484 — CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). [ Anthericum. 
small, deltoid, cuspidate ; flowers many in a cluster; pedicels $ in. long, 
articulated above the middle. Perianth white; segments oblong, 
3-nerved, } in. long. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth ; anthers 
linear. Style straight, not overtopping the anthers. Capsule globose- 
trigonous, } in. long; faces transversely ribbed. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo; mission station of the upper Kemo, Dybowski, 
753! 
No specimen at Kew. 
19. A. acuminatum, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx.411. Root- 
leaves few, linear, acuminate, glabrous, 4—1 ft. long, 4—} in. broad. 
Peduncle naked, subterete, nearly 1 ft. long. Raceme simple, moder- 
ately dense, 24-4 in. long; pedicels short, solitary, articulated below 
the middle; lower bracts 1 in. long, subulate from a broad base. 
Perianth nearly 4 in. long; segments lanceolate, 3-nerved in the green 
keel. Anthers linear, above } in. long, longer than the glabrous 
filaments. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Taita Mountains, Gregory ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between Uyui and the coast, Taylor ! 
20. A. nubicum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 301. Rootstock 
tuberous, crowned with copious bristles. Leaves linear, membranous, 
4 ft. long, 4 in. broad low down, tapering to the point. Peduncle 
6-8 in. long, slender, fragile, terete, bearing 2—3 reduced leaves. ` 
Racemes very lax, simple or forked, 4 ft. long; pedicels short, articu- 
lated at the middle, the lower 2—3-nate. Perianth }in. long ; segments 
oblanceolate, white, with a 3-nerved brown keel. Stamens half as long 
as the perianth ; anthers linear, convolute spirally as they fade, as long 
as the filiform glabrous filaments. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Moru; Neangara, Petherick ! 
21. A. Bragee, Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 138. Rhizome thick. 
Leaves linear, glabrous, 1 ft. long, 4-4 in. broad. Peduncle as long as 
the leaves, slightly compressed, at first pubescent upwards; bracts 
lanceolate, acuminate, scariose, the lower longer than the buds ; pedicels 
short, the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth above } in. long; segments with 
a purple 3-nerved keel. Filaments as long as the anthers. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Beira, Braga ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
22. A. matabelense, Baker. Root not seen. Leaves linear, rigid, 
glabrous, 1 ft. long, not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle long, slender, 
terete in the lower half, acutely angled upwards. Panicle composed 
of several very lax few-flowered racemes, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels } in. 
long, articulated below the middle, geminate; bracts minute, ovate. 
Perianth 3 in, long; segments oblanceolate, with a laxly 5-nerved red- 
brown keel. Anthers linear, 4 in. long, as long as the glabrous 
filaments. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Matabeleland, banks of the Matengwe 
River, Holub ! 
