Plate 2365. 



LITTOWIA OBSCURA, Baker. 



LlLIACE^. Tribe UvULARIEiE, 



I. obscura, Baher in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 342 ; herba erecta glabra, 

 cormo parvo ovoideo squaniis paucis membranaceis obtecto, caule 

 semipedali supra medium foliifero inferne longe vaginato, foliis 

 inferioribus approxiraatim 3-5-verticillatis superioribus sparsis anguste 

 linearibus marginibus sa^pius iiivolutis, floribus 2-4 quasi terrainalibus 

 V. in axillis superioribus pedunculatis, segmentis perianthii campanulati 

 lanceolatis acutiusculis basi intus 2-callosis, staminibus perianthio 

 brevioribus, stylo ovario obloiigo trisulcato lequilongo, stigmate minute 

 3-lobulato, 



Hab. Arabia ; Hadramaut, Liint (No. 280). 



Cormus ^ poll. diam. Folia 2-3 polLlonga, flores sfepius superantia. 

 Berianthium 4-5 lin. longum. Antherce lineari-oblongte extrorsse, 

 filamentis subulatis longiores, infra medium dorso affixne. Ovula 

 biseriata, c, 18-20 in utroque loculo. 



X. minor, Defl., another Arabian species, is tlie species most nearly 

 allied to our plant in this Herbarium, but the flowers are very different. 

 The leaves of our plant show a strong tendency to involution, and 

 consequently look narrower, say J^-^V "^^^^ *^^^ ^^^^^, actually are. 

 The flowers, so far as one can iudge, are greenish yellow in colour.— D. 

 Olivkr. 



TiR. 1. Transverse section of leaf, showing stronn:ly involute margins. 2. Leaf of 

 perianth. 3. Flower, the perianth removed. 4. Staraens, back and front view. 

 "^^l enlarged. 



