J)raccena.] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 441 



irile Ziand, Abyssinia : Shoa, Quar tin Dillon ! British East Africa : Uganda, 

 Scott.ElHot, 7439 ! Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7829! 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 3738 ! 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Chiradzulu, 

 Metier ! Zomba, Whyte, 87 ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 25 ! 



JD. Lindeni, 111. Hort. xxvii. t. 384, is a form of this species, having the leaves 

 variegated with white. 



13. D. Steudneri, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 143. Arborescert. 

 Leaves large, lanceolate. Inflorescence an ample panicle with spreading 

 branches; flowers densely clustered ; bracts ovate; pedicels ^ in. long. 

 Perianth more than J- in. long ; tube constricted above the ovary ; 

 segments linear-oblong, tinged with red on the keel outside. Filaments 

 filiform ; anthers oblong. Berry J-J in. diam. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia : Denribea ; near Gondar, Steudner, 477. 



Var. kiWnandscharica, Engl. loc. cit. Leaves more narrowed below the middle, 

 \\ fc. long, 2 in. broad. Perianth-segments as long as the tube. 



HKozaml). Bist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; abundant 4500-9000 ft., 

 used by the natives for hedges, Johnston, 176 ! at Marangu, 4900 ft., Volkens, 1416 ! 



14. D. Fischeriy Baker i7i Engl. Jahrh. xv. 477. Leaves not seen. 

 Flowers congested at the tip of the branchlets in large globose heads ; 

 clusters subtended by orbicular scariose bracts 1 J-2 in. long and broad ; 

 pedicels short. Perianth cylindrical, nearly 3 in. long ; segments short. 

 Stamens inserted above the middle of the perianth-tube. 



Mozamb. Slst. German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; Usuri, Fischer, 589 ! 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



15. D. reflexa. Lam. Encyc. ii. 324, var. nitens, Baker. Trunk 

 7-10 ft. long. Leaves laxly disposed, sessile, linear, moderately firm, 

 bright green, G-10 in. long, J-J in. broad at the middle, slightly 

 narrowed to the base; midrib visible nearly to the apex. Panicle 

 shortly peduncled, |-1 ft. long; branches short, spreading, simple; 

 pedicels ^-J in. long, the lower, 2-3 in a cluster ; bracts ovate, minute, 

 scariose. Perianth cylindrical, white tinged with red outside, i-J in. 

 long; tube cylindrical. Stamens as long as the perianth-segments, 

 Style exserted. Berry J in. diam. — D. nitens, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 252. 



Xlle Iiand. British East Africa : Ruwenzori ; Yeria Valley, 8000 ft., Sco/t- 

 Mliot, 7899 ! Butagu Valley, 8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 8009 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Angola ; Golungo Alto and Pungo Andongo, Wehcitsch, 

 3741 ! 3742 ! 3743 ! 



IMCozamb. Blst. Portuguese East Africa : Morambala Mountain, near the 

 River Shire, 500-2000 ft.. Kirk I 



16. D. Braunii, Engl. Jahrh. xv. 479, t. 20. Rootstock nearly 

 1 ft. long, branched. Sterile stem simple, erect, slender, 4-G in. long. 

 Leaves laxly disposed, sessile, lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, under 1 in. broad, 

 narrowed to a clasping channelled base. Fertile stem very short, with 



