326 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AND LITTLE KNOWN LILIACE^. 



or forked, very lax, 1-6 in. long ; pedicels 1-2 lines long, aii;icu- 

 lated at the middle, the lower ones 3-4-nate ; bracts minute, 

 linear. Perianth ^ in. long, greenish white ; segments linear, 

 reflexing. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth-segments ; 

 filaments glabrous ; anthers minute, oblong. Capsule globose, 

 deeply lobe'd horizontally, ^ in. in diameter. Seeds black, discoid, 

 2 in a cell. 



North Central Africa, in the kingdom of Djur, Schwemfurth, 1745 ! 



22.* Chlorophytum polystachys. Baker, n. sp. Eootstock 

 crowned with a few bristles ; root-fibres many, fleshy, cylindrical. 

 Produced root-leaves many, linear, glabrous, moderately firm in 

 texture, a foot long, l-j in. broad. Peduncle leafless, 9-12 in. 

 long. Panicle lax, 6-9 in. long ; branches ascending, the lower 

 forked ; racemes 2-3 in. long ; rachis slender, glabrous, flexuose ; 

 pedicels articulated at the middle, the lower ones 3-4-nate, i-J in. 

 long; bracts minute, deltoid. Perianth greenish white, ^i in. 

 long. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth- segments ; anthers 

 minute, oblong. Style declinate, a little exserted. 



North Central Africa, in the kingdom of Djur, Schweinfurth, 1838 ! 



32.* Chlorophytum madagascariense, Baker, n. sp. Eootstock 

 oblique, corm-like, crowned with setae ; root-fibres cylindiical. 

 Produced root-leaves 6-7, linear, glabrous, about a foot long, 

 ■|—| in. broad, acuminate, with 10-12 distinct ribs on each side of 

 the midi'ib. Peduncle about a foot long, bearing 2-3 small linear 

 brownish bract-like leaves. Eaceme simple or slightly branched 

 at the base, 3-6 in. long ; rachis straight ; pedicels articulated at 

 the middle, 1-2 lines long, the lower geminate ; bracts brownish, 

 the lower lanceolate, \-^ in. long, the upper deltoid. Perianth 

 white, 4^-5 lines long ; segments |- in. broad, laxly 3-4-nerved on 

 the back ; expanded flower rotate. Stamens falling a little short 

 of the perianth-segments ; anthers f in. long, linear, exceeding 

 the glabrous filaments. Style dechnate, ^ in. long. 



Madagascar, Hilsenberrf and Bojer I (Herb. Mus. Brit.) Allied 

 to the Indian C. attenuatum. 



33.* Chlorophytum suffruticosum. Baker, n. sp. Eootstock 

 not seen. Produced leaves a dozen or more in a radical rosette, 

 linear, 1^-2 feet long, |-f in. broad at the middle, moderately 

 firm in textiure, acuminate, glabrous, closely ribbed. Peduncle a 

 foot long, leafless. Eaceme simple, dense, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels 

 very short {r^-s ^^•) ascending, articulated at the middle ; lower 

 bracts ^ in. long, lanceolate from a dilated base ; upper deltoid 

 cuspidate. Perianth white, i in. long ; keel of the segments with 

 3 close ribs. Stamens nearly as long as the i)eriantli-segments ; 

 anthers large, linear : filaments very short. Style dechnate, not 

 reaching to the toj) of the anthers. 



Nyika country. South-east tropical Africa, Revd. T. Wakefield I 

 Eeceived through Colonel Grant, F.E.S. 



