JSriospermum.] cxl. LiLiACEiE (baker). 471 



Leaf 1-2 in. long 12. ^. paludosum. 



Leaf 5-6 in. long . • . . . . U. E. Kirkii. 



Leaf cordate-ovate. 



Leaf under 1 in. long ...... 11. E. Currori. 



Leaf 3-4 in. long 15. JF. somalense. 



Leaf cordate-orbicular . . . . . .16. E. roseum. 



1. E. elatum. Baker. Tuber medium -sized. Leaf not seen, not 

 contemporary with the flowers. Peduncle 1| ft. long. Raceme very 

 lax, ^ ft. long; pedicels ascending, the lower \\-'2 in. long in the 

 flowering stage. Perianth above \ in. long ; segments linear, yellowish, 

 keeled with pale brown. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth- 

 segments ; filaments filiform ; anthers subglobose, minute. Capsule 

 \-^ in. long ; valves obovate, reflexing. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, 5000-6000 ft., 

 Carson, 16 of 1894 collection ! Carson, 82 of 1892 collection ! 



2. E. stenophylluniy Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. sei\ 2, 

 Bot. i. 261. Tuber depresso-globose, moderately large, densely crowned 

 with bristles. Leaf soUtary, linear, shortly petiolate, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous, 6-8 in. long, \-\ in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually 

 to the base. Peduncle slender, wiry, J ft. long. Raceme lax, 5-6 in. 

 long ; pedicels ascending, the lower 3-3J in. long ; bracts very minute, 

 ovate. Perianth J in. long ; segments oblong, white, with a red-brown 

 keel. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth ; filaments subulate ; 

 anthers subglobose, minute. 



laovier Guinea* Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in sandy ground on the banks of 

 the River Cumanza, Welwitsch, 3758 ! 



3. E. abyssinicum. Baker in Joum. Linn. Soc. xv. 263. Tuber 

 globose, 1-lJ in. diam., crowned with copious fibres. Leaf lanceolate, 

 not contemporary with the flowers, distinctly petiolate, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous, 5-6 in. long, \-\ in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually 

 to the apex and base. Peduncle wiry, 3-6 in. long. Raceme lax, 

 6-8 in. long; pedicels ascending, lower 2-3 in. long; bracts very 

 minute. Perianth oblong, J in. long; segments linear-oblong, white, 

 with a pale brown keel. Stamens unequal, rather shorter than the 

 perianth ; filaments flattened ; anthers subglobose. Capsule \ in. long, 

 with obovate reflexing valves. — BiUbine uni/olia, Schweinf. in. PI. 

 Callab. Exsic. No. 26. 



K"lle Iiand. Gallabat : banks of the River Gendiia, Schweinfurth, 26 .' Jur : 

 Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1924 ! ser. iii. 141 ! Seriba Kurshook Ali, Schweinfurth, 

 1724! 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Hannington ! British Central Africa: 

 Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, ^wcAanaw, 196 ! Zomba, 2500-3500 ft., Whyte ! Mount 

 Mlanje, Scott-Elliot, 8638 ! 



An incomplete specimen collected in Nupe by Barter (1538) agrees with tliis a? 

 far as the material goes. 



4. E. bakerianum, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. lirand. xxxi. 

 215. Tuber globose, conical at the apex, U in. diam., its neck densely 



