Bipcadi.] cxl. liliace^e (baker). 521 



Anthers sessile at the throat of the perianth-tube. Capsule subglobose, 

 sessile. — Martelli, Fl. Bogos. 85 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 

 App. ii. 76. Uropetalum tacazzeanum, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 325. 



irile land. Eritrea : Bogos, Beccari, 111 ! near Saati, 480-970 ft., Schwein- 

 furth ^ Riva, 50, 52 ; and at Ginda, 3000 ft., Schweinfurth Sf Rita, 189. Abyssinia: 

 at the foot of the mountains in the valley of the River Tacazze, Schimper, 1696 ! 

 British East Africa : Jur ; Abu Guroon's Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1559! 



U. (?) depressum, A. Rich. loc. cit., of which the flowers are unknown, a native 

 of Abyssinia, is said to differ from tacazzeanum by having 4—5 longer, broader leave*, 

 and a more acutely-angled capsule. 



15. D. oxylobum. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. '2, Bot. i. 24(1. 

 Bulb subglobose, J-| in. diam. ; outer tunics pale. Leaves 2, narrowly 

 linear, complicate, glabrous, 4-6 in. long. Peduncle slender, 6-9 in. 

 long. Baceme lax, subsecund, 5-10-flowered ; pedicels short; bracts 

 ovate, cuspidate, lower \-\ in. long. Perianth green tinged with 

 cinnamon-red ; tube oblong, \ in. long ; inner segments Hat, i-ather 

 longer than the tube; outer complicate, falcate, J-^ in. longer than 

 the inner. Anthers nearly sessile at the throat of the perianth-tube. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Puugo Andongo ; subtemperate region, 2400-3800 ft,, 

 Welwitsch, 3714! 3716! 



16. D. occidentale, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 110. Bulb 

 globose, 1-2 in. diam. ; outer tunics whitish. Leaves 2-3 to a bulb, 

 linear, glabrous, J-1 ft. long. Peduncle slender, 5-6 in. long. Raceme 

 very lax, 3-6 -flowered ; pedicels very short, erecto-patent ; bracts ovat«, 

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

 inner segments linear-oblong, nearly as long as the tube; outer linear, 

 complicate, \ in. longer than the inner. Anthers linear-oblong, ^V in. 

 long, exceeding the filaments. 



XTpper Guinea. Sierra Leone : by the Scarcies River, near Wallia ; on hard 

 dry laterite, Scott-Elliot, 4840 ! Interior of Western Lagos, Rowland ! 



17. D. comosuxn, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 

 247, t. S4:,Jlgs. 1-3. Bulb large, depresso-^lobose, bulbilliferous at the 

 base; outer tunics light red. Leaves linear, glabrous, channelled 

 down the face, 2 ft. long, J-J in. broad low down. Peduncle .•5-4 ft. 

 long. Raceme lax, 30-60-flowered, lh-2 ft. long; lower flowers per- 

 fect, many upper imperfect ; lower pedicels J-J in. long ; bracts lanceo- 

 late. Perianth green, 8-9 lin. long ; tube oblong ; inner segments Jis 

 long as the tube; outer rather longer, falcate, distinctly caudate. 

 Perianth of upper imperfect flowers reduced to 3 long entirely filiform 

 segments. — Engl. Hochebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 167. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; near Lopollo, on sandy hills in the sub- 

 temperate region, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 3732! and without precise K)c;ility, 

 Antunes ! 



18. D. lateritium, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. i. 247. Bulb globose, j-1 in. diam. ; tunics whitish. Leaves 2-4, 



