48 XI. LiLiACE^E. [Di'accena 



PuNOO Andongo. — A half-climbing shrub 3 to 4 ft. high. Flowers 

 white with a very pleasant smell. Plentiful but seen in this one place 

 only in primitive woods on the bank of the river Lombe. In fl. Mai'ch 

 1857. No. 3748. 



7. D. monostacliya Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e. ; Durand & 

 Schinz, I.e. 



Prince's Island. — Berry trilobed, lobes united at the base, spread- 

 ing Stella tely above, scarlet. Rather damp herb-grown primitive 

 woods, not far from the sea, sporadic. In fr. Sept. 1853. No. 3744. 



GoLUXGO Alto. — An acaulescent herb, perennial with a hard woody 

 rhizome, which like its fibres has an orange-vermilion colour ; leaves 

 long-sheathing, dry and leathery ; scape central, a span to a foot long. 

 Flowers . . . Fruit of three ovate-oblong scarlet one-seeded berries 

 united stellately at the base and spreading above. Seed white elliptical 

 very hard and bony. A liliaceous herb resembling Pontederia in habit 

 and Sansevieria in fruit. Higher parts of Mata de Quisuculo ; with a 

 single fruit. 29 April 185G. No. 3745. A herb 1 to 2 ft. high, with 

 horizontal tuber-bearing rhizome, root-fibres a fine vermilion-orange, 

 as in DrarjMmi Draco. Rather rai'e, by streams in primitive woods, 

 Quisuculo, Sobato Bango. With unripe fr. Sept. 1855. No. 3746. 

 Mata de Quisuculo without fl. or fr. August 1857. No. 3747- 



A plant of very doubtful affinity, placed by Baker next to his 

 D. Afzelii, from which however it is totally different in habit. As 

 moreover Welwitsch's specimens bear no flowers and the Afzelius 

 specimen has no fruit, the two species have nothing in common. 



Tribe iv. ASPHODELE^. 



7. BULBINE L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 784. 



1. B. asphodeloides Spreng. Syst. ii. p. 85 (1825) ; Baker in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 345, in Trans. Linn. Soc, ser, 2. i. 

 p. 261 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 336. 



PuNUO Andoxgo. — An Anthericum-\\\iQ herb, with erect leaves and 

 scape. Rather plentiful in open woods near Pedras de Guinga. In fr. 

 Jan. 1857. No. 3775. Leaves cylindrical, hollow, scapes branched, 

 erect. Woods near Guinga March 1857. Coll. Carp. 1038. Welw. 

 Apont. p. 592, No. 114. 



HuiLLA.— A superb plant with deep yellow almost golden flowers. 

 In more open rather sandy woods consisting chiefly of species of Proted, 

 Parinarhnn and Ca-.salpinia, between Lopollo and Monino. In fl. and 

 unripe fr. Dec. 1859. No. 3774. 



8. SCHIZOBASIS Baker; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 786. 

 L S. angolensis Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. i. p. 255 



(1878); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 338. 



Adenotheca aphylla Welw. ex Baker, I.e. 



PuNGo Andongo. — A plant with a solid bulb, white inside, juicy 

 and fleshy, viscid, generally whitish-green outside, 1 to H in. in 

 diameter ; a number of them generally crowded in the crevices of 

 the rocks. Stem 1 to 2 ft., leafless, dichotomou.sly branched above, 

 setaceous, generally hanging loosely on the cliffs, but more erect when 

 flowering. Flowers scattered, white-greenish, borne laxly on the 

 uppermost branches, peduncles sheathed at the base with whitish- 



