512 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Dasystachys. 



0. D. decorata, Baker. Root densely crowned with fibres.. 

 Rudimentary leaves lanceolate, with many transverse bands of red 

 brown. Produced leaves 3-4, with long clasping base and a lanceolate 

 thin glabrous blade a foot or more long, an inch broad, not ciliated on 

 the edge. Peduncle terete, 2-3 ft. long, bearing several reduced leaves. 

 Raceme simple, cylindrical, 6-8 in. long ; pedicels very short ; bracts 

 subulate from an ovate base, the lower an inch long. Perianth white, 

 \ in. long; segments oblong, with a 1 -nerved keel. Stamens included; 

 anthers small, oblong. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, 5000 ft., Carson^ 

 26 of 1893 collection ! 



7. D. marginata. Baker. Rootstock thick, woody, annulate ; root- 

 fibres short; crown sparsely setose. Leaves 4, lanceolate, subacute, 

 glabrous on the surface, densely ciliated on the thickened edge, reaching 

 10 in. long, J-1 in. broad. Peduncle naked, leafless, subterete, 5-6 in. 

 long. Racenie dense, oblong, cylindrical, 2 J in. long ; bracts subulate, 

 lower 8-9 lin. long. Perianth \ in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, 

 with a brown central rib. Anthers oblong, ^^ in. long. — Chlorophytum 

 (Dasystachys) marginatum, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 422. 



IHozaxnb. Dlst. German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; Uyui, Tat/lor ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



8. D. pleiostachya, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 255. 

 Rootstock a globose tuber, with many slender root-fibres. Leaves 3-4, 

 with a long sheathing base and a lanceolate glabrous coriaceous blade 

 8-12 in. long, |-| in. broad, with close raised veins. Peduncle stiffly 

 erect, terete, 2-3 ft. long, with several small reduced leaves. Racemes 

 1-3, dense, subspicate, 6-9 in. long, J in. diam. ; bracts setaceous from 

 an ovate base, \-^ in. long. Perianth campanulate, J in. long; 

 segments linear-oblong, white. Stamens as long as the perianth. 

 Capsule ^ in. diam. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; on the banks of the River Cuanza, 

 Welwitsch, 3785 ! 



9. D. falcata. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 256. 

 Rootstock tuberous, horizontal ; root-fibres slender. Leaves 6^8, 

 lanceolate, falcate, thin, glabrous, 6-9 in. long, |-1 in. broad at the 

 middle. Peduncle l|^-2 ft. long, tinged with red, bearing many 

 reduced leaves. Raceme simple, subspicate, dense, 3-4 in. long in the 

 flowering stage ; pedicels very short ; bracts setaceous. Perianth 

 white, J in. long ; segments oblong. Stamens as long as the perianth ; 

 anthers linear, ^ in. long, as long as the filaments. — Chloroj^hytum 

 falcatum, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 161. 



IiO\irer Guinea. Angola: Kuillaj Morro de Lopollo, in rocky place?, TFeZ«oi75c^, 

 3793! 



10. D. aurea, Baker. Leaves 5-6 to a stem, erect, linear, 

 moderately firm, glabrous, 2-2J ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, 



