Anthericum. | CXL, LILIACEZ (BAKER). 481 
6. A. dissitiflorum, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 257. 
Rootstock small, tuberous, with many wiry root-fibres not bearing tubers. 
Leaves linear, glabrous, moderately firm, 3-5 in. long, $ in. broad, 
scabrous on the margin. Peduncle acutely angled, about as long as the 
leaves. Raceme simple, lax, 1-14 in. long, 3-—6-flowered; pedicels 
solitary, {1 in. long, articulated at the middle ; bracts deltoid, cuspidate, 
$-} in. long. Perianth }-} in. long; segments oblong, with a. pale 
brown 3-nerved keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth; anthers 
oblong, Ji. in. long, as long as the glabrous filaments. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; near Condo, in damp pastures, 
Welwitsch, 3781! 
7. A. subpetiolatum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 302. Root- 
fibres wiry, not bearing tubercles; old leaves splitting up into fibres. 
Leaves 4-6 to a stem, thin, linear, glabrous, subpetiolate, 1 ft. long, 
3-4 in. broad, not ciliated on the margin. Stem short, slender, pubescent 
upwards, not flattened. Raceme lax, simple, 2-4 in. long; pedicels 
short, ascending, articulated at the middle, the lower geminate. Perianth 
3 in. long ; segments laxly 3-nerved in the keel. Anthers linear, 5}, in. 
long, shorter than the glabrous filaments. Capsule subglobose, } in. diam. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Morambala Mountain, 1000 ft., 
Kirk! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Mlanje, Scott-Elliot, 8686! 
Shire Highlands, Scott-Elliot, 8619! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 697 ! 
8. A. pubirachis, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 302. Rhizome 
horizontal; root-fibres wiry, sometimes bearing tubercles. Leaves 5-6, 
moderately firm, linear, glabrous, 6—9 in. long, 4—4 in. broad, not 
ciliated at the margin. Peduncle 3-4 in. long, densely pubescent, acutely 
angled. Raceme simple, moderately dense, 14-2 in. long; rhachis 
pubescent ; pedicels ascending, articulated at the middle, all solitary, 
lower } in. long; bracts linear, the lower 4 in. long. Perianth 3 in. 
long ; segments oblong, with a red-brown 3-nerved keel. Anthers 
linear-oblong, } in. long, as long as the glabrous filaments. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, Barter! 
9. A. Nyasæ, Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 52. 
Root-fibres wiry, not bearing tubercles. Leaves about 6, firm, glabrous, 
linear, 6-8 in. long, 4—4 in. broad, scabrous on the margin. —-Peduncle 
as long as the leaves, flattened, not acutely angled. Racemes lax, 
simple or panicled, the end one 3-4 in. long ; pedicels short, ascending, 
articulated at the middle, the lower 3—4-nate; bracts small, scariose, 
ovate or lanceolate. Perianth } in. long; segments with a 3—5-nerved 
brown keel. Anthers linear-oblong, } in. long, shorter than the glabrous 
filaments. Capsule turbinate, shorter than the perianth. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ` Mount Mlanje, Whyte ! 
10. A. pterocaulon, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 
Bot. i. 258. Root-fibres long, slender; old leaves splitting into fibres. 
Leaves 3—4, linear, rigid, glabrous, 2 ft. long, 4—4 in. broad, not ciliated 
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