.] CXL. LILIACEJ5 (bAKEr). 513 



narrowed gradually to the acuminate apex and sheathintr base, 

 obscurely ciliated on the edge. Peduncle stiffly erect, 3 ft. long, 

 bearing a few reduced leaves, pubescent upwards. Raceme subspicate, 

 cylindrical, J-1 ft. long ; bracts lanceolate, the lower large. Flowers 

 clothed in the early stage with golden pubescence. Perianth J in. 

 long; segments oblong, white, with a red-brown keel. Stamens as 

 long as the perianth ; anthers longer than the filaments. Style much 

 exserted. — Chlorophytum {Dasystachya) aureum, Engl. Jahrb. xv. 4G9. 



ITile land. British East Africa : Jur ; Kurshook Ali's Seriba, Schweinfurth, 

 1504 ! Niamniam, Schweinfurth, 3570 ! 3752 ! 



11. D. caxnpanulata. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 

 256, t. 3b,Ji(/s. 1-4. Rootstock oblique, tuberous; root-fibres many, 

 slender. Root-leaves 5-6, with a long sheathing base and a moderately 

 firm glabrous lanceolate blade, 1-1 J ft. long, an inch broad at the 

 middle. Peduncle stiffly erect, terete, 3-4 ft. long, bearing several 

 adpressed reduced leaves. Raceme simple, dense, subspicate, cylin- 

 drical, 3-6 in. long ; bracts setaceous from a lanceolate base, the lower 

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

 1 -nerved brown keel. Stamens as long as the perianth ; anthers 

 shorter than the filaments. Capsule ^ in. long. — Chlorophytum cam- 

 panulatum, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 161. 



Jao-wer Guinea. Augola; Huilla ; between Lopollo and Lake Ivantalla, 

 Welwitsch, 3783 ! 



12. D. debiliSy Baker, Produced leaves 4, thin, erect, linear, 

 glabrous, ^-1 ft. long, \-\ in. broad low down, tapering gradually 

 to a long point. Peduncle very slender, leafless, subterete, much 

 shorter than the leaves, pubescent upwards. Raceme dense, subspicate, 

 1-1 J in. long; bracts small, linear. Perianth campanulate, \ in. long; 

 segments oblong-lanceolate, white, the 1 -nerved keel greenish towards 

 the tip. Stamens much exserted ; anthers linear, J in. long. 



BKozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! 



13. D. Grantiiy Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 789. Root-fibres many, 

 cylindrical; neck crowned with copious bristles. Produced leaves 3, 

 erect, lanceolate, moderately firm, glabrous on the surface, ciliated on 

 the margin, a foot long, f in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually 

 to the apex and the sheathing base. Peduncle glabrous, leafless, J ft. 

 long. Raceme dense, subspicate, 3-4 in. long; bracts rea,"" Marge, 

 setaceous. Perianth campanulate, \ in. long; segments oblong, 

 whitish, with a brown keel. Stamens exserted ; anthers linear-oblong, 

 much shorter than the filaments. Style much exserted. — Cirsia 

 africana, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 160, t. 103 A. 



MEozamb. Dlst. German East Africa: Unyamwezi ; RubugWH, in bo-gy 

 ground, 4000 ft., Speke Sf Grant ! 



Var. jS Engleri, Baker. Leaves 2 ft. or more long. Peduncle longer tlian the 

 leaves, bearing several reduced leaves. — Chlorophytum africanum, Engl. Jahrb. xv. 

 470, excl. syn. 



Mozamb. Uist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Gonda, Boh'n, 18, 162. 



