414 MR. A. B. RENDLE ON THE 
complanatis alatis margine breviter ciliolatis, racemis longis 
superne densis flexuosis; bracteis scariosis rubris margine hyalinis, 
infinlis triangularibus longe acuminatis, sursum et carina dorsali 
breviter pubescentibus ; superioribus ovatis apice acuto pube- 
scente; pedicellis sepe quinis supra basin articulatis; perianthii 
segmentis patentibus albis nervis 5-7 purpureis lineatis, linea 
latiore colore saturatiore utrinque finitis, exterioribus lanceolatis 
acutis, interioribus latioribus lineari-oblongis obtusis ; staminibus 
quam perianthium brevioribus, filamentis albis subeom pressis latis 
linearibus apice subacutis, antheris leviter basifixis flavis sagitiatis 
superne falcatis ; ovario subgloboso angulis tribus vix prominulis ; 
stylo filiformi sursum curvato perianthium superante. 
Hab, Uyui: W. E. Taylor, Feb. 1887. 
A fine plant, the short perennial rhizome bearing numerous 
thin, rather soft, flexuose root-fibres; the basal sete 1 inch long. 
The short lower leaves have a light brown membranous sheathing 
base continuous with a green plicate faleate upper portion ; the 
uppermost a Jong sheathing-base reaching a foot in length and 8 
‘lines broad, and a broadly linear spreading blade equally long and 
131 lines broad, narrowing some distance below the blunt apex, 
with a midrib and about 56 parallel veins slightly projecting on 
the back. The flattened central scape measures 19 inches below 
the raceme, which is 8 inches long by 2} lines broad; the two 
lateral scapes are shorter (4 inches long), with a raceme 10 inches 
in length. The flower-buds are oval in shape and striated with 
ved. The open flowers are nearly 14 inch across, the central 
crimson lines running to a point near the apex of the petals 
and contrasting sharply with their delicate white border. The 
pedicels are jointed one-third their length from the base and are 
8 lines long. The perianth-segments are } inch long, the outer 
ones 15 line broad, the inner 24-23 lines; they are marked with 
5-7 crimson nerves with a deeper, broader, more marginal line. 
The broad linear colourless filaments (21 lines long by } line 
broad) bear the long yellow anthers (84 lines) just fixed on their 
subacute tip, the point of insertion being in the basal depression. 
The filiform curved style (4 inch long) surmounts a subglubose 
ovary. No ripe fruit present. 
Is near Anthericum pterocaulon, Welw., but differs in having 
much broader leaves, those of A. pterocaulon not exceeding } inch 
in breadth, a longer many-flowered raceme, and louger pedicels 
jointed nearer the base. 
