480 CXL. LILIACEE (BAKER). [ Anthericum. 
2. A. calyptrocarpum, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 
258. Root-fibres many, cylindrical, fleshy ; crown of the root densely 
setose. Leaves 1-2, terete, glabrous, 1 ft. or more long, very slender. 
Peduncle slender, terete, 4 ft. long. Panicle deltoid, 6-9 in. long, 
formed of several very lax ascending racemes; pedicels 1—} in. long, 
articulated at the middle, the lower geminate; bracts minute, deltcid- 
cuspidate. Perianth } in. long, circumscissile at the base; segments 
oblong, with a laxly-nerved brown keel. Stamens rather shorter ; 
anthers oblong, as long as the glabrous filaments. Capsule turbinate, 
tin. long, crowned by the twisted perianth.—-Eng]. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 160. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in stony meadows between Mumpulla and 
Lopollo, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 3786 ! 
3. A. inconspicuum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1871, 71. Root- 
fibres many, slender, not bearing tubercles; old leaves breaking up 
into fibres. Leaves 3-4, erect, thin, linear, glabrous, 4 ft. long, not 
ciliated on the margin. Peduncle very slender, terete, 1—2 in. long. 
Raceme simple, very lax, 2-3 in. long; lower pedicels geminate, } in. 
long, articulated at the middle. Perianth zz in. long; segments ob- 
lanceolate, white, with a 3-nerved green keel. Stamens rather shorter 
than the perianth ; anthers minute, oblong; filaments glabrous.—Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 160. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: near Maid, Hildebrandt, 1469! 
4, A. pumilum, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franc. Lil. 20. Crown of 
root not setose. Leaves 8-10, linear, 5-6 in. long, } in. broad, 
moderately firm, glabrous, closely ribbed, pellucid on the margin. 
Peduncle terete, 14-2 in. long. Raceme simple, dense, not overtopping 
the leaves; bracts ovate, acute, the lower Lk in. long; pedicels short, 
articulated at the apex, 3-4 in a cluster. Perianth-segments yellow, 
$ in. long, spreading, 3-nerved. Anthers oblong, finally twisted. 
Ovary subglobose; style filiform, incurved. Capsule oblong-trigonous, 
$ in. long. ‘Seeds subglobose, 7-8 in a cell. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo; mission station on the upper Kemo, a tributary 
of the Dua or Mobangi River, Dybowski, 761 ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
5. A. tenellum, Welw. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 1. 
256. Densely tufted. Root-fibres few, fleshy, cylindrical. Leaves 
densely tufted, narrowly linear, erect, glabrous, 1—3 in. long. Peduncle 
very slender, flexuose, glabrous, 4-5 in. long. Racemes 2-3, very lax, 
2-3 in. long; rhachis flexuose; bracts minute, deltoid, membranous ; 
pedicels short, articulated at the middle, lower 2-3-nate. Perianth } in. 
long; segments linear, with a 3-nerved brown keel. Stamens rather 
shorter than the perianth ; anthers oblong, minute ; filaments glabrous. 
Capsule oblong, 4 in. long.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 160. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Morro de Monino, in damp sandy pastures, 
3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 3796 ! 
