Urginea.] CXL. liliace^ (baker). 537 



1 in. long; pedicels short, ascending ; bracts ovate, minutely spurred. 

 Perianth campanulate, -J in. long; segments linear-ol)]ong, white with 

 a 1 -nerved brown keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; anthers 

 oblong, small. 



XVEozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Ndirandi Mountain, near 

 Blantyre, growing on tufts of sedge, Scott-Elliot, 8476 ! 



2. U. Nyasse, Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 50. 

 Bulb small. Leaves hysteranthous, not seen. Peduncle very slender, 

 J ft. long. Kaceme moderately lax, cylindrical, 2-G in. long; pedicels 

 ascending, lower J in. long ; lower bracts small, ovate, with a large 

 subulate spur. Perianth campanulate, J in. long; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, white with a 1-nerved red-brown keel. Stamens much 

 shorter than the perianth; anthers oblong, small; filaments linear- 

 subulate. 



nXozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, 6000 ft., 

 Whyte ! McClounie, 72 ! and without precise locality, Buchanan. 



3. U. psilostachya, Welw. ex Baker in Trails. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. i. 247. Bulb globose, 4-G in. diam.; tunics whitish, coriaceous. 

 Leaves 5-6, produced after the flowers, firm, ensiform, glabrous, 1 .^-2 ft. 

 long, under 1 in. broad. Peduncle moderately stout, 2-;> ft.' long. 

 Raceme lax, cylindrical, 1-1 J ft. long; lower pedicels spreading, 

 |-J in. long ; bracts minute, linear, spurred near the base. Perianth 

 campanulate, \ in. long; segments linear-oblong, whitish, with a 

 1-nerved green or red-brown keel. Stamens nearly as long as the 

 perianth ; anthers oblong ; filaments linear-subulate. Capsule globose, 

 acutely angled, J in. diam. 



XiOwer Guinea. Loango ; common near the sea, Thollon, 1310! Lower 

 Congo ; Post of Ganciu, Brazza, Angola : Cazengo ; on dry sandv hills, Welwitsch, 

 3807 ! 



4. XJ. micrantha, Sohis in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. uEthiop. 204. 

 Bulb very large, with thick brown tunics. Leaves linear, not developed 

 with the flowers. Peduncle stiflly erect, 1-2 ft. long. Raceme mode- 

 rately dense, cylindrical, 1-1 J ft. long; pedicels rigid, erecto- patent, 

 articulated at the apex, the lower i-| in. long ; bracts minute, lanceo- 

 late, or deltoid, the lower shortly spurred. Perianth J in. long; 

 segments oblong, with a 1-nerved brown keel. Stamens shorter than 

 the perianth; anthers minute, oblong. Capsule globoso, acutely 

 angled, \ in. diam. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 217; Schweinf. in 

 Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 7G, 111. Scilla micranifui, A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. ;^28. 



Upper Guinea. North bank of the Gambia, Ozanne ! Dagomha : Salaga, on 

 the Upper Volta, Krause ! Lagos: on rocks at Ado, and on the road to Ischin, 

 Bowl and ! 



Nile Xiand. Eritrea: near Acrur, 6000 ft., Schtceinfurfh S( Biva, 1823 1 on 

 mountains near Keren, 4500-5900 ft., Sckweinfurth Sf Biva, 997, 1801. Abyssinia, 

 Quart in Billon ! British East Africa : Jur ; Kurshook Ali's Scriba. Schueinfurth 



