528 cxL. LiLiACEiE (baker). [Eiicomis, 



embryo cylindrical. — Rootstock a large tunicated bulb. Leaves all 

 radical, oblong or lorate. Inflorescence a dense raceme, crowned with a 

 coma of reduced leaves. Flowers greenish. 

 Species 10, the others all South African. 



1. E. zambesiaca, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1886, xxv. 9. Bulb 

 large, globose. Leaves sessile, lorate, subobtuse, 1-2 ft. long, lJ-2 in. 

 broad above the middle, narrowed gradually to the base, scarcely at all 

 crisped, not spotted or striped on the back. Peduncle terete, unspotted, 

 ()-9 in. long. Raceme dense, oblong, 4-8 in. long; pedicels short, 

 erecto-patent ; bracts small, ovate. Perianth green, J in. long. 

 Stamens half as long as the perianth. Style as long as the globose 

 ovary. Capsule globose, obtusely trigonous, J in. diam. 



IWEozaml). X>lst. British Central Africa : Nyasalaud; Mambane, 6000 ft., ^tVA: / 

 Mount Zomba, 5000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Johnston ! and without precise locality, 

 Buchanan ! 



First flowered in England by Messrs. Wallace of Colchester in November 1880. 



23. ALBUCA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, iii. 809. 



Perianth pollyphyllous ; outer segments oblong, spreading at the 

 apex; inner connivent, cucullate at the apex. Stamens 6, hypogynous, 

 as long as the inner segments ; filaments flattened or filif orn^; anthers 

 oblong, all perfect or the 3 outer abortive. Ovary oblong, 3-celled, 

 sessile ; ovules many, superposed ; style triquetrous or filiform ; stigma 

 usually 3-lobed. Capsule locuHcidally 3-valved. Seeds numerous, 

 compressed; testa membranous, black; albumen fleshy; embryo cylin- 

 drical. — Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves all radical, linear or 

 terete. Inflorescence a cylindrical or corymbose raceme; pedicels 

 sometimes long; bracts persistent, membranous. Flowers large, white 

 or yellow; segments with a broad keel of green or red-brown. 



Species about 50, the others all South African except one Arabian species. The 

 subgenus Eualhuca is not represented in Tropical Africa. 



*Falconeea. Style triquetrous, not longer than the 



ovary. Stamens all with perfect anthers. 

 Perianth about \ in. long. 



Bracts small . . . . . . . . \. A. myogaloides. 



Bracts very large . . . , . . . 2. A. longihracteata. 

 Perianth f-1 in. long. 



Leaves \-\ in. broad . . . . . . 3. ^. caudata. 



Leaves f-1 in. broad . . . . . .4.-4. nyikensis. 



**Pallastema. Style subulate, usually longer than the 

 ovary. Stamens all with perfect anthers. 

 Perianth segments white, keeled with green. 

 Pedicels all short. 



Perianth about \ in. long. 



Leaves subulate . . , . , ,5.-4. suhspicata. 

 Leaves linear. 



Bracts lanceolate-subulate . . . .6.-4. galeata. 



Bracts ovate-acuminate . . . .7.-4. iayloriana. 



