560 CXL, LILIACEZ (BAKER). [ Androcymbium. 
whitish, veined with green. Corymb few-flowered; pedicels very 
short. Perianth 4 in. long; claw of the segments as long as the 
oblong-cuspidate blade. Filaments a little longer than the blade of 
the perianth-segments; anthers > in. long.—Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xvii. 442; A. melanthioides, var. subulatum, Baker in Fl. Cap. vi. 
517. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Mashonaland; on a wooded “ sand- 
bult?” south of the Umsweswe River, Baines ! 
Also in the Transvaal, 
3. A. melanthioides, Willd. var. striatum, Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xvii. 442. Corm oviod, }—} in. diam.; tunics firm, blackish. Stem 
erect, 2-3 in. long, bearing 2-3 ascending glabrous linear or lanceolate 
leaves, 3-4 in. long. Flowers few in a cluster; pedicels short, erect ; 
bracts few, ovate-cuspidate or oblong, 1 in. long, whitish, veined with 
green. Perianth whitish, } in. long; blade of the segments oblong- 
lanceolate, longer than the claws. Stamens shortly exserted.—A.striatum, 
Hochst, ex A. Rich, Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 336 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 159, 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen ; in meadows near Enjedcap, Schimper, 1338! 
and without precise locality, Schimper, 323! British East Africa: Kikuyu; at 
Ngoro, 6000 ft., Hohnel! and between Lake Victoria Nyanza and Lake Baringo, 
at Ligaiyo, Fischer, 622 (ex Engler), 
Mozamb. Dist. British East Africa: Nyasaland; Blantyre, Buchanan, 24! 
Mount Sochi, Scott-Elliot, 8608! Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! Mount 
Zomba, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 
30. WURMBEA, Thunb.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. iii. 823. 
Perianth firm, persistent; tube short, campanulate or cylindrical ; 
segments 6, equal, spreading. Stamens 6, inserted at the throat of the 
perianth-tube; filaments short, filiform; anthers oblong, minute, 
versatile. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed ; styles 3, 
distinct, short, falcate, stigmatose at the apex. Capsule septicidally 
3-valved. Seeds subglobose; testa brown; albumen firm; embryo 
minute.—Rootstock a tunicated corm. Stem produced. Leaves 
te cauline. Flowers spicate, ebracteate, whitish or purplish- 
rown. 
Species 7, the others in South Africa and Australia. 
1. W. tenuis, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii, 436. Corm 
globose, }-4 in. diam.; tunics firm, brown-black. Stem slender, erect, 
1-2 in. long, bearing 2-3 leaves, the lowest much the largest, linear- 
subulate, firm, glabrous, 2—3 in. long, the uppermost short, with a 
dilated clasping base. Flowers usually 2, laxly spicate. Perianth 
4 in. Jong, white, tinged with brown-purple; tube very short ; segments 
oblanceolate, with a brown gland on the face above the base. Stamens 
half as long as the perianth-segments.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 
159. Melanthium tenue, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc, vii. 223. 
Upper Guinea. Mountains of Fernando Po, 9000 ft., Mann, 1454! Cameroons, 
Preuss, 933! 
