Chlorophytum.'] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 505 



XMEozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, above Marangu, 6800 ft , 

 Volkens, 12Q^\ 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



35. C. puberulum, Eiigl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 130. Near C. gallabat- 

 ense, Schweivf. Rootstock thick ; root-fibres filiform ; rudimentary 

 leaves many, very broad. Produced leaves thin, broadly lanceolate, 

 acuminate, crisped at the broad pale margin, \-\ the length of the 

 peduncle. Peduncle densely pubescent. Racemes dense, ascending, 

 panicled ; bracts lanceolate ; pedicels short. Perianth j in. long ; 

 segments lanceolate. Filaments as long as the anthers. 



IMozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Ukome, Emin Pasha Gulf, Luke 

 Victoria Nyanza, ex Engler, without mention of the collector. 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



36. C. ciliatum, Baker in Joum.. Bot. 1878, 325. Root-fibres 

 many, cylindrical ; neck crowned with a ring of bristles. Leaves 3-4, 

 with a sheathing base and a moderately firm lanceolate blade, 4-0 in. 

 long, 1 in. broad low down, distinctly ciliated on the margin. Peduncle 

 slender, glabrous, as long as or shorter than the leaves. Racemes 

 usually simple, dense upwards, about 3 in. long ; lower pedicels 3-4- 

 nate, \-^ in. long ; bracts small, ovate, membranous. Perianth \ in. 

 long ; segments oblong. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; 

 anthers linear, as long as the filaments. Capsule J in. long, 



Nile Xiand. Jur : Kutschuk (Kurshook)-Ali, Schweinfurth, 1521 ! 



37. C. tenuifolium. Baker in Kew Bulletin^ 1895, 228. Leaves 

 5-6 to a stem, thin, linear, glabrous, 1-1 J ft. long, J- J in. broad at the 

 middle, much narrowed to the base, often crisped towards the margin. 

 Peduncle long, slender, glabrous, not angled. Raceme lax, cylindrical, 

 finally 6-1) in. long ; bracts minute, ovate-lanceolate; pedicels erecto- 

 patent, articulated below the middle, all solitary, the lower \-\ in. 

 long. Perianth J in. long; segments linear, white, with a green keel. 

 Anthers small, linear-oblong, much shorter than the glabrous filaments. 

 Capsule subglobose, deeply emarginate, \ in. long. 



urile Z.and. British Somaliland : Wadaba, Miss Edith Cole ' Mrs. E. Lort- 



Phillips ! 



38. C. floribundiun. Baker. Leaves membranous, lanceolate, 

 glabrous, sessile, above a foot long, 1-2 in. broad at the middle, nar- 

 rowed gradually to a base |-1 in. broad, laxly veined, not ciliate on the 

 margin. Inflorescence a panicle composed of 5 lax cylindrical ascending 

 racemes a foot long; branch-bracts lanceolate, 3-4 in. long; lower 

 flowers 3-4-nate; pedicels articulated, pubescent, l-\ in. long; flower- 

 bracts small, lanceolate. Perianth-segments lanceolate, \ in. long, with 

 a faint 1 -nerved green keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth. 

 Anthers small ; capsule globose, deeply lobed. 



»Iozamt>. I>i8t. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Zomba and vicinity, 

 2500-3500 ft., Whyte! 



