546 CXL, LILIACEX (BAKER). [Ornithogalum. 
Nile Land. British Somaliland: Ahl Mountains, 5200 ft., Hildebrandt, 1467! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo, Laurent. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Amboni, Holst, 2439! 
Wuga, Buchwald, 228! and Kilimanjaro, Rombo Distr., 4500-5000 ft., Volkens, 
387! 
Also in South Africa, 
3. O. Stapfiii, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 42. Bulb 
ovoid, 2-3 in. diam. Leaves lanceolate, 5-6 in. long, 4 in. broad. 
Raceme many-flowered, 2 in. long; lower pedicel } in. long. Perianth 
white, 1-4 in. long; segments oblong. Filaments suddenly dilated near 
the base. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland; at Namib, near the 
Hope Mine, Stapff, 28, and without precise locality, Belek, 64. 
No specimen at Kew. 
4. O. sordidum, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 228. Bulb not 
seen. Leaves about 6, linear, 1—14 ft. long, }-4 in. broad at the 
middle. Peduncles moderately stout, 14-2 ft. long. Raceme cylindrical, 
4—6 in. long, lax in the lower part; pedicels very short, ascending ; 
bracts linear, }-} in. long, projecting beyond the buds. Perianth 
campanulate, } in. long; segments oblong, whitish, with a broad green 
keel. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth; filaments linear. 
Style as long as the oblong ovary. 
Wile Land, British Somaliland ; Golis range ; Woob, Miss Edith Cole ! 
5. O. Eckloni, Schlecht. in Linnea, xxv. 177. Bulb globose, 
1-2 in. diam. Leaves 4—6, linear, erect, glabrous, 1—2 ft. long, $—3 in. 
broad low down. Peduncle moderately stout, 14-2 ft. long. Raceme 
dense or moderately dense, 3-4 in. long; pedicels short, ascending ; 
bracts linear-subulate, the lower 4-4 in. long. Perianth } in. long; 
segments oblong, white with a distinct green keel. Stamens rather 
shorter than the perianth ; filaments uniform, linear. Capsule globose, 
ł in. diam.—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe, xiii. 276, and Fl. Cap. vi. 513 ; 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 168. e 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1841! 
Kikuyu, Taylor, Somaliland ; near Maid, 5000 ft., Hildebrandt, 1467. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, Mechow, 882! 
Mozamb,. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; near Tabora, Speke & 
Grant! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 197! 
Mount Mlanje, Whyte ! Scott-Elliot, 8685! 
Also in South Africa, 
6. O. cepzefolium, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 248. 
Bulb globose, 14-2 in. diam. Leaves 4—5, ensiform, glabrous, acuminate, 
1-1} ft. long, 1-14 in. broad low down. Peduncle moderately stout, 
1-2 ft. long. Raceme dense, 2-3 in. long; pedicels very short, ascend- 
ing; bracts lanceolate-subulate, the lower }-} in. long. Perianth cam- 
panulate, } in. long; segments oblong, white with a broad red-brown 
