566 CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). [Littonia. 
embryo minute.—Rootstock a fleshy tuber. Stems erect in the 
Tropical African species and leaves not cirrhose at the tip, as in the 
original Cape type. Flowers solitary in the axils of many of the leaves, 
bright-coloured. 
Three additional species, 2 in Arabia, and 1 in South Africa. 
Leaves oblong. 
Perianth 3-3 in. long . : : : : . 1. L. Welwitschit. 
Perianth 1-13 in. long . : : s S , 2. L. Lindeni, 
Leaves linear. 
Leaves glabrous. . S ° a . 8. L. Hardeggeri. 
Leaves hispid ` S : e : . , 4 D. Revoili. 
1. L. Welwitschii, Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 881. Stem 1 ft. 
long, very flexuose, leafy in the upper half. Leaves oblong, acute, 
subcoriaceous, glabrous, sometimes uncinate at the tip, the largest 
2—4 in. long, #-1 in. broad. Flowers solitary from the axils of the 
upper leaves; pedicels ascending, cernuous at the apex, 1-2 in. long. 
Perianth purplish-orange, 4—2 in, long; segments linear-oblong, connate 
at the base. Stamens much shorter than the perianth; filaments 4 in. 
long. Ovary oblong, }-4 in. long; style as long as the ovary, with 
3 spreading branches 4 in. long.—Sandersonia littonioides, Welw. ex 
Baker in Trans, Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. i. 262. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in woods, 2400-3800 ft., Wel- 
witsch, 1747 ! 
2. L. Lindeni, Baker. Stem short, erect, leafy over only about 
3 in. Leaves oblong, acute, sessile, subcoriaceous, glabrous, the largest 
3 in. long, under 1 in. broad, some obscurely uncinate at the tip. 
Flowers 3, on ascending ebracteate pedicels 1—2 in. long, cernuous at 
the apex, from the axils of the upper leaves. Perianth 1-14 in. long; 
segments lanceolate, 4 in. broad. Stamens less than half as long as the 
perianth ; anthers linear, } in. long. Style trifid to the base. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Ujiji, on Lake Tanganyika, “ frequent 
in the Ourambo,” received at Kew through Mr. L. Linden, in 1884, from the Belgian 
consul at Zanzibar ! 
South Central. Congo Free State ; at Mpweto (?) on Lake Moero, Descamps 4 
3. L. Hardeggeri, Beck in Paulitschk. Expedit. Harar. 451, fig.8-9- 
Stem 4—1 ft. long, erect, densely leafy in the upper half. Leaves 
crowded, ascending, sessile, linear, subcoriaceous, glabrous, strongly 
ribbed, the lowest 3—4 in. long, 4—4 in. broad, some uncinate at the 
tip. Flowers 2-3 from the axils of the upper leaves, on short, erect 
pedicels. Perianth 14-14 in. long; segments oblanceolate-unguiculate, 
acute, with a linear nectary on the claw. Stamens nearly as long as the 
perianth; anthers linear, 4 in. long. Style 4 in. long, with 3 falcate 
branches. 
Wile Land. British Somaliland: near Agarweyna and Dadab, Paulitschke, 
and without precise locality, Mrs. E. Lort-Phillips ! 
