5f)0 CXL. LiLiACEiE (baker). [Androcymbium. 



whitish, veined with green. Corymb (ew-flowered; pedicels very 

 short. Perianth J in. long; claw of the segments as long as the 

 oblong-cuspidate blade. Filaments a little longer than the blade of 

 the perianth-segments; anthers yV ^^- ^^^g- — Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xvii. 442; A. melanthioides, var. subulatum, Baker in Fl. Cap. vi. 

 517. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Masbonaland ; on a wooded ^' sand- 

 bnlt" south of the Umpweswe River, Baines ! 



Also in the Transvaal. 



3. A. xnelanthioides, WiUd. var. striatum, Baher in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xvii. 442. Corm oviod, J-jin.diam.; tunics firm, blackish. Stem 

 erect, 2-3 in. long, bearing 2-3 ascending glabrous linear or lanceolate 

 leaves, 3-4 in. long. Flowers few in a cluster; pedicels short, erect ; 

 bracts few, ovate-cuspidate or oblong, 1 in. long, whitish, veined with 

 green. Perianth whitish, J in. long ; blade of the segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, longer than the claws. Stamens shortly exser ted. — A. striatum, 

 Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 336 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Mr. 159. 



irile Ziand. Abyssinia : Samen ; in meadows near Enjedeap, Schimper, 1338 ! 

 and without precise locality, Schimper, 323 ! British East Africa : Kikuyu ; at 

 Ngoro, 6000 ft., Hbhnel ! and between Lake Victoria Nyanza and Lake Baringo, 

 at Ligaiyo, Fischer, 622 (ex Engler). 



XMEozamb. Sist. British East Africa : Nyasaland ; Blantyre, Buchanan, 24 ! 

 Mount Sochi, Scott.miiot, 8608 ! Mount Malos'a, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Mount 

 Zoinba, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 



30. WURMBEA, Thunb.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, iii. 823. 



Perianth firm, persistent ; tube short, campanulate or cylindrical ; 

 segments 6, equal, spreading. Stamens 6, inserted at the throat of the 

 perianth-tube ; filaments short, filiform ; anthers oblong, minute,, 

 versatile. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed; styles 3, 

 distinct, short, falcate, stigmatose at the apex. Capsule septicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds subglobose ; testa brown ; albumen firm ; embryo 

 minute. — Rootstock a tunicated corm. Stem produced. Leaves 

 narrow, cauline. Flowers spicate, ebracteate, whitish or purplish- 

 brown. 



Species 7, the others in South Africa and Australia. 



1. "W. tenuis 9 Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 436. Corm 

 globose, ^-^ in. diam.; tunics firm, brown-black. Stem slender, erect, 

 1-2 in. long, bearing 2-3 leaves, the lowest much the largest, linear- 

 subulate, firm, glabrous, 2-3 in. long, the uppermost short, with a 

 dilated clasping base. Flowers usually 2, laxly spicate. Perianth 

 \ in. long, white, tinged with brown-purple; tube very short; segments 

 oblanceolate, with a brown gland on the face above the base. Stamens 

 half as long as the perianth-segments. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 

 150. Melanthium tenue, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 223. 



Upper Guinea. Mountains of Fernando Po, 9000 ft., Mann, 1454 ! Cameroons, 

 Preuss, 933 ! 



