482 CXL, LILIACEZ (BAKER). [Anthericum. 
on the margin, Peduncle very long, stiffly erect, acutely angled. 
Raceme simple, moderately dense, 3-6 in. long; pedicels short, articu- 
lated at the middle, the lower 2-3-nate; bracts small, the lower 
lanceolate. Perianth }~4 in. long ; segments with a 3—5-nerved brown 
keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; anthers } in. long, equalling 
the glabrous filaments. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo ; between Calundo and Pedras de 
Guinza, in thickets, Welwitsch, 3795! 
11. A. anceps, Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xv. 805, Root-fibres 
slender, wiry; neck crowned with bristles. Leaves about 4, erect, 
linear, firm, glabrous, strongly and closely ribbed, 1 ft. long, not ciliated 
on the margin. Peduncle shorter than the leaves, much compressed and 
acutely angled from base to apex. Raceme simple or forked at the 
base, moderately dense ` pedicels very short, the lower 2-3-nate; bracts 
ovate, acuminate, the lower } in. long. Perianth 2 in. long ; segments 
oblong, with a 5-nerved keel. Anthers linear-oblong, 4 in. long, much 
longer than the glabrous filaments.—Fl. Cap. vi. 382. 
Mozamb, Dist. British Central Africa: Rhodesia; Shesheke, on the Zambesi, 
Holub ! Leshumo Valley, Holub, 405! 517! Matabeleland, Elliott ! 
Also in the Transvaal. 
12. A. andongense, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 257. 
Rootstock tuberous; root-fibres slender, bearing small tubers. Root- 
leaves 4—6, narrowly linear, firm, glabrous, 4 ft. long, not ciliated on the 
margin. Peduncle 8-12 in. long, slender, naked, acutely angled from 
the apex to the base. Raceme lax, simple, 2 in. long; pedicels 4—4 in. 
long, articulated below the middle, the lower 2-3 nate; bracts lanceolate, 
as long as the pedicels. Perianth 4 in. long; segments linear-oblong, 
white, with a 3—4-nerved red-brown keel. Stamens distinctly shorter 
than the perianth ; anthers linear-oblong, shorter than the glabrous 
filaments, 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in damp sandy woods, between 
Luxillo and Cazella, Welwitsch, 3797 | 3798! 
13. A. limosum, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 257. 
Rootstock thick, with many slender root-fibres ; neck with a few bristles. 
Leaves 5-6, moderately firm, linear, 1 ft. long, 4-4 in. broad, glabrous, 
not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle 3-6 in. long. Panicle 3—4 in. 
long, with several spreading branches; pedicels short, articulated at the 
middle, the lower fascicled; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth 4 in. long ; 
segments oblanceolate, with a 3-5-nerved red-brown keel. Anthers 
% in. long; filaments glabrous. Style declinate, 4 in. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola Barra do Bengo; in swampy ground, Welwitsch, 
3803! 3804! 
14, A, rubellum, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, ti. 352. Root- 
fibres slender; neck crowned with a dense ring of bristles. Leaves 
6-9 to a stem, linear, moderately firm, glabrous, } ft. long, $-} in. 
