Chlorophytum.'] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 509 



50. C. viridescens, Engl. PJl. Ost-Afr. C. 140. Leaves many, 

 linear, acuminate, complicate, IJ ft. long, \ in. broad at the middle] 

 closely ribbed, glabrous. Peduncle with panicle 3-:^ ft. long. Branches 

 of panicle lax, ascending ; bracts small, lanceolate ] pedicels 3- j-nate, 

 ^-f in. long, articulated above the base. Perianth cylindrical ; segments 

 linear, J in. long, greenish, with a 3-nerved green keel. Stamens mucli 

 shorter than the perianth; anthers oblong, small. Capsule obovoid, 

 acutely angled, pale green, J in. long. 



MCozamb. Bist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, below Marangu, 80fHJ ft. 

 Volkens, 2155 ! 



No specimen at Kew. The specimens distributed at Berlin under the name of 

 Cholorophi^tum viridescens, both in the Kew and British Museum Herbaria, belong to 

 a species of Schizoglossum ! 



51. C. polystachyum. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 32G. Root- 

 fibres cylindrical, fleshy ; neck crowned with a few bristles. Produced 

 leaves about to a stem, moderately firm, linear, glabrous, a foot long, 

 \-\ in. broad, not narrowed to the base. Peduncle leafless, terete, 

 glabrous, as long as the leaves. Racemes several, panicled, lax, erecto- 

 patent, the lower forked ; pedicels \-\ in. long, articulated at th«' 

 middle, the lower 3-4-nate; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth campanu- 

 late, I in. long ; segments green, with a white margin. Stamens nearly 

 as long as the perianth ; anthers minute, oblong. 



irile Ziand. Jur : Jur Ghattas, ScJiweinfurth, 1838 ! 



52. C. pubiflorum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 329. Root- 

 stock tuberous, horizontal ; root-fibres cylindrical. Leaves G-10 to a 

 stem, linear, glabrous, closely ribbed, moderately firm, 2-3 ft. long, 

 6-9 lin. broad, not narrowed to the base. Peduncle 2-3 ft. long, sub- 

 terete. Racemes 3-5, very lax, ascending, the end one 9-12 in. long; 

 bracts all small, ovate ; pedicels articulated at the middle, the lower 

 3-4-nate, finally J- J in. tong. Perianth greenish-white, pubescent, J in. 

 long ; segments linear-oblong, laxly o-nerved on the back. Stamens 

 nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers yV in. long, much shorter than 

 the filaments. Capsule \ in. long, \ in. diam. 



XVXozamb. Bist. German East Africa : banks of the Boruma River, Kirk ! 

 Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta, Kirk ! Shimwara Hills, near the mouth of 

 the River Shire, Kirk, 237 ! British East Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan, 191 ! 



Imperfectly -known species. 



53. C. Tinneae, Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xv. 333. Whole plant 

 quite glabrous. Root- leaves unknown. Peduncle very slender, \-\ ft. 

 long, bearing several linear reduced leaves. Raceme very lax, i ft. long; 

 bracts lanceolate, minute; pedicels very short, ascending, the lower 

 2-3-nate. Perianth 4 in. long ; segments oblong, 3-nerved on the keel. 

 Stamens rather shorter than the perianth ; anthers linear, twice as long 

 as the filaments. Ovules 12 in a cell. Chlorophi/tum sp. Kotschy k 

 Peyr. Plant. Tinn. 4G, t. 23 B. 



wile I.and. British East Africa : Jur, Miss Tinne. 



