Dipcadi.] CXL. LiLiACE.f: (baker). 519 



in. long ; bracts caudate, J in. long. Perianth yellowish-white, i in. 

 long. Anthers subsessile at the throat of the perianth -tube. 



Ziower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Amboland ; near Olukonda, 

 Rautanen, 126. 



No specimen at Kew. 



0. D. longifolium, Baker in Joum. Linn. Soc. xi. 397. Bulb 

 globose, 1 in. diam. ; outer tunics pale. Leaves S-6, linear, glabrous, 

 1-2 ft. long. Peduncle long, slender, fragile. Raceme very lax, 4-H- 

 flowered ; pedicels very short ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, \-^ in. long. 

 Perianth green, J in. long ; tube oblong ; segments of both rows as long 

 as the tube, the inner flat, the outer subcaudate. Anthers oblong, nearly 

 sessile. Capsule sessile, subglobose, \ in. diam. — Uropetcdum longi- 

 folium, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 974 ; Kunth, Enum. iv. 378. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe ; abundant on the plains of Uorin, 

 Barter, 3441 ! 



XVIozamb. Blst. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; opposite Sena, 

 Kirk ! Shupanga, Kirk ! Mozambique, Forbes ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; 

 valley of the River Shire, Meller ! 



7. D. fesoghlense. Baker. Bulb unknown. Leaves 2, narrowly 

 linear, (5-8 in. long, yV in. broad. Peduncle 4 in. long. Raceme laxly 

 many-flowered ; pedicels very short ;• bracts ovate, acuminate, the lower 

 J- J in. long. Perianth green, J in. long; inner segments as long as 

 the tube ; outer scarcely longer, with a tail -^^ in. long. Style shorter 

 than the ovary. — Uropetalum fesoghlense, Solms in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. 

 ^:thiop. 204. 



MTile Xiand. Upper Sennar : Fazokl, Cienkowsky. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



8. D. sansibaricum, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 142. Bulb globose. 

 Leaves narrowly linear, half as long as the scape. Raceme laxly 8-!)- 

 flowered ; pedicels short ; bracts ovate, acuminate. Perianth green, 

 J in. long ; segments linear, subobtuse. Capsule large for the genus, 

 h in. diam. 



Mozamb. Bist. Zanzibar : at Kunibeni, on coral line limestone, SiuhJmann. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



9. D. firmifoliuxn. Baker. Leaves narrowly linear, firm, erect, 

 glabrous, thick, deeply grooved, 1 ft. long, \ in. broad. Peduncle K-S 

 in. long, without any sheathing leaf. Raceme lax, many-flowered, ;')-4 

 in. long ; pedicels ascending, lower J-J in. long ; bracts green, pei sist^nt, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, lower above I in. long. Perianth-tube oblong- 

 cylindrical, I in. long ; inner segments oblong, nearly as long tu^ the 

 tube, green with a tinge of yellow ; outer caudate, spreading, slightly 

 longer than the outer. Stamens half as long as the inner segment* ; 

 filaments very short. Ovary shortly stipitate. 



IVIozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Ngarailand ; Kwebe, Lugard, 57 ! 



10. D. minimum, Webb, Phyt.Canar. iii. 841. Bulb ovoid, J- A in. 

 diam. ; outer tunics brown. Leaves 2-3, slender filiform, erect, glabrous, 



