Chlorophytum.'] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 499 



lax, G-8 in. long ; bracts lanceolate, the lower ^ in. long ; pedicels short, 

 articulated below the apex, the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth greenish- 

 white, 1 in. long; segments oblanceolate, keeled with brown. Stamens 

 as long as the perianth ; anthers much shorter than the filaments. 

 Ziower Guinea. Gaboon : banks of the Gaboon River, Mann ! 



14. C. thoUonianum, Hua, Conlr. Fl. Congo Franr^. Lit. 20. 

 Rhizome oblique ; crown not setose ; root-fibres many, long, sometimes 

 thickened. Leaves 3-6 ; petiole channelled, 2-4 in. long ; blade 

 oblong-lanceolate, 4-10 in. long, 11-2 in. broad at the middle, acute 

 or acuminate ; ribs about 20. Peduncle simple, G-8 in. long, bearing 

 2-3 adpressed lanceolate bract-leaves. Raceme simple, lax, 8-10 in. 

 long; bracts minute; pedicels 3-4-nate, about as long as the bracts, 

 articulated at the middle. Perianth \ in. long, greenish ; segments 

 oblong, 3-nerved. Capsule \ in. long. Seeds 3-5 in a cell. 



ZiOwer Guinea. Southern French Congo : on the banks of streams in the 

 forest of Mayumba, Thollon, 1225 ! and region of the River Niari, at Niounrou, 

 Lecomte, 13 ! 



No specimen at Kew. 



15. C. Carsoni, Baker. Root-fibres long, fleshy, cylindrical. 

 Leaves about G to a stem ; petiole slender, 3-6 in. long ; blade thin, 

 glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, J ft. long, 2 in. broad low down, broadly 

 rounded at the base. Peduncle 6-8 in. long, leafless. Racemes many, 

 very lax, ascending, 3-6 in. long, forming a rhomboid panicle ; lower 

 bracts lanceolate, ^-f in. long ; pedicels ascending, articulated at the 

 middle, the lower \ in. long, 2-3-nate. Perianth J in. long, dull 

 greenish. Anthers as long as the filaments. 



Mozamb. 3>ist. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, 5000-6000 ft., 

 Carson, 29 of 1893 collection ! 



Very near C. Orchidastrum, but the leaves broadly rounded at the base. 



16. C. inornatum, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1071. Root-fibres 

 densely fascicled, fleshy, cylindrical. Leaves 6-8 to a stem ; petiole 

 distinct, 3-4 in. long, sheathing the stem at the base ; blade mem- 

 branous, glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, G-8 in. long, an inch 

 broad below the middle, narrowed gradually at the base. Peduncle 

 slender, \-\ ft. long. Raceme lax, 6-8 in. long, simple or forked at 

 the base ; bracts lanceolate, the lower J- J in. long ; pedicels short, 

 ascending, articulated at the middle, the lower 3-4-nate. Perianth 

 greenish-white, \-\ in. long; segments lanceolate. Anthers rather 

 shorter than the filaments. • Capsule \ in. long. — Roem. et Schultes, 

 Syst. Veg. vii. 453; Kunth, Enum. iv. 603; Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XV. 324. 



"Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 



17. C. filipendulum, 5a^*e?• in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 260. 

 Rootstock oblique; root-fibres slender, bearing tubers near the end. 

 Leaves 6-8 to a stem ; petiole winged, 3-4 in. long, clasping the stem 



