Dasystachys.'] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 511 



fibres. Produced leaves o, linear, erect, glabrous, moderately firm, 

 !-li ft. long, \-h in. broad at the middle, sheathing the stem at the 

 base. Peduncle leafless, glabrous, :>-12 in. long. Raceme dense 

 usually simple, subspicate, 8-6 in. long ; rhachis sulcate, pubescent ; 

 bracts subulate from a dilated base, \-\ in long. Perianth ciimpanu- 

 late, \ in. long; segments lanceolate, white with a brown keel. 

 Stamens as long as the perianth; anthers linear, \ in. long. Style 

 much exserted. Capsule \ in diam. — Bot. Mag. t. 7580. Anthericum 

 drimiopsis, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 301. 



IMEozamb. Bist. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; at Sliupanga. in 

 damp places, Kirk ! and between Lupata and Tete, Kirk ! British Central Africa : 

 Northern Zambesia ; Boruma, Meni/harth, 923! Nyasaland ; Sliire Highlands, 

 Buchanan, 110 ! between Kondowe and Karonga, Whyte ! plateau of Mount Zomba, 

 5000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 



o. D. polyphylla. Baker. Stem 2 in. long below the rosette 

 of leaves, clothed with the copious fibrous relics of old leaves. Leaves 

 8-9 in a rosette, erect, linear, moderately firm, glabrous, 1-H ft. long, 

 h in. broad at the middle, tapering grad\ially to the acuminate apex and 

 clasping base. Peduncle leafless, glabrous, nearly as long as the leaves. 

 Raceme 4 in. long, dense, cylindrical, with a short fork at the 

 base ; pedicels very short ; bracts small, ovate or lanceolate scariose. 

 Perianth campanulate, ^ in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, keeled 

 with brown. Stamens not exserted. Capsule \ in. diam. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Mount Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., John- 

 ston ! 



4. D. crassifolia. Baker. Root of many slender fibres; neck 

 crowned with a ring of bristles. Rudimentary leaves spotted on the 

 back with claret-purple. Produced leaves linear, thick, rigid, glabrous, 

 a foot long, strongly nerved and keeled. Peduncle simple, flexuose, 

 H-2 ft. long, bearing 2-3 reduced leaves. Raceme dense, subspicate, 

 3 in. long; bracts subulate from a dilated base, \-h in. long. Perianth 

 campanulate, J in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, white with a 

 1-nerved brown keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; anthei-s 

 small, oblong. Style much exserted. 



ncozamb. Sist. German East Africa : between Lake Kukwa and Lake Tan- 

 ganyika, 6000 ft., Nutt ! British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, 5250 ft., Nutt I 



5. D. densiflora. Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 470. Leaves 

 ascending, glabrous, lanceolate, 2-4 in. long, \-\ in. broad at the 

 middle, crisped at the margin. Peduncle shorter than the leaves, 

 simple or forked, pubescent. Raceme dense, oblong, subspicate, 1^-2 

 in. long ; pedicels very short ; bracts large, lanceolate. Perianth 

 campanulate, J in. long; segments oblong, keeled with red brown. 

 Stamens as long as the perianth. — Chlwophytitm densifiorinn^ i^ngl. 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 470. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Malange, 2V»*cc, 313! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



