r>18 CXL. LiLiACEff: (baker). [Dijjcadi, 



face, G-8 in. long, 1 lin. diam. low down. Peduncle slender, as long as 

 the leaves. Raceme very lax, | ft. long ; pedicels short, ascending ; 

 bracts linear, the lower h-h in. long. Perianth green ; tube oblong, 

 J in. long ; inner segments as long as the tube ; outer slightly longer, 

 falcate, flat, not caudate. Anthers linear, |^ in. long ; filaments very 

 short. Capsule quadrate, -\ in. diam. 



Mozamb. Sist. Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta, between Mambucha 

 and Vicenti, Scoff ! 



2. D. durandianuxn, Schinz in Bur. & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v» 

 374. Bulb globose, ^-| in. diam. ; outer tunics white. Leaves many 

 to a bulb, filiform, very slender, erect, 3-10 in, long. Peduncle slender, 

 14-2 ft. long. Kaceme very lax, secund, 0-8-flowered ; pedicels arcuate, 

 ascending, ^-J in. long ; bracts large, ovate, cuspidate, deciduous. 

 Perianth green ; tube oblong-cylindrical, \ in. long ; inner segments 

 linear, as long as the tube ; outer scarcely longer, linear- complicate, 

 falcate or spreading. Anthers oblong, subsessile at the throat of the 

 perianth -tube. Capsule oblong, subsessile, obtusely angled, 4 in. long. 

 1). bakerianum, Schinz in Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Branden. xxxi. 217, 

 not of Bolus. 



^ower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Amboland ; near Olukonda 

 Schinz, 7 1 410 ! Rav.fanen, 103. 



3. D. unifolium, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 399. Bulb 

 globose, J-J in. diam. ; outer tunics dull brown. Leaf single, linear, 

 erect, glabrous, 6-7 in. long, clasping the base of peduncle for some 

 distance. Peduncle slender, rather shorter than the leaf. Raceme 

 laxly 3-G-flowered ; pedicels very short ; bracts very small, lanceolate. 

 Perianth green ; tube oblong, ^ in. long; inner segments flat, as long 

 as the tube ; outer complicate, rather longer than the inner. Anthers 

 subsessile. Ovary sessile. — Uropetdlum tacazzeanum var. angustifoliunVy 

 Schweinf. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 399. 



irile ]Lancl. Galabat : left bank of the River Gendua, Schioeinfurth, 23 ! 



4. D. platyphyllum, Baker. Stem- slender, glabrous, 6-9 in. long, 

 bearing from above the base a single sheathing lanceolate leaf, 0-9 in. 

 long, 1 in. broad, glabrous on the surface, much crisped towards the 

 margin and ciliate with long white hairs. Raceme lax, 3-4 in. long in 

 the flowering stage ; rhachis slender, pubescent ; pedicels cernuous, 

 pubescent, ^-\ in. long ; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth green ; tube 

 oblong, \ in. long ; inner segments oblong, as long as the tube ; outer 

 segments caudate, a little longer than the inner, not spreading. 

 Anthers sessile at the throat of the perianth-tube. Capsule oblong- 

 (juadrate, sessile. 



Mozaznb. 3>ist. British Central Africa : Ngamiland ; Kwebe, Lugard, 44 ! 



5. D. venenatum, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 42. 

 Bulb ovoid, IJ in. diam. Leaves linear, channelled, glabrous, fleshy, 

 5 in. long, -jV-J in. broad. Raceme lax, many-flowered ; pedicels ^-\ 



