Ornithogalum. | CXL. LILIACEX (BAKER), 547 
keel. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth; filaments linear. 
Style reaching to the top of the perianth. Capsule subglobose, km. 
long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo and Huilla, Welwitsch, 3816! 
7. O. benguellense, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 248. 
Bulb subglobose, under 1 in. diam. Leaves 2-3, subterete, erect, fleshy, 
glabrous, 4 ft. long, -+ in. diam. Peduncle slender, 6-9 in. long. 
Raceme lax, subcylindrical, subsecund, 3-4 in. long; pedicels short, 
erecto-patent; bracts minute, deltoid, the lower spurred. Perianth 
A in. long; segments white, with a distinct red-brown keel. Stamens 
rather shorter than the perianth; filaments. linear. Capsule small, 
oblong. —Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 168. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 3766! 
8. O. cernuum, Baker. Bulb not seen. Leaves narrowly linear, 
firm, glabrous, 1 ft. or more long, 4 in. broad at the middle, with a 
distinct midrib. Peduncle 6-9 in. long. Raceme very lax, 4—1 ft. long ; 
pedicels cernuous, the lower } in. long ; bracts small, lanceolate. Perianth 
A in. long; segments oblong, white with a distinct green keel. Stamens 
shorter than the perianth ; filaments linear. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Buchanan, 1337 ! 
9. O. gambosanum, Baker. Bulb small. Leaves 4, erect, linear, 
8-9 in. long, 4—4 in. broad low down, tapering to the point, clasping 
the base of the stem, moderately firm, glabrous. Peduncle slender, 
erect, 5—6 in. long. Raceme moderately dense, oblong-cylindrical, 2 in. 
long; bracts linear, acuminate, protruding beyond the buds; pedicels 
short, the lower spreading or cernuous, Ä in. long. Perianth campanu- 
late, 4 in. long ; segments oblanceolate, obtuse, white with a pale brown 
keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth; anthers small, oblong ; 
filaments rather flattened. Style longer than the globose ovary. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Gambos, Newton! 
No specimen at Kew. 
10. O. amboense, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Branden. xxxi. 
220. Bulb globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 3—4, subterete, erect, mode- 
rately firm, glabrous, channelled down the face, 3-10 in. long, with a 
long sheathing base. Peduncle slender, 2-3 in. long. Raceme mode- 
rately dense, 1-2 in. long ; pedicels very short, ascending ; bracts lanceo- 
late, the lower 4—4 in. long. Perianth LA in. long; segments oblong- 
lanceolate, white, with a distinct green keel. Stamens shorter than the 
perianth ; filaments filiform. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Amboland ; between Olukonda 
and Omandongo, Schinz, 31! 37! 
11. O. spirale, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 42. Bulb 
ovoid-oblong, above 1 in. diam. Leaves linear-lanceolate, channelled 
down the face, 8 in. long, 4 in. broad, circinate at the apex. Peduncle 
rigid, 4-5 in. long. Raceme lax, 20-flowered ; pedicels patent, 4 in. 
