506 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Chlovophytuvi, 



31). C. Kirkii, Baker in Card. Chron. 1882, xvii. 108. Root- 

 fibres densely tufted, cylindrical, not bearing tubers. Leaves about 

 6 to a stem, thin, glabrous, lanceolate, 1} ft. long, |-1 in. broad at the 

 middle, narrowed gradually to the apex and clasping base. Peduncle 

 shorter than the leaves, with a large leaf from the middle. Raceme 

 lax, simple, 4-5 in. long ; bracts scariose, lanceolate, the lower |-1 in, 

 long ; pedicels short, ascending, articulated above the middle, the lower 

 geminate. Perianth white, \ in. long ; segments oblong, 3 -nerved in 

 the keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers yV in. 

 long, shorter than the filaments. 



XVXozamb. Dlst. Zanzibar, cultivated specimen, KirJc ! 



Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in tlie summer of 1882 ! 



40. C. andongense. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser 2, Bot. i. 

 260. Root-fibres many, long, spreading, fleshy, cylindrical, some bear- 

 ing tubers. Produced leaves about 6 to a tuft, sheathing the base 

 of the stem, oblong-lanceolate, membranous, glabrous, laxly ribbed,. 

 1-1 J ft. long, I in. broad at the middle, pale and rather, crisped at the 

 edge. Peduncle terete, as long as the leaves. Racemes many, forming 

 a lax panicle 1-2 ft. long; pedicels articulated at the middle, the 

 lower S-G-nate, finally 1 in. long ; lower bracts lanceolate, h in. long. 

 Perianth J-J in. long; segments linear, white, with a ^{-nerved green 

 keel, spreading from the top of a basal cup. Anthers large, linear. 

 Capsule oblong, \-h in. long. — C. longipes, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 

 825. 



irile Iiand. Jar : Jur Ghattas, ScJitveinfurth, 1801 ! 2045 ! 

 Iio-wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, Wehcitsch, 3770 ! Teuscz ! 

 AXozamb. I>ist. German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; Uyui, Tai/Ior ! British 

 Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, in rocky places, Buchanan, 200 ; 



41. C. vestituxn. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 32G. Root-fibres 

 long, slender, not bearing tubers. Leaves many to a stem, firm, linear, 

 closely ribbed, pubescent, 6-10 in. long, \ in. broad, not petiolate = 

 Peduncle slender, much shorter than the leaves. Raceme lax, 3-4 in. 

 long, simple or forked at the base ; bracts minute, ovate, cuspidate ; 

 pedicels geminate, unequal, spreading, articulated at the middle, the 

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

 late, 3-nerved in the keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; 

 anthers oblong, shorter than the filaments. Capsule \-\ in. diameter. 



lUXozamb. Slst. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi, at Shupancra,. 



Kirk ! 



42. C. Fischeri, Baker. Root-fibres slender, not bearing tubers ;. 

 neck crowned with bristles. Leaves 3-4, short, firm, linear, densely 

 pubescent. Peduncle slender, pubescent, 3-4 in. long. Raceme lax,, 

 simple, 2-3 in. long; pedicels short, solitary, articulated at the middle ;. 

 bracts lanceolate, minute, membranous. Perianth \ in. long ; segments 

 linear-oblong, white, keeled with green. Stamens rather shorter than 

 the perianth ; filaments glabrous, longer than the anthers. Capsule 



