Albuca. 



CXL. LILIACE^ (baker). 



520 



Pei'ianth about f in. long. 

 Leaves \ ft. long 

 Leaves 1-1^ ft. long 

 Perianth 1 in. long 

 Lower pedicels 1^ in. long 

 Perianth-segments yellow, keeled with green, 

 Perianth \ in. long. 



Leaf terete, usually solitary . 

 Leaves linear, 3-4 

 Perianth ^ in. long. 

 Leaves very short 

 Leaves long, linear. 

 Bracts small 

 Bracts 1-1^ in. long 

 Perianth 1-1^ in. long. 

 Leaves \-\ in. broad. 

 Bracts small 



Lower bracts 1-1|^ in. long 

 Leaves 1 in, or more broad. 

 Pedicels all short. 



Bracts lanceolate, acuminate 

 Bracts linear from an ovate base 

 Lower pedicels 1 in. long 

 Perianth-segments pale green with a narrow pale 



Colour of flowers uncertain .... 



. 8. A. Fleckii. 



. 9. A. Alienee. 



. 10. A. Wakefieldii. 



. 11. A. Donaldsoni. 



. 12. A. monophylla. 

 . 13. A. Buchanani. 



. 14. A. hereroensis, 



. 15. A. Melleri. 

 . 16. A. abyssinica. 



. 17. A. Lnqardi. 



. 18. A. Schweinfurthii. 



. 19. A. chlorantha. 



. 20. A. angolensis. 



. 21. A. Bainesii. 



border 22. A. Schinzii. 



23. A. purpurascens. 



24. A. Fischeri. 



25. A. Steudneri. 



1. A. myogaloides, Welw. ex Baker in Traris. Linn. Soc. scr. 2, 

 Bot. i. 250. Bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam. ; outer tunics brown, bristly at the apex. 

 Leaves 3-4, erect, narrowly linear, glabrous, 1-2 ft. long, \-\ in. broad. 

 Peduncle slender, 1-lJ ft. long. Raceme lax, 6-1 2- flowered ; flowers 

 erect ; pedicels ascending ; lower 2-3 in. long ; bracts lanceolate ; lower 

 G-9 lin. long. Perianth |^-| in. long; segments white, with a broad 

 green or red-brown keel. Anthers all perfect. Style triquetrous, as 

 long as the ovary. Capsule oblong, as long as the perianth. — Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 166. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; Morro de Monino, on high rocks in the sub- 

 temperate region, Welivitsch, 3840 ! 



Nearly allied to A. caudata, Jacq. 



2. A. longibracteata, Engl. Jahrh. xv. 472. Bulb and leaf 

 unknown. Raceme 8 in. long, dense, many-flowered ; lower pedicels 

 J in. long ; bracts filiform from a lanceolate base ; lower 3-4 in. long. 

 Perianth J in. long ; segments oblong, mth a broad green keel. 

 Anthers all perfect ; filaments lanceolate, three times the length of the 

 anthers. Ovary ovoid, rather shorter than the style. 



urile I.ana. British East Africa : Ukamba ; Kitui, Hildebrandf, 2646. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



3. A. caudata, Jacq. Ic. t. 442. Bulb globose, 2-3 in. diam. 

 Leaves 4-6, linear, glabrous, 1 ft. long, J-J in. broad. Peduncle 



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