472 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Eriospevmum. 



clothed with fibres. Leaves 1-4, contemporary with the flowers, 

 lanceolate, acute, erect, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 3-4 in. long. Raceme 

 very lax, 4-0 in. long ; pedicels ascending, lower 8 in. long. Perianth 

 \ in. long ; segments oblong, white with a red-brown keel. Filaments 

 filiform, as long as the anthers. Style longer than the ovary. Seeds 

 clothed with fine white hairs ^ in. long. 



IiO-veer Guinea. German South-west Africa : Amboland ; in sandy ground at 

 Olukondo, Schiyiz, 25 ! 39 ! Oshiheke, Schlnz, 17 ! Hereroland, Belck, 48, Luderitz, 

 26. 



5. E. bechuanicTiin, ^aA'e?'. Tuber not seen. Leaf contemporary 

 with the flowers, firm, glabrous, lanceolate, acute, 2-3 in. long, sheathing 

 the stem a little above the base, erect. Peduncle 2-3 in. long. Raceme 

 many-flowered, 3-6 in. long; pedicels ascending; lower 3-4 in. long; 

 bracts ovate, minute. Perianth campanulate, \ in. long; segments 

 oblong, white, with a greenish-brown keel. Stamens unequal, more 

 than half as long as the perianth ; anthers small, oblong ; filaments 

 linear. Ovary ovoid ; style as long as the ovary. 



Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Ngamiland ; near Kwebe, Lu<iard, 

 80! 



G. E. andongense^ Welvj. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot i. 

 201. Tuber globose, 1-1 J in. diam., crowned with bristles. Leaf solitary, 

 not contemporary with the flowers, petiolate, subcoriaceoiis, oblanceo- 

 late, glabrous, 6-8 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to the base. Peduncle wiry, 8-12 in. long. Raceme lax, 

 3-4 in. long; pedicels long, ascending. Perianth campanulate, J in. 

 long ; segments linear-oblong, sulphur-yellow, with a purple keel. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the perianth, 



ZaO'wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, Wehoitsch, 3757 ! 



7. E. sphserophylluin. Baker. Leaf single, contemporary with 

 the flow^ers, clasping the base of the stem, suborbicular, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous, 1|-1 J in. broad. Peduncle very short. Raceme deltoid, many- 

 flowered, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels ascending ; lower 1 in. long ; bracts 

 minute, ovate-lanceolate. Perianth oblong, \ in. long ; segments 

 oblong, white with a greenish-brown keel. Stamens unequal, nearly as 

 long as the perianth ; anthers globose ; filaments dilated towards the 

 base. Ovary globose ; style as long as the ovary. 



Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Ngamiland ; near Kwebe, Liigard, 

 78! 



8. E. flexuosuxn, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 

 261. Tuber globose, J-1 in. diam. Leaf unknown, not produced at 

 the same time as the stem. Peduncle slender, 6-9 in. long. Raceme 

 lax, 6-9 in. long ; rhachis slender, flexuose ; pedicels ascending, lower 

 2-3 in. long ; bracts very minute, ovate, scariose. Perianth campanu- 

 late, \ in. long ; segments linear, white, with a red-brown keel. Stamens 



