Chlorophytuni.^ cxl. liliace^e (baker). 501 



a stem, thin, glabrous, lanceolate, 4-6 in. long, J-J in. broad, narrowed 

 slightly to the sheathing base, not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle 

 very short. Flowers many, corymbose ; bracts linear, D-'J lin. long; 

 pedicels not articulated, J-J in. long. Perianth \ in. long; segments 

 lanceolate, white with a 8-nerved brown keel. Stamens rather shorter 

 than the perianth ; anther and filament each 1 lin. long. Capsule sub- 

 globose, \ in. diam. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 160. Scilla 

 tetraphylla, Linn. fil. Suppl. 200; Kunth, Enum. iv. 331. Phalangium 

 ahyssinicum, Kunth, Enum. iv. 598. Asphodelus Chamcemoly^ Hochst. 

 ex Kunth, Enum. iv. 599. Antkericum Chamcemoly^ Hochst. ex Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 332. 



irile X.ancl. Eritrea: Habab, 6000 ft., Hildebrandt, S75 \ Abyssinia: Tigre; 

 Mount Kubbi, near Adowa, Schimper, 271 ! Wadjerat, Quartin-DUlon ^ Petit, 185 ! 

 Waldubba, Steudner, 460 ! Amhara ; Jenda, Steudner, 461 ! and without precise 

 locality, Schimper, 322a ! 322b ! 



22. C. Schimperi, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 161. Root- 

 :fibres many, long, fleshy, cylindrical. Leaves many to a rosette, thin, 

 lanceolate, glabrous, laxly nerved, 3-4 in. long, J in. broad above the 

 middle, narrowed gradually to the apex and channelled base. Flowers 

 -few in a nearly sessile corymb ; pedicels long, not articulated ; bi-acts 

 large, lanceolate^ Perianth J in. long ; segments lanceolate, white with 

 a brown keel. Stamens distinctly shorter than the perianth ; filament* 

 twice as long as the oblong anthers. 



Xile Iiand. Abyssinia: Begencedcr; Gafat, 8000-9000 ft., Schioiper, 1203 of 

 1863 collection ! 



23. C. amplexicaule. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 325. 

 Leaves about 3, clasping the lower part of the stem, superposed, chart- 

 aceous, glabrous, the lower cordate-ovate, the upper oblong, acute, 6-8 

 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base. 

 Peduncle hidden by the leaves, ^ ft. long. Racemes lax, simple or 

 forked, 2-4 in. long ; bracts small, deltoid or the lower lanceolate ; 

 pedicels very short, articulated, the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth \ in. 

 long ; segments linear. Capsule oblong, \ in. long. 



ZVXozamb. Dlst. Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! 



24. C. blepharophyllmn, Schweinf. ex Baker in Joiim. Linn. 

 Soc. XV. 327. Root-fibres long, slender ; root crowned with a dense 

 mass of bristles. Leaves about 4, sheathing the base of the st<?m for 

 some distance, the lowest small, the others lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 moderately firm, glabrous, laxly veined, 4-H in. long, A-lJ in. broad at 

 the middle, narrowed to the ba^e. Peduncle slender, shorter than the 

 leaves. Raceme dense, 2-3 in. long, simple or forked at the base; 

 Toracts linear or lanceolate from a broad base, the lower A-1 in. long; 

 pedicels very short, articulated, the lowest 2-3-nate. Perianth dark 

 green, J in. long ; segments linear, 5-nerved in the keel. Anthers 

 linear, I in. long, longer than the filaments. Capsule deeply emargi- 

 nate, J in. long. 



