520 CXL. LiLiACE^E (baker). [Dipccidi. 



2-3 in. long. Peduncle lJ-2 in. long. Raceme short, secund, 2-4- 

 flowered ; pedicels very short ; bracts lanceolate, lower ^ in. long. 

 Perianth green ; tube oblong, J in. long ; inner segments as long as the 

 tube ; outer rather longer, complicate, falcate. Anthers subsessile at 

 the throat of the tube. Ovary sessile. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 

 309; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 16G, Uropetalum minimum, 

 Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 326. 



Zrile Z>ancl. Abyssinia : Samen ; in dry mountain meadows, near Enjedcap, 

 Schimper, 1168 ! 



11. D. Welwitscliii, Bak&r 'in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 400. Bulb 

 globose, 1 in. diam. ; outer tunics pale. Leaves 2, narrowly linear, 

 complicate, glabrous, much shorter than the peduncle. Peduncle 

 slender, stiffly erect, G-8 in. long. Raceme lax, G-8-flowered ; pedicels 

 ascending, ^-\ in. long ; bracts ovate or lanceolate, small. Perianth 

 green; tube J in. long; inner segments linear, as long as the tube; 

 outer complicate, J in. longer than the inner. Anthers oblong, as long 

 as the filaments. Capsule sessile, globose, \ in. long. — Baker in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 246 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 167. 

 Uropetalum Welwitschii, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 16. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Hnilla ; subtemperate region, 3800-5500 ft., 

 Welwitsch, 3715 ! 



12. D. filifolium. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 322. Bulb globose, 

 i-| in. diam.; tunics dull brown. Leaves 2, subterete, firm, slender, 

 glabrous, nearly 1 ft. long. Peduncle slender, 1 ft. or more long. 

 Raceme very lax, 3-10-flowered ; pedicels short, erecto ■ patent ; bracts 

 obsolete or deciduous. Perianth fulvous-green ; tube oblong, J in. long ; 

 inner segments linear, as long as the tube ; outer complicate, |-^ in. 

 longer than the inner. Anthers oblong, nearly sessile at the throat of^ 

 the perianth-tube. Capsule J in. diam., shortly stipitate. 



irile Xiand. British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1947 ! 



13. D. arenarium. Baker. Bulb not seen. Leaves 7-8 to a 

 cluster, terete, very slender, moderately firm, glabrous, 5-6 in. long. 

 Peduncle slender, about as long as the leaves. Raceme lax, few-flowered ; 

 pedicels J in. long ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, the lower twice as long 

 as the pedicels. Perianth green ; tube oblong-cylindrical, ^ in. long ; 

 inner segments very slender; outer subulate, \ in. longer than the 

 inner. Anthers subsessile. 



irile Xiand. British East Africa : Kikumbuliyu : at Kenani, in dry sandy soil, 

 Scott.JElHot, 6246 ! 



14. D. tacazzeanum. Baker m Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 400. Bulb 

 globose, 1 in. diam.; tunics pale. Leaves 2-3, linear, flat, glabrous, 

 3-4 in. long. Peduncle slender, 6-9 in. long. Raceme laxly 6-12- 

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

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

 truncate, as long as the tube ; outer ^^ in. longer, subulate, falcate. 



