486 CXL. LILIACEE (BAKER). [ Anthericum. 
middle, with raised veins and thickened stramineous edges. Peduncle 
slender, pubescent, deeply grooved, 6-8 in. long. Raceme simple, 
moderately dense, 3—4 in. long; pedicels very short, articulated, lower 
geminate ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, lower 4—3 in. long. Perianth 
4 in. long ; segments lanceolate, with 3 brown ribs in the keel. Anthers 
linear, } in. long, much exceeding the glabrous filaments. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; at the River Jur, Schweinfurth, 1581! 
1739! 
28. A. speciosum, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 413, t. 33. 
Root-fibres many, slender ; root-neck crowned with bristles. Leaves 8, 
distichous, glabrous, the largest sheathing the stem for 1 ft. and with a 
free blade about as long and above 1 in. broad. Peduncle 14 ft. long, 
flattened and acutely angled ; edges minutely ciliated. Raceme simple, 
moderately dense, 4—5 in. long ; pedicels short, erecto-patent, solitary or 
geminate ; upper bracts small, ovate; lower lanceolate, as long as the 
pedicels. Perianth 4 in. long; segments 5—7-nerved in the dark red 
keel. Anthers linear, above } in. long, longer than the glabrous fila- 
ments. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Uyui, Taylor ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
29. A. usseramense, Baker. Root not seen. Leaves several to a 
stem, erect, ensiform, 1} ft. long, 3-1 in. broad low down, tapering 
gradually to the point, moderately firm, glabrous, distinctly costate, 
closely distinctly veined. Peduncle long, flattened. Racemes moderately 
dense, panicled; bracts small, ovate-lanceolate ; pedicels short, ascending, 
articulated at the middle, the lower geminate. Perianth greenish-white, 
in. long; segments oblong. Anthers linear-oblong, } in. long; fila- 
ments short. Capsule ovoid-trigonous, } in. long. 
Nile Land. German East Africa: Usseramo; at Bunha, Stuhlmann, 7014! 
No specimen at Kew. 
30. A.Buchanani, Baker.— Root-fibres wiry, not bearing tubercles; 
old leaves splitting into fibres. Leaves 5-6 in a tuft, oblanceolate, 2 ft. 
long, 14 in. broad above, thin, glabrous, narrowed gradually to the 
channelled base, not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle stout, stiffly 
erect, shorter than the leaves. Raceme simple or panicled, 3-6 in. long; 
pedicels short, ascending, articulated at the middle, the lower 2—3-nate ; 
bracts lanceolate, the lower 4 in. long. Perianth 4 in. long; segments 
laxly 3-5-nerved in the red-brown keel. Anthers linear, } in. long, 
longer than the glabrous filaments. Capsule subglobose, } in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan, 201! 
31. A. milanjianum, Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 
51. Leaves linear, subrigid, glabrous, sheathing the base of the stem, 
the longest 1} ft. long, 3 1 in. broad. Peduncle compressed, about 1 ft. 
