500 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [ChloTophytum. 



low down ; blade thin, glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, C-9 in. long, l|-2 

 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the acuminate apex and 

 the base. Peduncle J- 1 ft. long, naked or bearing a single small leaf. 

 Raceme lax, h ft. long, usually simple ; bracts lanceolate, the lower J-J 

 in. long ; pedicels articulated, the lower 3-4-nate, J-J in. long. Perianth 

 greenish white, \-\ in. long ; segments 3-nerved in the keel. Anthers 

 1 lin. long, as long as the filaments. Capsule oblong, J in. long. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto, by wooded streams, Welwitsch, 3776! 



IH. C. Orchidastrum, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. vi. 78. Poot- 

 fibres fleshy, cylindrical. Leaves many to a stem ; petiole distinct, 6-9 

 in. long ; blade oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, 8-9 in. long, 

 about 2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to both ends. 

 Peduncle slender, 1 ft. or more long. Racemes many, very lax, 4-6 in. 

 long, forming a lax rhomboid panicle; lower bracts lanceolate, J-J in. 

 long ; pedicels ascending, articulated at the middle, the lower o—l-nate, 

 ^-J in. long. Perianth greenish, \-\ in. long; segments narrow. 

 Anthers as long as the filaments. Capsule subglobose, \ in. long. — 

 Bot. Reg. t. 813; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Yeg. vii. 453; Kunth, 

 Enum. iv. G03; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 325, partly. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : on Mount Gonkwi, near Ninia, Talla Hills, 

 Scott-Mliot, 4995 ! and without precise locality, JDon ! 



19. C. petiolatum. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 32G. Root-fibres 

 long, cylindrical, thickened at the end. Leaves 4-6 to a stem ; petiole 

 distinct, slender, 6-8 in. long ; blade oblong, cuspidate, membranous, 

 glabrous, (5-7 in. long, 2|-3 in. broad at the middle, cuneate or rather 

 rounded at the base. Peduncle slender, leafless, 8-9 in. long. Racemes 3, 

 lax, ascending, 4-5 in. long ; bracts small, ovate, cuspidate ; pedicels 

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

 dull green, J in. long ; segments linear. Anther linear, J in. long, as 

 long as the filaments. Capsule \ in. diam. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Barombi, Freuss^ 191 ! Cameroon Mountain, 

 2000 ft., Mann, 2132 ! 



20. C. moniliforme, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 418. Root- 

 stock tuberous, moniliform ; root-fibres few, fusiform. Produced leaves 

 3 to a stem, membranous, glabrous, shortly ciliated, the lowest small, 

 ovate, with a clasping base, the upper lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 3-5 in. long, 9-15 lin. broad, the uppermost with a distinct petiole 1 in. 

 long. Peduncle 2-4 in. long. Raceme short, simple, 5-flowered ; bracts 

 ovate, acuminate, white, scariose; pedicels short, solitary, articulated 

 below the middle. Perianth nearly J in. long; segments lanceolate, 

 3-nerved in the brown keel. Anthers J in. long, nearly as long as the 

 filaments. 



IVZozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; Uyui, Taylor ! 



21. C. tetraphyllum. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 328. Root- 

 fibres long, dense, bearing large tubers below the tip. Leaves 4-12 to 



