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vix superantibus nudis subcompressis glabris ; racemo corymboso 
paucifloro; bracteis subscariosis lanceolatis vel superne ovatis plus 
minus acuminatis quam pedicelli longi duplo brevioribus, his sub 
flore articulatis; perianthii segmentis lanceolatis albis viride 3- 
nerviis ; staminibus perianthio brevioribus, filamentis filiformibus 
glabris albis, antheris flavis basi dorsifixis, polline oblongo ; ovario 
conspicue 3-lobo, ovulis in loculis pluribus superpositis; stylo 
erecto filiformi, antherarum apices haud attingente. 
Hab. Kapte plains on banks of the Athi: J. W. Gregory, 
April 24, 1893. 
A small plant 6-7 inches high, with the few (4-5) thin erect 
narrow radical leaves and the (2) flowering-scapes protected for 
about an inch at the base by thin bristles, surrounding one or 
more thin colourless membranous sheaths. The leaves are 
5-7 inches long and reach 1} line in breadth. The surface is 
glabrous with small scattered rounded elevations, the margins 
shortly ciliolate. The somewhat slender scape measures 5-55 
inches below the short (14 inch) few (3-6)-flowered raceme. 
The lower acuminate bracts are about 4 inch long, half the 
length of the thin flower-pedicels, which are jointed just be- 
neath the flower. The whitish green-nerved perianth-segments 
are 42 lines long by 1} broad. The stamens are 34 lines long ; 
the yellow anthers (12 line long) are attached laterally at the 
base to the abruptly pointed tips of the thread-like white fila- 
ments. The erect style does not reach the level of the anther-tops. 
Is near the Abyssinian species Anthericum humile, Hochst., 
and A. angustifolium, Hochst., but is a larger plant than either, 
with a much elongated flowering-scape, nearly equal to the leaves 
in length. 
CutoropuytuMm (§ ANTHERICIFOLIA) ANDONGENSE, Baker, in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. p. 260. 
Uyui: W. E. Taylor, Jan. 1887. 
Differs from the type in having broader lanceolate leaves, but, 
so far as comparison is possible with the withered flowers of the 
western plant, the two are specifically identical. 
Distrib. Pungo Andongo, West Tropical Africa. 
Cutoropnytum (§ Cann xrorta) of. Heyxet, Baker, in Journ. 
Linn. Soc., Bot. xv. p. 322 
Mombasa Island: W. E. Taylor, 1886. 
