Chlorophytum. ] TILIACEZ (Baker). 399 
filaments papillose ; capsule oblong, emarginate, acutely angled, 2 in. 
long, with the small valves prominently ribbed transversely. 
SourH Argica : without locality, Lalande! 
Described from Kunth’s type specimen in the Berlin herbarium. 
7. C. delagoense (Baker) ; leaves linear, membranous, glabrous, 
tapering to the apex, 8-9 in. long, j~3 in. broad; racemes lax, 4-6 
in. long, probably panicled ; lower flowers geminate; pedicels articu- 
lated at the middle, the lower 3—} in. long; lower bracts linear, 
3-1 in. long, upper small, ovate ; perianth white, } in, long; 
segments oblong-lanceolate, laxly 3-nerved on the keel; stamens 
as long as the perianth; anthers oblong, much shorter than the 
filaments. 
Eastern Recion: Delagoa Bay, Mrs. Monteiro! 
8. C. inornatum (Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1071) ; root-fibres cylin- 
drical, densely fascicled; leaves lanceolate, membranous, glabrous, 
obscurely petioled, a foot long, an inch broad at the middle; peduncle 
13-2 ft. long, with several reduced leaves; raceme lax, simple or 
forked at the base, a foot long ; pedicels erecto-patent, {3 in. long, 
the lower 3-4-nate: bracts small, ovate: perianth 4-3 in. long ; seg- 
ments oblong, with a broad 3-nerved green keel ; filarnents 4 in. long, 
as long as the anthers. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 453 ; 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 603; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 324. 
Westékn Kyeion: Little Numaquaiand; mear Modderfontein. 3000 ft.,. 
Bolus, 6585 ! 
Also Sierra Leone and Guinea. 
9. C. elatum (R. Br. Prodr, 277) ; rootstock short, woody ; root- 
fibres cylindrical ; leaves 12-20, lanceolate, firm in texture, 13-2 ft. 
long, an inch broad, narrowed to the apex and dilated clasping base, 
with about 30 distinct ribs; stem 3-4 ft. long including the inflor- 
escence, which is copiously panicled ; racemes lax, aseending, 3-1 ft. 
long ; bracts small; pedicels slender, 3-6-nate, }-} in. long, articu- 
lated at the middle ; perianth whitish, } in. long; segments oblan- 
ceolate, 3—5-nerved; stamens father shorter than the perianth ; 
anthers linear-oblong; eapsule } in. diam.; seeds 5-6 in a cell. 
Spreng. Syst. ii. 88 ; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 454; Kunth, 
Enum. iv. 604; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soe. xv. 330; Ref. Bot. 
t. 216. Anthericum elatum, Ait. Hort. Kew, i. 448. Phalangium 
elatum, Red. Lil. t. 191. ' P. fastigiatum, Poir. Encye. v. 246. 
Asphodelus capensis, Linn. Syst. Vey. edit. 10, 982. (Asphodelus 
foltis planis, §c., Miller, Ic. t. 56.) 
Var. 8B, C. Burchollii (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 330) ; a sbade variety 
with thin leaves and a less compound inflorescence. 
Coast Recion : Alexandria Div.; Addo, 1000-2000 ft., Drége, 8719! Var. 8» 
Albany Div.; Blue Krantz, Burchell, 3650! 3650/1! 
Cenrrat Region: Somerset Div.; woods at the foot of the Bosch Berg, 
2800 ft., MacOwan, 1967! 
KataHart RecGion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 3592 ! 
Eastern Recion: Pondoland; woods at Emagushen, 3000 ft., Tyson, 3154! 
