544 CXL, LILIACE# (BAKER). [ Drimiopsis. 
4. D. Stuhlmanni, Baker. Bulb not seen. Leaves several, 
contemporary with the flowers, sessile, oblong, 3-4 in. long, 2 in. 
broad at the middle, obtuse, clasping the base of the stem, mem- 
branous. Peduncle as long as the leaves. Spike dense, oblong, under 
l in. long. Perianth campanulate, greenish-white, $4 in. long. 
Stamens and style very short. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Ukami; South-west Uluguru, 1200 ft., 
Stuhlmann, 9308 ! 
5. D. Volkensii, Baker. Bulb 14-2 in. diam. Leaves oblong, 
contemporary with the flowers, 6-9 in. long, 3 in. broad at the middle, 
acute, narrowed gradually to the sessile base, thick, fleshy, spotted with 
green all over the face. Peduncle nearly 1 ft. long. Raceme dense, 
cylindrical, 3—4 in, long; pedicels scarcely any. Perianth 4 in. long; 
segments oblong, white with a green keel. Capsule the size of a small 
pea.— Scilla Volkensii, Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 142. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro; below Marangu, 3000 ft. 
Volkens, 2164! 
6. D. Holstii, Angl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 143. Leaves oblong from a 
broad base, acute. Peduncle 2-3 times the length of the leaves. 
Raceme dense, conic; pedicels very short, Buds globose; perianth- 
segments oblong, subacute. Stamens half as long as the perianth- 
segments ; filaments triangular; anthers ovoid. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara, 4000-4500 ft., Holst. 
No specimen at Kew. 
7. D. perfoliata, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1878, x. 364. Bulb 
globose, above 1 in. diam.; outer tunics greenish. Leaves 2, sub- 
orbicular, 2-24 in. long, clasping the stem, with rounded imbricated 
basal lobes, spreading horizontally, glaucous green with copious 
blotches of bright green on the upper surface. Peduncle unspotted, 
4 ft. long. Raceme dense, subspicate, 1 in. long; upper flowers 
minute, abortive; bracts minute, lanceolate. Perianth greenish-white. 
Filaments lanceolate-deltoid. Style as long as the ovary. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Kirk ! 
Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in the autumn of 1878. 
26. ORNITHOGALUM, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. iii. 
815. 
Perianth polyphyllous ; segments oblong, obtuse, subequal, spreading 
from the base, concolorous or furnished with a distinct 1-nerved -keel. 
Stamens 6, hypogynous, shorter than the perianth; filaments often 
flattened ; anthers oblong, dorsifixed, versatile. Ovary sessile, globose, 
3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style subulate, as long as or longer 
than the ovary; stigma capitate, minute. Capsule _loculicidally 
8-valved, not deeply lobed. Seeds not compressed; testa black; 
