D7'accena.] cxl. liliace^e (baker). 445 



cluster ; bracts minute, ovate, scariose. Perianth .1 in. long ; segments 

 as long as the tube. Stamens as long as the perianth-segments. Berrj' 

 l-o-lobed, if simple not larger than a pea. — Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiv. 534. B. auhryana, Hua in Gontr. Fl. Congo Fran9. Lil. 8, 

 ex parte. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : banks of the Bngru River, Mann, 898 ! 



Ziower Guinea. Gaboon : Munda ; Sibange Farm, in damp woods, Soyaux, 96 ! 



28. D. thalioides, C. iMorren in Belg. Hort. 18G0, Z\>^, with figure. 

 Stem short, slender, simple. Leaves crowded, ascending ; petiole long, 

 slender, dilated and clasping the stem at the base ; blade oblong-lanceo- 

 late or lanceolate, acuminate, |-i ft. long, l-?> in. broad at the middle, 

 deltoid at the base ; midrib not visible on the under side in the upper 

 half. Inflorescence long, lax, spicate, simple or slightly branched ; 

 lower flowers 2-3 in a cluster. Perianth whitish, l-\\ in. long ; seg- 

 ments oblong, very short. Anthers oblong, as long as the tiliform 

 filaments. Style exserted. Berry usually 1 -seeded, oblong. — Kegel, 

 Bevis. Drac. 47 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 534. D. auhryana, 

 A. Brong. in Flore des Serres, tt. 1522-3; K. Koch, Wochenschr. 

 X. 239. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Batanga, Mann, 1038 ! 



Iio-vp-er Guinea. Gaboon : banks of the Gaboon River, Mann, 1036! and with- 

 out precise locality. Griffon du Bellay, 187. 



Introduced into cultivation about 1860 by M. Aiibry Le Comte, commissioner of the 

 French Imperial Marine. 



29. D. tholloniana, llua, Contr. Fl Congo Franc. Lil 10. An 

 erect shrub. Leaves 5-6 to a stem ; petiole nearly as long as the blade, 

 channelled, dilated at the base ; blade oblong-lanceolate, 12-16 in. long, 

 2J-3J in. broad, abruptly narrowed at the base ; midrib not produced 

 to the apex. Raceme simple, shortly peduncled ; bracts minute ; pedicels 

 5-G in a cluster, very short. Perianth 4 lin. long ; tube short ; lobes 

 linear. Stamen rather shorter than the perianth-lobes ; filaments twice 

 the length of the anthers. Style scarcely exserted. 



]Lo\7er Guinea. French Congo ; Njole, on the lower Ogowe, Thollon, 31. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



30. D. ugandensiSy Bakei\ Branchlets woody, \ in. diam. ; scars 

 of fallen leaves \ in. apart. Leaves with a distinct channelled petiole 

 about 1 in. long, dilated at the base ; blade firm, oblong, subobtuse, 

 3-4 in. long, 18-21 lin. broad, narrowed to the base. Eaceme shorter 

 than the leaves, consisting of 3-4 clusters of flowers, 10-12 in each ; 

 pedicels \ in. long, articulated at the middle. Perianth not seen. 

 Berry globose, the size of a pea. 



Wile Iiand. Uganda : common in hedges, Scott-Elliof, 7264 ! 



31. D. gabonica, Eua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franr. Lil. 17. Stem 

 slender, woody. Leaves crowded, ascending; petiole channelled, 2-4 in. 

 long, dilated at the base ; blade thin, oblong-cuspidate, unspotted, 



