Alhuca.] CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). 531 



long. Raceme laxly 10-12-flowered, cylindrical, 4-5 in. long; lower 

 pedicels J in. long; bracts ovate, acuminate, as long as the pedicels. 

 Perianth J in. long; segments greenish-white, with a broad 7-nerved 

 purple keel. Anthers oblong, all fertile; filaments linear-subulate. 

 Style subulate, more than twice the length of the ovary. 



Nile Xiand. British East Africa: Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, at Jouivu, 

 Tai/lor ! 



AKozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : between U>ui and the coast, at Mirana- 

 kidiri-Porani, Taylor ! 



8. A. Fleckii, Schinz in Bull. Herh. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 40. 

 Bulb ovoid-globose, 3-4 in. diam. Leaves lanceolate, acute, J ft. long, 

 concave in the lower part of the face. Raceme cylindrical, 1 ft. long ; 

 pedicels J in. long; bracts linear-lanceolate, cuspidate, \ in. long. 

 Perianth f in. long; segments oblong, whitish, \ in. broad. Stamens 

 all feptile; alternate filaments auricled at the base. Style nearly \ in. 

 long. 



Iiower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland; between Horn 

 Krantz and the Gans Bergen, on granite, Fleck, 137. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



9. A. AUense, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1888, iii. 10. Bulb 

 globose, 2 in. diam.; outer tunics pale brown. Leaves about G, 

 ensiform, fleshy, bright green, glabrous, 1-lJ ft. long, lJ-2 in. broad. 

 Peduncle stiflBy erect, 3-4 ft. long. Raceme lax, cylindrical, a foot 

 long; pedicels ascending, the lower under 1 in. long: bracts 

 lanceolate, acuminate; upper protruding beyond the buds. Perianth 

 white, f in. long ; segments oblong, broadly keeled with green ; inner 

 spreading at the tip in the expanded flower. Filaments linear, sharply 

 constricted above a quadrate base; anthers oblong, all perfect. Style 

 subulate, J in. long ; stigma capitate. 



3IIozaxnl>> Dlst. Zanzibar, cultivated specimen received in December 1887, 

 from Sir C. W. Strickland ! British Central Africa : North Nyasaland, Whyte ! 



10. A. Wakefieldii, ^aA;er in Bot. Mag. L 6429. Bulb ovoid, 

 1^ in. diam.; tunics membranous, pale brown. Leaves 4-5, erect 

 linear, 1-1 J ft. long, 1 in. broad low down. Peduncle terete, longer 

 than the leaves. Raceme very lax, cylindrical, 10-12-flowered; 

 pedicels ascending, the lower under 1 in. long ; bracts small, 

 lanceolate. Perianth 1 in. long; segments oblong, white with a 

 broad green keel. Anthers all perfect; filaments panduriform in the 

 lower half. Ovary oblong; style subulate, more than twice as long 

 as the ovary. — Regel, Gartenfl. t. 1031; A. Blwesi, Regel, Descr. vii. 

 252 



Nile Iiand. British Somaliland, Miss Edith Cole ! British East Africa : near 

 Mombasa, cultivated specimen, Wakefield ! 



Mozamb. 3>lst. German East Africa : Usagara Mountains, Hannington ! 

 Lake Nyassa, Hort. Strickland ! 



Introduced into cultivation by the Rev. T. Wakefield. 



