522 cxL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Dipcudi, 



linear, glabrous, 1-1 i ft. long, J-J in. broad. Peduncle slender, as 

 long as the leaves. Kaceme lax, secund, 2-6 in. long ; pedicels ascend- 

 ing, the lower 6-1) lin long ; bracts lanceolate, -|— |- in. long. Perianth 

 brick-red colour ; tube oblong ; inner segments linear, ^ in. long, outer 

 caudate, h in. long. Anthers subsessile at the throat of the perianth- 

 tube. Capsule sessile. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 167. 



Iiower Guinea. Arxgola : Huilla ; subtemperate region, 3800-5500 ft., Wei- 

 witsch, 3716 ! 3717 ! 



19. D. lanceolatum. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 322. Bulb not 

 seen. Leaves 4-5, lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, \-\ in. 

 broad. Peduncle moderately stout, 8-18 in. long. Raceme very lax, 

 ^-1 ft. long; pedicels very short, erecto-patent ; bracts linear, the 

 lower J- J in. long. Perianth green ; tube oblong, \-\ in. long ; inner 

 segments flat, rather longer than the tube ; outer complicate, \-\ in. 

 longer than the inner. Stamens reaching half-way up the inner seg- 

 ments. Ovary oblong, sessile. 



Wile Iiand. Bongo : Gir, Schweinfurth, 1782 ! 



&» 



20. D. magnum, Baker. Leaves thin, lanceolate, 1-1 J ft. Ion 

 2 in. broad at the middle, glabrous on the margin. Peduncle stiffly erect, 

 IJ ft. long. Raceme lax, l-lj ft. long; pedicels spreading or ascend- 

 ing, lower 1 \-l in. long ; bracts minute, linear, deciduous. Perianth- 

 tube \ in. long; segments oblong, nearly as long as the tube, yellow 

 with a broad green keel; outer caudate, green, spreading, \-\ in. long. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the inner segments; anthers as long as the 

 flattened filaments. Ovary quadrate, sessile. 



XVXozaxnb. Bist. British Central Africa : Ngamiland ; Kwebe, Lugard, 88 ! 



21. D. clarkeanum, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Branden. xxxi. 

 218. Bulb large, globose ; outer tunics white. Leaves 3, lorate, obtuse^ 

 glabrous, J-1 ft. long, above an inch broad. Peduncle stout, stiflly 

 erect, IJ ft. long. Raceme long, very lax ; pedicels very short; bracts 

 minute or deciduous. Perianth green ; tube oblong, ^ in. long; inner 

 segments linear, twice as long as the tube ; outer linear complicate, 

 falcate, ^-J in. longer than the inner. Anthers sessile at the throat of 

 the tube. Capsule quadrate, J in. long, | in. diam. 



Ziower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland ; Zwartbank Berg^ 

 Stapff. 



Also in South Africa. 



22. D. longibracteatum, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Branden. 

 xxxi. 218. Bulb globose, 2 in. diam. ; outer tunics pale. Leaves 5,. 

 lorate, glabrous, 1 ft. long, 1-1 1 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to a clasping base. Peduncle robust, \h ft. long. Raceme 

 dense, 4 in. long; lower pedicels deflexed, J-| in. long ; bracts lanceo- 

 late, white, scariose, protruding beyond the buds. Perianth green: 

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



