240 A. Berger. — Liliaceae-Asphodeloideae-Aloineae. 



scariosae albidae plurinerviae 8 — 10 mm longae, pedicelli 3 — 6 mm longi erecto- 

 patentes; perigonii sulphurei ca. 20 — 24 mm longi cylindracei segmenta usque medium 

 connata, apice viridi-vittata et paullo sursum falcata; genitalia vix exserta. 



Angola: Auf bebuschten Hügeln zwischen Quisoma und Cacuaco bei Mutollo im 

 Distrikt Uuicuxe, nicht bäufig (Welwitsch n. 3728! — Blühend am 29. Juli 1 858 — Herb. 

 Mus. Brit.). — »Subacaulis sed spectabilis .... maxime robusta, Qoribus sulphureis 

 e lunginque distinguenda.« >Folia resina lutescente abundantissima. « C. Welwitsch. 



87. A. paedogona Berger in Journ. of Bot. XL1V. (1906) 57. — Acaulis. Folia 

 ensiformia, vix 45 cm longa, saepe purpurascentia, ad margines reclos haud sinuatos 

 dentibus basi crebrioribus superne remotioribus instructa (dentes basales deltoidei 

 minores recti, superiores uncinato-incurvati, 3 mm longi et 10 — 40 mm distantes), 

 summo apice integra. lnflorescentiae valde ramosae usque 2 m altae scapus validus, basi 

 5 — 7 cm diam. , lloribus viridi-flavis conspicuis in racemos breves ca. 7 cm longos 

 congestis; rami bracteis vacuis longe acuminatis remote muniti, bracteae florigerae 

 basi lanceolatae scariosae sub-3-nerviae, longe cuspidatae, apice demum recurvatae, 

 15 — 25 mm longae et 4 mm latae; pedicelli 25 — 30 mm longi erecto-patuli; perigo- 

 nium basi longissime (per 6 mm) et tenuissime stipitato-angustatum et hie pedicellum 

 simulans, circa ovarium inflatum, dein constrictum et faucem versus ampliatum, rectum 

 vel decurvatum, ca. 35 mm longum, segmentis apice tantum liberis; fllamenta inclusa; 

 Stylus demum exsertus. Pedicelli fruetigeri demum 5 cm longi, erecti, robustiores; 

 capsulae per 10 — 11 mm stipitatae et 25 — 30 mm longae, chartaceae, subtrigonae; 

 semina oblonga late alata et 10 — 11 mm longa, griseo-fusca. — Fig. 89'' — /■'. 



Angola: Malandsche ((Jossweiler n. 946! — Blühend Juni 1903, Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. — Mechow n. 484! — Blühend im März 1880, Herb. Berlin). — »Native name 

 ,Quicalango'. This plant is found on every hut that is oecupied by man and wife. 

 The plant is simply taken from the field and placed on the roof, which consists of 

 straw, where is it secured by a few sticks; it continues growing for years, of course, 

 and its purpose is to bless the couple with a large number of children.« — »Leaves 

 18 inches long, oflcn purplish green; flower scape 6 feet high, 2 — 3 inches in dia- 

 meter, and much branebed towards the top; flowers greenish yellow, quite showy. In 

 open thickets in Company of high grasses. « (Gossweiler.) 



Nota. Ob perigonium valde slipitaluin species singularis. 



88. A. Trothaei Berger in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXXVIII. (1905) 86. — Acaulis. 

 Folia varie 20 — 60 cm longa et ca. 3 cm lata, lineari-ensiformia, acuminata, ad margines 

 linea tenui cartilaginea dentibusque parvis deltoideis palulis vel leviler uncinatis vix i mm 

 longis et irregulariter seriatis 2 — 13 min distantibus instructa. Inllorescentiae ca. 1 m 

 altae scapus simplex, racemus elongatus, 30 cm longus, laxus, floribus pendulis lateritiis; 

 bracteae ca. 13 mm longae, lanceolatae acutae, pedicellos amplectentes; pedicelli ca. 

 20 mm longi, erecti, apice nutantes; perigonium (siecum) 40 — 45 mm longum, basi 

 ronspicue attenuato-stipitalum, circa ovarium ovoideum, hinc cylindraceum zh decur- 

 vatum et antice distinete recurvatum, segmentis exlerioribus ca. 1 3 mm longis obtusis, 

 plurinerviis; interioribus obtusis, uninerviis; genitalibus inrlusis. — Fig. 89 vi — B. 



Ostafrika: Uvinza, 5 Tage vom Tanganyika nach Ost von Station Ujiji ab (Kx- 

 pedilion von Trotha 1896 — 97 n. 66! — Herb. Berlin). 

 Nota. In planlis vivis folia forsitan latiora sunt. 



89. A. crassipes Bak. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII. (1880) 162, in Th. Iher, Fl. 

 trop. Afr. VII. (1898) 468. — Folia anguste ensiformia, 30 cm et ultra longa, e basi 

 2 cm lata sensim attenuata, dislincle viridi-lineata, ad margines rectos dentibus 



1 5 mm inter se distantibus patulis vel uncinatis deltoideis ca. 3 mm longis munita. 

 Infloresccntia 45 cm alta, ramosa, scapo valido; racemus subdensus, cylindrieus, ca. 

 15 cm longus; bracteae lanceolatae acuminatae 10 — 15 mm longae, plurinerviae; pedi- 

 celli adscendentes 15 — 20 mm longi; perigonii ca. 30 mm longi tubus eint ovarium 

 rotundatus, dein leviter eonstrictus et faucem versus ampliatus, leviter decurvalus, 

 segmenta elongata*. fllamenta inclusa. 



