimen at Kew, 
25. A. Steudneri, Schweinf. d Engl.in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 472. Bulb 
above lin. diam. Leaves linear, 6-10 in. long, }~-} in. broad low down. 
Peduncle 1 ft. or more long. Raceme lax, 8-10-flowered ` pedicels 
erecto-patent, half as long as the flowers; bracts lanceolate, acuminate ; 
lower above 4 in. long. Perianth above } in. long; segments linear, 
zy in. broad, with a broad green keel. Stamens all fertile ; anthers 
small, oblong ; filaments lanceolate. Style filiform, twice as long as 
the ovary. Capsule oblong, 4 in. long. 
Wile Land. Galabat, Steudner, 449. 
No specimen at Kew. 
