504 CXL. LiLiACEJE (baker). [CMoTophytum. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, barter, 1514 ! Niger Delta ; Grand 

 Bassa, Vogel, 41 ! 



Wile Iiand. Abyssinia : Gursarfa, 3400 ft., Schimper, 2231 ! British East 

 Africa : Malinde, at the mouth of the River Sabaki, Kirk ! 



Jto-wer Guinea. Corisco Bay : River Kongue, Mann, 1876 ! Loango, Thollon, 

 1223 ! Angola, Welwitsch, 3769 ! 



32. C. gallabatense, Schweinf. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 

 325. Rootstock horizontal ; root-fibres dense, long, slender. Leaves 

 0-8 to a stem, thin, glabrous, lanceolate, 1-1 J ft. long, lJ-2 in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed gradually from the middle to the 

 narrow clasping base, not distinctly petiolate. Peduncle slender, a 

 foot long below the panicle. Racemes many, slender, ascending, the 

 end one 6-9 in. long; bracts small, ovate; pedicels short, ascending, 

 articulated at the middle, the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth dull, greenish- 

 white, \ in. long ; segments lanceolate. Anthers —^ ^^- ^^^g? ^^ long 

 as the filaments. Capsule \ in. diam. — C. Orchidastrum^ Baker in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 325, ex parte : Martelli, Fl. Bogos. 85. 



Nile Iiand. Galabat : Matamma, Schweinf urth, 10 ! Eritrea : Keren, 4500 ft., 

 Beccari, 185 ! British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schweinf urth, 1894 ! 



Mozamb. Sist. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambpsi, Lupata, Kirk I 

 liritish Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 199 1 Zomba and 

 vicinity, 2500-3500 ft., Whyte ! Masuka plateau, 6500-7000 ft., Whyte ! Fort 

 Young, Nicholson ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 57 ! 



33. C. ukambense. Baker. Rootstock a globose tuber ; root-fibres 

 many, slender, cylindrical, Leaves 6-9 to a stem, oblong-lanceolate, 

 membranous, glabrous, not distinctly petiolate, 5-6 in. long, f-lj in. 

 broad at the middle, laxly and distinctly veined, narrowed gradually to 

 the base and apex. Peduncle shorter than the leaves. Racemes 3, lax, 

 the end one much the longest, about 3 in. long; bracts linear, the 

 lower J-f in. long; pedicels very short, the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth 

 greenish, J in. long ; segments oblong. Anthers minute, oblong, much 

 shorter than the filaments. 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa : Ukamba ; Kitui, Hildehrandt, 2650 ! 



34. C. bukobense, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 139. Near C. sparsi- 

 /Jorum, Baker. Root-fibres filiform, bearing tubers at the middle. 

 Leaves thin, lanceolate, very acute, narrowed gradually to the base, 

 scarcely half as long as the peduncle. Racemes very lax ; bracts lanceo- 

 late ; pedicels 3-4-nate, articulated above the middle. Flowers small. 

 Capsule emarginate, \ in. long, rather broader than long. 



Mozamb. I>lst. German East Africa : Karagwe ; Bukoba on Lake Victoria 

 Stnhlmann ! 



Var. kilimandscharicum, Engl. loc. cit. Leaves 7~8, lanceolate, membranous, 

 6—8 in. long, f in. broad, narrowed gradually to a channelled base. Stem slender, 

 ^-1 ft. long. Raceme simple or forked at the base ; bracts linear, acuminate, the 

 fower |-1 in. long ; pedicels \ in. long, lower geminate. Perianth-segments lanceo- 

 late, i in. long, whitish, with a green keel. Capsule \-\ in. diam. more deeply 

 emarginate ; valves rather broader. 



