530 cxL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Alhuca. 



1-1 J ft. long. Eaceme deltoid, 6-15-flowered ; pedicels ascending; 

 lower 3-4 in. long; bracts lanceolate, J-1 in. long. Perianth | in. 

 long ; segments white, with a broad brown keel. Anthers all fertile; 

 filaments lanceolate-subulate. Style triquetrous, as long as the ovary ; 

 stigma 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, J in. long. — Baker in Saund. R-ef. 

 Bot. t. 45, and in Fl. Cap. vi. 458; Ornithogalum Xirkii, Baker in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xiii. 279. 



XVIozambft I>ist> Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi, at Shupanga, Kirk ! 

 British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; in woods between Blantyre and Matope, Scott ! 

 Mount Sochi, Scott-Elliot, 8615 ! Mlanje Plateau, McClounie ! 



Also in South Africa. 



4. A. nyikensis. Baker. Leaves linear, glabrous, tapering 

 gradually to the point, f-1 in. broad low down. Peduncle stout, 

 erect. Raceme lax, cylindrical, finally 1 ft. long; pedicels ascending; 

 lower lJ-2 in. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate; lower 1 in. long. 

 Perianth 1 ' in. long ; segments linear-oblong, white, with a many- 

 nerved brown keel. Stamens all perfect, rather shorter than the 

 perianth ; filaments linear, dilated at the base. Ovary oblong, \ in. 

 long ; style stout, rather longer than the ovary. Capsule oblong, | in. 

 long. 



IMtozainl). 3>ist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Nyika Plateau, 6000- 

 VOOO ft., Whyte, 246 ! 



5. A. subspicata. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 251. 

 Bulb subglobose, |-f in. diam.; outer tunics membranous, dull brown. 

 Leaves 3-4, erect, subulate, J-1 ft. long, 1 lin. diam. low down. 

 Peduncle flexuose, 4-6 in. long. Raceme 4-12-flowered, 2-4 in. long; 

 pedicels short, ascending ; lower \-\ in. long ; bracts lanceolate ; lower 

 J-J in. long. Perianth \ in. long; segments white, with a broad 

 green keel. Stamens all perfect ; anthers oblong ; filaments linear,- 

 subulate. Style subulate, reaching to the tip of the perianth ; stigma 

 capitate. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 166. 



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

 temperate region, Weltvitsch, 3839 ! 



6. A, galeata^ Wehv. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 

 251. Bulb small, ovoid; outer tunics brown, membranous. Leaves 

 linear, acuminate, lJ-2 ft. long, |-J in. broad, channelled down the 

 face. Peduncle slender, 1-2 ft. long. Raceme lax, 3-5 in. long; 

 pedicels erecto-patent; lower J in. long; bracts lanceolate-subulate, 

 \-^ in. long. Perianth J-f in. long; segments white, with a broad 

 green keel, the three upper subgaleate. Stamens all fertile ; anthers 

 oblong, ^ in. long; filaments linear-subulate. Style subulate, longer 

 than the ovary. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola ; in stony woods near Giucanda, Welwitsch, 3837 ! 



7. A. tayloriana, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 424. Bulb 

 ovoid, J in. diam. Leaves narrowly linear. Peduncle nearly 2 ft. 



