546 CXL. LiLiACB^ (baker). [Orjiitkogahtm. 



Wile Xiand. British Somaliland : Ahl Mountains, 5200 ft., Hildebrandt, 1467 ! 



Xower Guinea. Lower Congo, Laurent. 



XMozamb. Sist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Amboni, Hoist, 2439 ! 

 Wuga, Buchwald, 228 ! and Kilimanjaro, Rombo Distr., 4500-5000 ft., VolJcens, 

 387! 



Also in South Africa. 



3. O. Stapffii, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 42. Bulb 

 ovoid, 2-3 in. diam. Leaves lanceolate, o-G in. long, ^ in. broad. 

 Raceme many-flowered, 2 in. long; lower pedicel 4 in. long. Perianth 

 white, J- J in. long; segments oblong. Filaments suddenly dilated near 

 the base. 



Kow^er Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland ; at Namib, near the 

 Hope Mine, Stapff, 28, and without precise locality, BelcJc, 64. 



No specimen at Kew. 



4. O. sordidum. Baker in Kew Bulletin^ 1895, 228. Bulb not 

 seen. Leaves' about 6, linear, 1-1| ft. long, \-\ in. broad at the 

 middle. Peduncles moderately stout, lJ-2 ft. long. Eaceme cylindrical, 

 4-6 in. long, lax in the lower part; pedicels very short, ascending; 

 bracts linear, J-J in. long, projecting beyond the buds. Perianth 

 campanulate, J in. long; segments oblong, whitish, with a broad green 

 keel. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth; filaments linear. 

 Style as long as the oblong ovary. 



Iffile Iiand. British Somaliland ; Golis range ; Woob, Miss 'Edith Cole ! 



5. O. Eckloniy Schlecht. in Linn(xa, xxv. 177. Bulb globose, 

 1-2 in. diam. Leaves 4-6, linear, erect, glabrous, 1-2 ft. long, J-| in. 

 broad low down. Peduncle moderately stout, lJ-2 ft. long. Raceme 

 dense or moderately dense, 3-4 in. long; pedicels short, ascending; 

 bracts linear- subulate, the lower J- J in. long. Perianth \ in. long; 

 segments oblong, white with a distinct green keel. Stamens rather 

 shorter than the perianth ; filaments uniform, linear. Capsule globose, 

 \ in. diam. — Baker in Joum. Linn. Soc. xiii. 27G, and Fl. Cap. vi. 513; 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 168. 



irile Itand. British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schioeinfurth, 1841 ! 

 Kikuyu, Taylor. Somaliland ; near Maid, 5000 ft., Bildehrandt, 1467. 



^bofirer Guinea. Angola : Malange, Mechow, 882 ! 



XVIozaml). Hist. German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; near Tabora, Spelce Sf 

 Grant ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 197 ! 

 Mount Mlanje, Whyte ! Scott-Elliot, 8685 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



6. O. cepsefoliiim, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 248. 

 Bulb globose, 1 J-2 in. diam. Leaves 4-5, ensiform, glabrous, acuminate, 

 1-1 J ft. long, 1-lJ in. broad low down. Peduncle moderately stout, 

 1-2 ft. long. Raceme dense, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels very short, ascend- 

 ing ; bracts lanceolate-subulate, the lower J- J in. long. Perianth cam- 

 panulate, J in. long ; segments oblong, white with a broad red-brown 



