Chlorophytum. ] LILiAcEz (Baker). 897 
XVII. CHLOROPHYTUM, ‘Ker. 
Perianth marcescent, persistent, not twisted after flowering ; seg- 
ments distinct, subequal, patent, 3-7-nerved. Stamens hypogynous, 
or adnate to the base of the perianth-segments ; filaments filiform, 
often dilated above the middle; anthers linear-oblong, dorsifixed, 
dehiscing introrsely. Ovary sessile, ovoid, 3-celled ; ovules several 
in a cell, superposed; style filiform; stigma capitate. Capsule 
deeply 3-lobed, acutely angled, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds dis- 
coid, thin; testa black; embryo cylindrical; albumen firm in 
texture. 
Rootstock very small; root-fibres wiry or fleshy ; radical leaves linear and 
sessile, or broader and petioled ; racemes simple or panicled ; pedicels articulated ; 
flowers small, whitish. 
_DistR1isB. Many species in Tropical Africa and Tropical Asia. A few in 
Australia and South America. ; 
Racemes simple, not crested : 
Dwarf; leaves lanceolate ... Te i ... (1) modestum 
Tall; leaves linear... the ‘ee roe .. (2) vaginatum, 
- Tall; leaves lanceolate, straight aes ... (8) Bowkeri. 
Tall; leaves lanceolate, curved ... i (4) drepanophyllum. 
Racemes panicled (rarely simple), not crested : 
Dwarf; leaves lanceolate, ciliated : (5) crispum. 
Tall; leaves not ciliated : 
Leaves linear : 
Leaves rigid, very narrow... ... (6) pulchellum. 
Leaves thin, }~3 in. broad (7) delagoense, 
Leaves thin, lanceolate : 
Raceme forked at the base or simple... (8) inornatum, 
Racemes copiously panicled : 
Pedicels short nis rs -» (9) elatum. 
Pedicels long ... (10) macrosporum, 
Racemes crowned with a rosette of reduced leaves... (11) comosum. 
1. C. modestum (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xv. 329); root- 
fibres many, fleshy ; radical leaves 12-20, lanceolate, membranous, 
glabrous, 6-9 in. long, 3-3 in, broad, narrowed gradually from the 
middle io the base, with about a dozen distinct ribs ; peduncle 
slender, simple, arcuate, 3-4 in. long; raceme lax, simple, 2—3 in. 
long ; bracts ovate, }-} in. long; pedicels ascending, articulated at 
the middle, 11 in. long, lower geminate ; perianth whitish, 7 in. 
long ; segments oblanceolate ; stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; 
capsule obovoid-triquetrous ; seeds 3-4 in a cell. 
Eastern Reaion: Natal, Krauss, 177! 
2. C. vaginatum (Baker); leaves 3-4 to a stem, long-sheathing, 
the free blade linear, glabrous, {—1 ft. long, {3 in. broad ; peduncle 
2-22 ft. long ; raceme dense, simple, 3-6 in. long ; pedicels erecto- 
patent, the lower 3—} in. long ; bracts large, lanceolate from an ovate 
base, protruding beyond the buds; perianth j-} in. long: segments 
oblong, white, with an obscure brown keel ; stamens 2 the length of 
the perianth ; anthers small ; filaments lanceolate. 
Eastern Recion: Natal; Weenen County, 4000 ft., Wood, 4425! 
