498 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [CMorophytum. 



10. C. sparsiflorum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 325. Root- 

 fibres long, slender, bearing tubers at the middle. Leaves about 5 to 

 a stem ; petiole slender, 4-5 in. long ; blade membranous, glabrous, 

 lanceolate, 'o-l in. long, 15-20 lin. broad at the middle, acute, narrowed 

 very gradually to the base. Peduncles 3 to a tuft, very slender, 4-G in. 

 long. Racemes very lax, ^ ft. long, simple or forked at the base ; lower 

 bracts lanceolate, h in. long ; pedicels short, articulated as the middle, 

 the lower 3-4-nate. Flower not seen. Capsule J in. long, \ in. diam. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 388 ! 



11. C. macrophyllum, Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. jEthiop. 

 204. Root-fibres long, slender, not bearing tubers. Leaves 4-5 to a 

 stem ; petiole channelled, J-1 ft. long ; blade membranous, lanceolate, 

 glabrous, 1-1 J ft. long, 2—3 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to the base and apex. Peduncle J-1 ft. long, naked or 

 bracteate. Baceme simple or branched at the base, dense, finally 

 6-8 in. long ; pedicels ascending, a.rticulated, \-^ in. long, the lower 

 fascicled ; bracts lanceolate, the lower |-1 in. long. Perianth J in. 

 long; segments lanceolate, with a laxly 3-5 nerved brown keel. 

 Anthers linear, ^ in. long, as long as the filaments. Capsule J in. 

 long. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 323. Anthericum macrophylluyny 

 A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 334. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, Barter ! 



XJile Ziand. Galabat : banks of the River Gendua, 5'cA^ce^«/^(r^/i, 7 ! Abyssinia: 

 iiear Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1837 ! and without precise locality, Quart in-BiUon Sf 

 Petit, 183 (82) ! British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schioeinfurth, 2051 ! 

 IS^yika country, near Mombasa, WaJceJield ! 



ZiO'wer Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 3771 ! Malange, Teuscz ! Biittner, 534 ! 



South Central. South-East region of the Congo Free State, west of the 

 Lualaba River, Pogge, 1479 ! 



Xlflozaxnba Slst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro; below Marangu, 4000 ft.,' 

 Volkens, 2136 ! and by the Dehu or Mue River, at the foot of Kilimanjaro, 2900 ft., 

 Volkens, 2178 ! Usambara ; Magila, Kirh ! Portuguese East Africa : Morambala 

 Mountain, 1500 ft., KirJc ! 



12. C. lancifoliuxu, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. i. 2G0. Root-fibres many, cylindrical, not bearing tubers. Leaves 

 about G to a stem ; petiole slender, distinct, 5-6 in. long ; blade ovate- 

 lanceolate, thin, glabrous, 3-5 in. long, |-1 in. broad, acuminate, 

 cuneate or rather rounded at the base. Peduncle slender, 3-4 in. long. 

 Raceme simple, very lax, |^-1 ft. long; bracts small, lanceolate; 

 pedicels very short, articulated, the lower 3-4-nate. Perianth greenish- 

 white, I in. long ; segments linear. Capsule globose, J in. long. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, Welucitsch, 3772 ! 3773 ! 



13. C. Mannii, Baker. Root-fibres dense, cylindrical. Leaves 

 about 5 to a stem ; petiole distinct, 6-8 in. long, dilated and clasping 

 the stem low down ; blade thin, glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 ()-8 in. long, 18-21 lin. broad below the middle, rather rounded at the 

 base. Peduncle slender, as long as the petiole. Raceme simple, very 



