Ih'acceiia.] cxl. liliace^e (baker). 439 



thin, moderately firm, 6-12 in. long, j-1 in. broad above the middle, 

 narrowed gradually to the base ; midrib not visible in the upper third. 

 Panicle shortly peduncled, deltoid, sometimes 1 ft. long ; branches 

 spreading, laxly racemose; pedicels J in. long, articulated at the apex, 

 the lower clustered ; bracts small, ovate. Perianth white, 1 in. long ; 

 segments twice as long as the tube. Stamens as long as the perianth- 

 segments. Style exserted. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 528. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Perrottet, 785 ! Lagos, Moloney, 2 ! Niger Territory : 

 Nupe, Barter, 1511 ! 



Var. minorf Baker in. Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 529. Leaves much smalltr. 

 Racemes simple. 



Upper Guinea. Senegarabia : River Nunez, Heudelot ! 



G. D. acutissima, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Frang. Lil. 17. Leaven 

 not very crowded, erect, sessile, linear, 1 ft. long, ^ in. broad, veiy 

 acute, sub-rigid ; midrib distinct on both surfaces ; underside showing 

 12-15 distinct raised vertical veins. Raceme lax, simple, terminal, 

 shorter than the leaves ; rhachis pubescent ; bracts obsolei-e ; flowers 

 many in a cluster ; pedicels ^ in. long, articulated at tlie base. Buds 

 clavate, much constricted at the middle. Perianth-tube cylindrical, 

 longer than the lobes. 



Jso-wer Guinea. French Congo : region of the River Alima, a tribatnry of the 

 Lower Congo, Thollon, 913 ! 



No specimen at Kew. 



7. D. arborea, Link^ Enum. Hort. Berol. i. 341. Trunk arborescent, 

 reaching a height of 40 ft. Leaves dense, sessile, lanceolate, thin, 

 moderately firm, 2-8 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 

 under 1 in. above the dilated base ; midrib visible nearly to the apex. 

 Inflorescence an ample deltoid panicle 1 J ft. long and broad ; lower 

 branch bracts large, lanceolate; racemes dense, cylindrical, 3-G in. 

 long ; flowers 3-4 in a cluster ; pedicels \-\ in. long ; bracts ovate, 

 scariose. Perianth J-| in. long ; tube short, cam panulate. Stamens not 

 exserted. Berry the size of a cherry. — Kunth, Enum. v. 9 ; Kegel Revis. 

 Drac. 3G ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 528. D. knerkiana, K. Koch, 

 Wochenschr. iv. 304, x. 235. Aletris arbo7'ea, Willd. Enum. 381. 



Upper Guinea. Ashanti : Fumassi, Cummins, 16f ! Niger Delta : banks of 

 the River Nun, Mann, 454 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, ascending to 3000 ft.. Mailer Sf Quinfai, 

 13 ! 107 ! Angola, Welwitseh, 3737 ! French Congo ; lagoon of Mayuniba, Lecomi", 

 107. 



8. D. Preussii, Engl. Jahrh. xv. 477. Stem 16-20 ft. long. 

 Leaves crowded, sessile, lanceolate, 2-3 ft. long, 3 in. broad at the 

 middle, narrowed to 2 in. above the dilated base ; midrib stout, prominent 

 on the under surface. Inflorescence dense, subcylindrical ; brnncliesand 

 branchlets short, many-flowered ; bracts lanceolate, nearly 1 in. long, 

 purplish upwards. Perianth-tube nearly 1 in. long; segments \ the 

 length of the tube. Stamens as long as the perianth-segments. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons, near Baiombi, Prevss, 328. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



