544 CXL. LILIACE^ (baker). 



4. D. Stuhlmanni, Baker. Bulb not seen. Leaves several, 

 contemporary with the flowers, sessile, oblong, 3-4 in. long, 2 in. 

 broad at the middle, obtuse, clasping the base of the stem, mem- 

 branous. Peduncle as long as the leaves. Spike dense, oblong, under 

 1 in. long. Perianth campanulate, greenish- white, ^ in. long. 

 Stamens and style very short. 



XVIozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Ukami ; South-west Uluguru, 1200 ft., 

 Stuhlmann, 9308 ! 



5. D. Volkensii, Baker. Bulb lJ-2 in. diam. Leaves oblong, 

 contemporary with the flowers, G-9 in. long, 3 in. broad at the middle, 

 acute, narrowed gradually to the sessile base, thick, fleshy, spotted with 

 green all over the face. Peduncle nearly 1 ft. long. Raceme dense, 

 cylindrical, 3-4 in. long; pedicels scarcely any. Perianth \ in. long; 

 segments oblong, w^hite with a green keel. Capsule the size of a small 

 ^esi.—Scilla Volkensii, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 142. 



Mozaxnb.' Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro; below Marangu, 3000 ft. 

 Volkens, 2164! 



6. D. Holstii, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 143. Leaves oblong from a 

 broad base, acute. Peduncle 2-8 times the length of the leaves. 

 E^ceme dense, conic; pedicels very short. Buds globose; perianth- 

 segments oblong, subacute. Stamens half as long as the perianth- 

 segments ; filaments triangular ; anthers ovoid. 



Mozaznb. X>ist. German East Africa : Usambara, 4000^4500 ft., Moist. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



7. D. perfoliata, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1878, x. 364. Bulb 

 globose, above 1 in. diam.; outer tunics greenish. Leaves 2, sub- 

 orbicular, 2-2 J in. long, clasping the stem, with rounded imbricated 

 basal lobes, spreading horizontally, glaucous green with copious 

 blotches of bright green on the upper surface. Peduncle unspotted, 

 1 ft. long. Raceme dense, subspicate, 1 in. long; upper flowers 

 minute, abortive ; bracts minute, lanceolate. Perianth greenish-white. 

 Filaments lanceolate-deltoid. Style as long as the ovary. 



Mozamb. I>lst. Zanzibar, Kirk ! 



Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in the autumn of 1878. 



20 ORNITHOGALUM, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, iii. 



815. 



Perianth polyphyllous ; segments oblong, obtuse, subequal, spreading 

 from the base, concolorous or furnished with a distinct 1 -nerved keel. 

 Stamens G, hypogynous, shorter than the perianth; filaments often 

 flattened ; anthers oblong, dorsifixed, versatile. Ovary sessile, globose, 

 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style subulate, as long as or longer 

 than the ovary; stigma capitate, minute. Capsule loculicidally 

 3-valved, not deeply lobed. Seeds not compressed; testa black; 



