Chlorophytum.] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 503 



broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the apex and clasping base. 

 Peduncle very short. Raceme dense, simple, oblong, 2-3 in. long; 

 bracts lanceolate, |-| in. long ; pedicels very short, the lower 2-;5-nate! 

 Perianth greenish, l in. long ; segments lanceolate. Anthers as long 

 as the filaments. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, Barter ! 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla, Welwitsch, 3768 ! 



IMEozamb. I>ist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan, 753 ! 



29. C. Menyharthi, Schinz mss. in Herb. Hort. Lot. Vind. Root- 

 fibres dense, cylindrical. Leaves about G in a basal rosette, lanceolate, 

 sessile, membranous, G-9 in. long, 1-lJ in. broad at the middle, nar- 

 rowed gradually to the base and apex, glabrous on the margin. Peduncle 

 scarcely any. Raceme dense, simple, oblong, 2-3 in. long; pedicels 

 very short, erecto-patent, 2-3-nate; bracts lanceolate, longer than the 

 flowers. Perianth dull greenish, |- in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate. 

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

 sule subglobose, \ in. long. 



Mozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Northern Zambesiii, Boruma, Ment^- 

 harth, 565 ! 



Flowered in the Vienna Gardens from seeds received in 1891. 

 Very near the Indian C. Ireriscapum, Dalz. 



30. C. Schweinfurthii, Baker. Root-fibres many, long, slender. 

 Leaves 5-G to a stem, oblong -lanceolate, membranous, glabrous, not 

 distinctly petiolate, 12-15 in. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to the acute apex and channelled clasping base. Peduncle 

 2-3 in. long. Raceme 2-3 in. long, dense, oblong, simple or branched 

 at the base ; pedicels short, ascending, articulated at the middle, the 

 lower 2-3-nate ; bracts lanceolate, the lower \—\ in. long. Perianth 

 \ in. long, greenish ; segments linear-oblong. Stamens as long as the 

 perianth ; anthers linear, rather shorter than the filaments. Capsule 

 \ in. long, \ in. diam. 



Nile I.and. Jur : Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurlh, 1968 ! 2068 ! 



31. C. laxum, R. Br. Prodr. 277. Root-fibres very slender. 

 Leaves many to a tuft, linear, membranous, glabrous, ^-1 ft. 

 long, J-f in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the acute 

 apex and sheathing base. Peduncle very slender, much shorter than 

 the leaves. Racemes very lax, simple or forked, 3-12 in. long; bracts 

 small, lanceolate, membranous ; pedicels short, articulated at the middle, 

 the lower geminate. Perianth white, ^-J in. long ; segments .'{-nerved 

 on the keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers as long 

 as the filaments. Capsule globose, \ in. diam.— ('. laxiflormn, Baker 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 328. C.falcaium, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. 

 t. 333. C.abyssinicum, Kotfichy &, Peyr. Plant Tinn. 4G. C. parvi- 

 florum, Hochst. ex Kotschy ik Peyr. I.e. under 69, C. sp. C. debile, Baker 



in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 2G0. 



