Tulbaghia.] cxL. liliace^ (baker). 515 



than the leaves. Umbel o-flowered; spathe- valves lanceolate, j-J in. 

 long; pedicels as long as the spat he- valves. Perianth white, lin. 

 long ; segments lanceolate, as long as the oblong tube. Corona very 

 short, yellow, deeply lobed. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, TFeZiivV^oA, 275i'! 



2. T. Cameroni, Baker hi Journ. Bot. 1878, o21. Rootstock and 

 leaves not seen. Peduncle very slender, 5-6 in. long Flowers :)-4 in 

 an umbel ; spathe-valves lanceolate, ] in. long ; pedicels shorter than 

 the spathe-valves. Perianth-tube oblong, \ in. long ; segments lanceo- 

 late, as long as the tube. Corona campanulate, |- in. long, obscurely 

 and irregularly lobed. Anthers not exserted from the corona. 



nxozamb. Bist. Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! British Central Africa : North 

 Nyasaland and Upper Loangwa RiveJr, at Fort Young, Nicholson ! 



3. T. Bragae, Engl. Pfl. Ost. Afr. C. 141. Rootstock thick. 

 Leaves narrowly linear, J the length of the peduncle. Spathe-valves 

 lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the pedicels, which are longer than 

 the flowers. Perianth-segments rose-red, linear, J the length of the 

 tube. Corona lanceolate, subtruncate, orange-yellow, ^- as long as the 

 perianth-segments. Anthers exserted from the corona. 



IHozamb. 3>ist. Portuguese East Africa : Beira, Braga. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



4. T. alliacea, Thunb. Prodr. 60. Corm ovoid, l-\ in. diam. ; 

 outer tunics brown, membranous. Leaves narrowly linear, erect, J ft. 

 long. Peduncle slender, fragile, J-lJ ft. long. Flowers o-6 in an 

 umbel ; spathe-valves lanceolate or ovate, J-^ in. long; pedicels \-\ in. 

 long. Perianth-tube oblong, greenish, \ in. long ; segments lanceolate, 

 J as long as the tube. Corona cup-shaped, brownish, entire, I as long 

 as the perianth-sefi;ments. Anthers not exserted from the corona. — 

 Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 371, and in Fl. Cap. vi. 405. 



Mozamb. X>ist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, .Sco//- 

 Elliot ! and without precise locality, Bzichanan, 1334 ! 

 Also in South Africa. 



17. ALLIUM, Linn.; Benth et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, iii. ><02. 



Perianth polyphyllous ; segments 6, subequal, oblong or lanceolate, 

 spreading or permanently connivent. Stamens 6, attached to the Ixise 

 of the perianth-segments ; filaments subulate or flattened, or tricuspi- 

 date ; anthers oblong. Ovary globose, sessile or shortly stipitate, \^ev- 

 fectly or imperfectly 3-celled ; ovules usually '> in a cell ; style subulate ; 

 stigma minute. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds tri(|uet)-ouR ; 

 testa black, membranous ; albumen fleshy ; embryo cylindric^il.— Whole 

 plant smeUing of garlic. Rootstock bulbous or aubrhizomatous. Leaves 

 all radical, but often clasping the base of the stem for some distance. 

 Flowers small, white or coloured, usually numerous, umbellate. 



