Anthericum. | CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). 483 
leafless, flattened, as long as the leaves. Panicle of 3-5 racemes; bracts 
broad, not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle flattened, acutely angled, 
1 ft. long. Racemes simple or forked at the base, moderately dense ; 
pedicels short, articulated at the middle, the lower geminate; bracts 
minute, brown, ovate or lanceolate. Perianth } in. long; segments 
linear-oblong, with a 5-7-nerved brown keel. Anthers linear, 4 in. 
long, much longer than the glabrous filaments. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! 
15. A. campestre, Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 138. Rootstock thick, 
vertical. Leaves numerous, linear, firm, glabrous, 1 ft. or more long, 
$ in. broad at the middle, not ciliated on the margin, Peduncle angled, 
glabrous, rather shorter than the leaves. Raceme dense, simple, 3—4 in. 
long ; rhachis sulcate, pubescent ; pedicels very short, the lower 3-nate ; 
bracts small, scariose, ovate or lanceolate. Perianth } in. long; 
segments linear-oblong, with a 3-nerved brown keel. Anthers linear, 
% in. long ; filaments very short. Capsule shorter than the perianth. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara ; Tanga, Holst, 190! 2103! 
16. A. zanguebaricum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 302. 
Tufts cespitose, springing from a dense mass of fibres; roots slender, 
wiry, not bearing tubercles. Leaves 6-7, firm, linear, glabrous, 8-12 in. 
long, not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle slender, acutely angled, 
leafless, 1 ft. long. Racemes lax, simple, 1-2 in. long; pedicels 
ascending, articulated at the middle, the lower geminate, ZA in. long; 
bracts small, ovate, brown. Perianth 4 in. long ; segments oblong, with 
a 3-nerved red-brown keel. Anthers linear, } in. long, longer than the 
glabrous filaments. Capsule subglobose, } in. long. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 1949! Kirk! 
Nyika country, near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Muoa, Holst, 3104! 
17, A. kemoense, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franç. Lil. 19. Rhizome 
robust, jointed; radical fibres many; neck slightly setose. Leaves 
many, distichous, linear, 14-2 ft. long, under A in, broad, moderately 
firm, glabrous. Peduncle compressed, almost winged, about as long as 
the leaves. Raceme dense, formed of several many-flowered clusters, 
which are sometimes shortly racemose; bracts small, ovate, acute ; 
pedicels } in. long, articulated near the base. Perianth-segments 
oblong, 8—9-nerved, under 4 in. long. Stamens shorter than the 
perianth ; filaments white, flattened ; anthers large, sagittate. Style 
long, filiform, curved. Ovules about 20 in a cell, 
Lower Guinea. French Congo; mission station of the upper Kemo, a tributary 
of the Dua or Mobangi River, Dybowski, 707 ! 
No specimen at Kew, 
18. A. nervosum, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franç. Lil. 18. Crown 
of the root slightly setose. Leaves linear, reaching a length of 16 in, 
$ in. broad, distinctly costate, closely ribbed, glabrous. Peduncle 
