Chloi'cyphytum.'] cxl. LiLiACE.f: (baker). 507 



\ in. diameter, acutely angled, broader than Xong.—Anthericum Fischeri, 

 Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 4G8. 



Mozamba I>ist« German East Africa : Usmawo ; between Magu and Kugevi, 

 on Lake Victoria Nyanza, Fischer^ 591 ! 



43. C. longifolium, Schvmiif. Beitr. Fl. /Ethio]). 204. Rootstock 

 horizontal, as thick as a man's finger, crowned with copious bristles ; 

 root-fibres many, long, cylindrical, not bearing tubers. Leaves about 

 6 to a stem, firm, linear, acuminate, closely ribbed, ciliate on the 

 margin, not petiolate, 1-1 J ft. long, ^,-J in. broad. Peduncle leafless, 

 as long as the leaves. Raceme dense, simple, 8-5 in. long; bracts 

 small, lanceolate, scariose ; pedicels very short, ascending at the apex, 

 the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth J in. long ; segments lanceolate. Stamens 

 as long as the perianth ; anthers small. Capsule deeply emarginate, 

 \-\ in. long. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 3:^7. Anthericum lonyi- 

 folium, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 33o. 



Uile Iiand. Galabat : Matamma, *Sc/iiren?/'«r^7i, 8 ! Abyssinia, Q»a?7/n-i)t7/oH .' 



44. C. affine, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. IGO, t. 104. Root- 

 fibres many, wiry, not bearing tubercles ; root-crown with a few bristles. 

 Leaves G-8 to a stem, linear, acuminate, firm, closely ribbed, not petio- 

 late, ciliate on the margin, 12—15 in. long. |-1 in. broad. Peduncle 

 leafless, nearly as long as the leaves. Racemes simple, 3-lt in. long, 

 dense upwards ; bracts large, linear, the lowest 1 in. long ; pedicels 

 ascending, articulated at the middle, the lowest geminate, I in. long. 

 Perianth white, J in. long; segments oblong, 3-nerved in the brown 

 keel. Stamens much shorter than the perianth ; anthers lineiir, longer 

 than the filaments. Capsule globose, J in. long. 



Xrile Iiaad. German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; in swamps near Rubugwa, 

 3800 ft., Speke ^' Grant ! 



45. C. brunneum. Baker. Roots not seen. Leaves several, erect, 

 linear, 0-12 in. long, |~-J in. broad, clasping the base of the stem 

 narrowed gradually to a long point, moderately firm, distinctly ciliated 

 on the white margin, glabrous on the surface. Peduncle simple, stiflly 

 erect, subterete, shorter than the leaves. Raceme lax, simple, 3 in. 

 long; pedicels clustered, \ in. long, ascending, articulated at the middle. 

 Perianth-segments linear, brownish, \ in. long. Capsule quadrate, 

 acutely angled, J in. diam. 



wrile Iiand. German East Africa : Usaramo ; at Mboamaji, near Dar-es-Salam. 

 Stuhlmanii, 6031 ! 



46. C. micranthum, ^a^-e?' in Journ. Bot. 1878, 325. Root-fibres 

 wiry, not bearing tubers ; neck crowned with a dense ring of fibres. 

 Produced leaves firm, linear, glabrous, 4-6 in. long, ] in. broad. 

 Peduncle slender, leafless, terete, as long as the leaves. Raceme long, 

 lax, simple or deeply forked, finally (J-8 in. long; pedicels very short, 

 articulated at the middle, lower 3-4-nate ; bracts minute. Perianth 



