526 cxL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [DHmia. 



erect, l|-2 ft. long. Raceme lax, cylindrical, 3-6 in. long; pedicels 

 J— J in. long ; bracts linear, J in. long. Perianth red-brown, J in. 

 long ; tube campanulate ; segments linear, 3 times the length of tube. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the segments ; filaments filiform ; anthers 

 subglobose, minute. Style not overtopping the anthers. 



XVEozam1>. 3>ist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba, 3000- 

 .5000 ft.. Kirk ! 



?>. D. Fischeri, Baker. Bulb oblong, 1 in. diam. ; outer tunics 

 pale, rigid. Leaves 3, contemporary with the flowers, erect, the two 

 outer oblong, 3-4 in. long, under an inch broad, the inner lanceolate, 

 narrowed to the base, membranous, glabrous. Peduncles 2 to a bulb, 

 erect, fragile, above a foot long. Raceme moderately dense, cylin- 

 drical, 3-4 in. long; bracts obsolete; pedicels short, articulated at the 

 apex, the lower recurved. Perianth permanently campanulate, ^ in. 

 long ; tube short ; segments oblong, flat, brownish-white. Stamens 

 shorter than the perianth; anthers small, oblong. Ovary globose; style 

 short. 



XMCozamb* Slst. German East Africa, Fischer, 325 ! 



No specimen at Kew. 



4. D. Barter!, Baker in Journ. Liiin. Soc. xi. 423. Bulb large, 

 globose. Leaves unknown, not contemporary with the flowers. 

 Peduncle stifily erect, moderately stout, .1 J ft. long. Raceme lax, 

 above 2 ft. long, 18-21 lin. diam.; bracts minute; pedicels spreading, 

 J-J in. long, articulated at the apex. Perianth ^ in. long ; tube very 

 short; segments flat, linear-oblong with a pale margin and brown keel. 

 Stamens half as long as the perianth-segments; filaments short, 

 flattened. Capsule subglobose, deeply lobed, acutely angled, J in. 

 diam. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, Barter, 1183 ! 

 A connecting link between Drimia and Urginea. 



5. D. Colese, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7565. Bulb large, globose. 

 Leaves contemporary with the flowers, oblong, 5-6 in. long, 2J in. 

 broad at the middle, glabrous, fleshy, spotted with dark green on a pale 

 green ground. Peduncle spotted, shorter than the leaves. Raceme 

 lax, 5-6 in. long ; bracts minute ; pedicels shorter than the flowers. 

 Perianth green, J in. long; tube campanulate; segments linear, re- 

 flexed. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth segments; filaments 

 bright mauve-purple ; anthers minute. Style overtopping the anthers. 



srile Iiand. British Somaliland : Golis Range, Miss Edith Cole ! 

 Described from living plants that flowered October 1896. 



6. D, angustitepala, Engl. Jahrh. xv. 475. Bulb ovoid, nearly 

 1 in. diam. Leaves contemporary with the flowers, oblong, narrowed 

 gradually to the base, 3—4 in. long, nearly IJ in. broad. Peduncle 2-3 

 times the length of the leaves. Raceme lax, 4 in. long; bracts small, 



