Omithogalum.'] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 547 



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

 Style reaching to the top of the perianth. Capsule subglobose, \ in 

 long. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andougo aud Huilla, JTe/t/^i/jcA, 3816 ! 



7. O. benguellense. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 248. 

 Bulb subglobose, under 1 in. diam. Leaves 2-3, subterete, erect, fleshyj 

 glabrous, J ft. long, yV in. diam. Peduncle slender, (l-O in. long! 

 Raceme lax, subcylindrical, subsecund, 8-4 in. long; pedicels short 

 erecto-patent ; bracts minute, deltoid, the lower spurred. Perianth 

 J in. long ; segments white, with a distinct red-brown keel. Stamens 

 rather shorter than the perianth; filaments linear. Capsule small, 

 oblong. —Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 168. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla, 3800-5500 ft,, Welwitsch, 3766 ! 



8. O. cemuum. Baker. Bulb not seen. Leaves narrowly linear, 

 firm, glabrous, 1 ft. or more long, \ in. broad at the middle, with a 

 distinct midrib. Peduncle 6-9 in. long. Kaceme very lax, ^-1 ft. long ; 

 pedicels cernuous, the lower J in. long ; bracts small, lanceolate. Perianth 

 \ in. long ; segments oblong, white with a distinct green keel. Stamens 

 shorter than the perianth ; filaments linear. 



nCozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan, 1337 ! 



9. O. gambosanum. Baker. Bulb small. Leaves 4, erect, linear, 

 8-9 in. long, J-J in. broad low down, tapering to the point, clasping 

 the base of the stem, moderately firm, glabrous. Peduncle slender, 

 erect, 5-6 in. long. Raceme moderately dense, oblong-cylindrical, 2 in. 

 long ; bracts linear, acuminate, protruding beyond the buds ; pedicels 

 short, the lower spreading or cernuous, J in. long. Perianth campanu- 

 late, J in. long ; segments oblanceolate, obtuse, white with a pale brown 

 keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth; anthers small, oblong; 

 filaments rather flattened. Style longer than the globose ovary. 



laovrev Guinea. Angola : Gambos, Newton ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



10. O. amboense, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Bra^iden. xxxi. 

 220. Bulb globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 3-4, subterete, erect, mode- 

 rately firm, glabrous, channelled down the face, 8-10 in. long, with a 

 long sheathing base. Peduncle slender, 2-3 in. long. Raceme mode- 

 rately dense, 1-2 in. long ; pedicels very short, ascending ; bracts lanceo- 

 late, the lower J-J in. long. Perianth J-J in. long ; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, white, with a distinct green keel. Stamens shorter than the 

 perianth ; filaments filiform. 



Xiower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Amboland ; between Olukonda 

 and Omandongo, Schinz^ 31 ! 37 ! 



11. O. spirale, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 42. Bulb 

 ovoid-oblong, above 1 in. diam. Leaves Unear-lanceolate, channelled 

 down the face, 8 in. long, ^ in. broad, circinate at the apex. Peduncle 

 rigid, 4-5 in. long. Raceme lax, 20-flowered ; pedicels patent, \ in. 



