Albuca.] CXL. LiLiACEiE (baker). 585 



Peduncle moderately stout, rather overtopping the leaves. Raceme 

 dense, subcorymbose, 3 in. long ; pedicels erecto-patent, the lower U in. 

 long ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, the lower J in. long. Perianth | in. 

 long ; segments oblong, green, with a very narrow pale edge. Stamens 

 • shorter than the perianth ; filaments lanceolate. Style subulate, ^ in. 

 long. 



Xiower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland, Schinz ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



23. A. purpurascens, Engl. Jahrh. xv. 473. Bulb globose, 

 2J-3 in. diam., crowned with the bristly relics of the old leaves. 

 Leaves linear, 1-lJ ft. long. Peduncle rather longer than the leaves. 

 Raceme 10-15-flowered, 6-8 in. long ; pedicels erecto-patent, half as 

 long as the flowers ; bracts lanceolate, lower above J in. long. Perianth 

 J-J in. long ; segments linear-oblong, ^in. broad, with a broad purplish 

 keel. Stamens all fertile ; filaments lanceolate, 2-3 times the length 

 of the linear-oblong anthers. Ovary ovoid. Style subulate, twice the 

 length of the ovary. Capsule ovoid, \-\ in. long. 



Wile Xiand. British East Africa: Jur ; near Kurshook All's Seriba, Schtcein- 

 furth, 1659 ! Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2129 ! and the west bank of the River Jur, 

 Schweinfurth, 1504, 1522, 1907. Mittu ; Kuraggera, Schweinfurth, 2786! and 

 Dimindu, Schweinfurth, 3796. 



No specimen at Kew. 



24. A. Fischeri, Engl. Hochgehirgsfl. Troy. Afr. 165. Leaves 

 linear, acuminate, IJ ft. long, 1 in. broad at the middle. Peduncle 

 rather longer than the leaves. .. Raceme lax, 9-10 in. long ; pedicels 

 finally as long as the bracts ; bracts linear-subulate, J-^ in. long. 

 Perianth above J in. long; segments linear-oblong, J-J in. broad, with 

 a broad green keel. Stamens all fertile ; filaments linear-subulate from 

 a broad base. Style slender, 3 times the length of the ovary. Capsule 

 ovoid, above J in. long. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : at Wadiboma, August 1885, Fischer, 

 598 (ex Engler). Tlie locality intended is probably Kwedibonia, near Mgera, in Xguru 

 District. 



No specimen at Kew. 



25. A. Steudneri, Schweinf. d- Engl.in Engl.Jahrb. xv. 472. Bulb 

 above 1 in. diam. Leaves linear, 6-10 in. long, J- J in. broad low down. 

 Peduncle 1 ft. or more long. Raceme lax, 8-fO-flowered ; pedicels 

 erecto-patent, half as long as the flowers ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate ; 

 lower above \ in. long. Perianth above I in. long ; segments linear, 

 Jg- in. broad, with a broad green keel. Stamens all fertile ; anthers 

 small, oblong ; filaments lanceolate. Style filiform, twice as long as 

 the ovary. Capsule oblong, J in. long. 



Wile Iiand. Galabat, Steudner, 449. 

 No specimen at Kew. . 



