Drimia.] cxl. liliace.e (b\ker). 527 



lanceolate ; pedicels as long as the flowers, purple. Perianth purple, 

 J in. long ; segments narrowly linear, rather dilated at the base, 

 Stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments; filaments tiliform. 

 Ovary deeply 3-lobed ; style exserted. 



Wile I.and. British East Africa: Ukamba, Hildehrandt, 2614! 



No specimen at Kew. 



7. D. Hildebrandtii, Baker in Enyl. Jahrh. xv. 474. Bulb 

 globose, above 1 in diam. Leaves 5-6, contemporary with the flowers, 

 oblong-lanceolate, spotted, glabrous, 7-8 in. long, IJ-lJ in. broad. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves. Raceme lax, cylindrical, 5-0 in. long; 

 bracts deltoid, minute; pedicels as long as the flowers. Perianth i in. 

 long; tube campanulate ; segments linear. Stamens as long as *^ the 

 perianth-segments. Capsule depresso-globose, acutely angled. 



Nile I.and. British East Africa : Mombasa, J^? Wei ra^rf^ 2001 ! 2017! 



8. D. brevifolia^ Baker. Bulb ovoid, :3 in. diam., composed 

 of many thick oblong scales. Leaves contemporary with tlie flowers, 

 oblong-lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, an inch broad, erect, sessile, acute, 

 narrowed to the base, membranous, glabrous. Peduncle erect, fragile, 

 C-9 in. long. Raceme lax, 6-9 in. long ; bracts obsolete ; pedicels 

 J-| in. long, articulated at the apex; upper flowers small, campanulate, 

 sterile. Perianth whitish, oblong-cylindriciil, \ in. long; tube short; 

 segments linear, complicate. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth ; 

 filaments subulate, bright mauve-purple; anthers small, oblong. Cap- 

 sule globose, \ in. diam. 



XTile Itand. Somaliland : near the River Daua, at Dolo, Rira, 1251 ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



9. D. laxiflora. Baker m Joiirn. Linn. Soc. xi. 422. Bulb and 

 leaves unknown. Peduncle slender, fragile, 15-18 in. long. Raceme 

 very lax, 6-8 in. long, 10-15-flowered; bracts minute; lower pedicels 

 J-J in. long. Perianth 4-4J lin. long, reddish-brown ; tube campanu- 

 late ; segments oblong, twice as long as the tube. Stamens nearly 

 as long as the perianth-segments ; filaments flattened, twice as long as 

 the anthers. Style slightly exserted. 



XVIozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Quiliniane, Kirk ! 



22. EUCOMIS, L'Herit.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 Plant, iii. 813. 



Perianth campanulate, polyphyllous, persistent; segment.s oblong, 

 subequal, spreading, connate only at the very base. Stamens C, shorter 

 than the perianth, attached to the base of the segments; fllaments 

 subulate from a dilated base; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary glol>ose, 

 sessile, 3-celled; ovules many, biseriate ; style short, subulate; stigma 

 capitate, minute. Capsule globose, loculicidally ;;-valved. Seeds 

 turgid or rather compressed; testa black or brown; albumen nn.i : 



