Anthericum. | CXL. LILIACEÆ (BAKER). 491 
Panicle above 1 ft. diam. ; branches slender, glabrous, lower compound ; 
racemes lax, reaching 5-6 in. long; pedicels erecto-patent, solitary, 
articulated at the apex; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth bright yellow, 
oblong, 4 in. long; segments linear, reflexing, with a green keel. 
Stamens shorter than the perianth; filaments very scabrous ` anthers 
minute, oblong. Style overtopping the anthers. Capsule globose, the 
size of a pea. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Ngamiland; Botletle Valley, Zugard, 
194! 
48. A. pyrenicarpum, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 
Bot. i. 259. Root-tibres slender; root-neck crowned with small 
membranous scales. Leaves 6-8, narrowly linear, channelled down the 
face, 6-8 in. long, slightly pilose. Peduncles 2—4 in a cluster, 2-3 in. 
long, finely pilose. Raceme lax, simple, 2—3 in. long; pedicels }—} in. 
long, the lower cernuous ; bracts linear-subulate, as long as the pedicels. 
Perianth white, 4 in. long; segments oblanceolate. Stamens } shorter 
than the perianth-segments ; anthers minute. Capsule turbinate, } in. 
long. Seeds solitary.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 160. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in damp pastures, between Humpata and 
Gambas, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch ! 
49. A. elongatum, Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 136. Root-fibres cylin- 
drical, not bearing tubers ; neck crowned with large white membranous 
scales. Radical leaves 6-12, subterete or narrowly linear, 6-15 in. long, 
clothed with fine spreading hairs. Peduncle 3-6 in. long. Racemes 
lax, 2-4 in. long, simple or compound; rhachis slender, pubescent ; 
pedicels ascending, the lower }-4 in. long; bracts minute, ovate or 
lanceolate. Perianth } in. long; segments oblong, white, with a 
distinct brown keel. Anthers oblong, minute; filaments scabrous, 
4-4 in. long. Capsule turbinate, 4 in. long.—Fl. Cap. vi. 389. A. 
jacquinianum, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 462; Baker in Journ. 
Bot. 1872, 138; Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 308. A. flexifolium, Jacq. Collect. 
Suppl. 93; Ic.t. 412, non Linn. Trachyandra Jacquinii, Kunth, Enum. 
iv. 578. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo and Huilla; in damp sandy soil, 
Welwitsch, 3788! 3789! 3790! 3791! 3799! Newton! 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Beira, Braga! British Central 
Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, 5000-6000 ft., Carson, 47! 53! 
Also in South Africa. 
50. A. Oatesii, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 324. Neck of the root 
crowned with large membranous scales. Leaves 5-6, erect, subterete, 
channelled down the face, 5—6 in. long, clothed with fine white spreading 
or deflexed hairs. Peduncle slender, glabrous, as long as the leaves. 
Raceme simple, lax, 4-6 in. long; pedicels erecto-patent, the lower 
6-9 lin. long; bracts minute, lanceolate. Perianth ZA in. long; 
segments linear-oblong, with a distinct brown keel. Stamens nearly as 
