Eriospermum.] CXL. liliace.e (baker). 473 



rather shorter than the perianth ; filaments flattened ; anthers sub- 

 globose, minute. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 162. 



Kower Guinea. Angoln : Huilla ; subtempeiate region, 3800-5500 ft., H'el- 

 imtsch, 3760 ! 



9. E. linearifolium. Baker. Tuber not seen. Leaves 



con- 



temporary with the flowers, linear, glabrous, 2-?} in. long, -^a-^ in. 

 broad. Peduncle lu-o in. long. Raceme lax, few-flowered; pedicels 

 ascending; lower ^ in. long; bracts small, persistent, broadly ovate. 

 Perianth oblong, \ in. long ; segments oblong, white, with a brown keel. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers small, oblong. Styje 

 long. 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa : Mbuyuni, common on drv sand, Scott-Elliot, 

 6203 ! 



10. E. triphylluxn. Baker in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 471. Tuber globose, 

 under 1 in. diam., crowded with the fibrous relics of old leaves. Leaves 

 3-4, contemporary witli the flowers, lanceolate, acute, erect, glabrous, 

 narrowed to the base, 5-6 in. long, J- J in. broad at the middle. 

 Peduncle slender, shorter than the leaves. Raceme few-flowered, about 

 1 in. long ; pedicels ascending, finally J in. long ; bracts minute, broadly 

 ovate. Perianth \ in. long ; segments white, tinged and keeled with 

 red-brown. Stamens distinctly shorter than the perianth-segments ; 

 anthers much shorter than the filaments. 



Wile ]Land. British East Africa : Ukaraba ; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2651 ! 

 Mozamb. Bist. (?) Ligaijo, Fischer, 607 ! 



11. E. ophioglossoides, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 ser. 2, Bot. i. 262. Tuber globose, crowned with a ring of the long 

 matted fibrous relics of old leaves. Leaf solitary, shortly petiolate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 1-3 in. long, h-'^ in. 

 broad at the middle, rather rounded at the base. Peduncle stiffly 

 erect, 5-6 in. long. Raceme lax, oblong, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels erecto- 

 patent, the lower J-| in. long; bracts very minute, ovate, red-brown. 

 Perianth campanulate, ^ in. long ; segments linear-oblong, white with a 

 bright red-brown keel. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth ; 

 anthers minute ; filaments subulate. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 

 162. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla.; subtemperate region, iu clamp pastures, 

 Welwitsch, 3759 ! 



12. E. paludosum. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, J)Oi. i. 261. 

 Tuber oblong or subglobose, |-1 in. diam., crowned with copious fibrous 

 relics of old leaves. Leaves 2-3 to a tuber, contemporary with the 

 flowers, shortly petiolate, oblong, acute, subcoriaceous, glabrous, cuneate 

 at the base, 1-2 in. long, 6-9 lin. broad. Peduncle 4-6 in. long. 

 Raceme lax, 3-4 in. long ; rhachis flexuose ; pedicels ascending, lower 

 in fruit 1 in. long; bracts very minute, deltoid, clasping. Perianth 

 4 in. long ; segments oblong, white, with a red-brown keel. St;jnjeiis 

 rather shorter than the perianth ; filamenccs filiform ; anthers minute. 



