528 3 LiLiacez (Baker). [ Walleria. 
XLIX. WALLERIA, Kirk. 
Perianth gamophyllous, finally deciduous; tube campanulate ; 
segments equal, lanceolate, many-nerved, patent. Stamens 6, inserted 
at the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments very short, filiform ; 
anthers connivent in a cone, lanceolate, basifixed, dehiscing by 
terminal pores. Ovary free, but included in the perianth-tube, 
globose, trilocular; ovules many, superposed ; style subulate ; stigma 
capitate. Mature fruit and seeds unknown. 
Rootstock tuberous; stem erect, simple; leaves sessile, linear or oblong-lanceo- 
late ; pedicels axillary, 1-2-flowered. 
DistarB. Three species, or probably varieties, known also in Angola and the 
Zainbesi highlands. 
1, W. nutans (Kirk in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 497, t. 52, fig. 1); 
stem slender, 4-13 ft. long, decumbent at the base; leaves of the 
lower half of the stem small, rudimentary, of the upper half linear, 
sessile, alternate, ascending, 3-4 in. long; pedicels ascending, 1-2 in. 
long, cernuous at the apex, furnished with 1-2 linear foliaceous bracts ; 
perianth with a greenish campanulate tube 2 in. long; segments 
lanceolate, acute, patent, } in. long, laxly 5-7-nerved ; anthers more 
than half as long as the perianth-segments. W. Mackenzii var. 
nutans, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvii. 499. 
KatauHari Reeion: Transvaal ; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5811 ! 
