492 CXL, LILIACE£ (BAKER). [ Anthericum. 
long as the perianth ; filaments scabrous, much longer than the minute 
oblong anthers.—Rolfe in Oates, Mateb. edit. 2, 411, t. 13. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Matebeleland, Oates ! Elliott ! 
51. A. Saltii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 309. Leaves 6-8, 
thin, linear, 1 ft. long, A in. broad, clothed all over with spreading or 
deflexed soft hairs. Peduncle pubescent, A ft. long. Raceme simple, 
3 in. long, lax in the lower half; rhachis pilose; bracts lanceolate- 
cuspidate, 1-1 in. long ; pedicels solitary, articulated at the apex, the 
lower 4-4 in. long. Perianth white, Lin. long; segments with a distinct 
brown keel. Stamens scarcely shorter than the perianth; filaments 
densely muricated. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Soit ! in the British Museum. 
52. A. malosanum, Baker. Bases of old leaves not breaking up 
into fibres. Basal leaves many to a stem, moderately firm, narrowly 
linear, 6-9 in. long, clothed with fine spreading hairs. Peduncles 
densely pubescent, simple or forked, about as long as the leaves. 
Racemes very lax, $-1 ft. long; bracts small, ovate, white with a 
distinct green keel; pedicels solitary, } in. long, deflexed in the fruiting 
stage, articulated at the apex. Perianth } in. long; segments oblong, 
white tinged with orange, with a very distinct 1-nerved green keel. 
Stamens nearly as long as the perianth; anthers oblong, rather shorter 
than the filaments. Capsule globose, muricated, the size of a small pea. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Malosa, 4000- 
6000 ft., Whyte ! 
53. A. taylorianum, Rendle in. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXX. 415. 
Tufted, from a much-branched woody knotted rhizome, with wiry root- 
fibres. Leaves linear, thin, glabrous, the largest above 1 ft. long, 
6-8 lin. broad, ciliate on the midrib and crisped margins. Peduncle 
flattened downwards, 6 in. long, covered with farinaceous pubescence. 
Raceme simple, 5-6 in. long; bracts deltoid-subulate, the lower above 
4 in. long; pedicels articulated at the middle, solitary, the lowest 4-4} in. 
long. Perianth } in. long; segments lanceolate, 3—5-nerved, keeled 
with brown. Filaments subulate, scabrous; anthers linear. Capsule 
subglobose-trigonous, } in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Uyui, Taylor ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
54. A. nidulans, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 314. Rootstock 
thick, creeping ; tufts of leaves surrounded by copious short bristles. 
Leaves narrowly linear, firm, glabrous, 9-15 in. long. Peduncle slender, 
terete, glabrous, 3-12 in. long. Racemes moderately dense, 1-3 1n. 
long, simple or sparsely panicled ; rhachis angled, glabrous ; pedicels 
very short, articulated at the middle, the lower 3-4-nate; bracts small, 
ovate, white, scariose, several to a node. Perianth seen only in an early 
stage ; segments oblong, distinctly keeled with green. Filaments long ; 
anthers linear. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; summit of Mount Chirad- 
zulu, Meller ! 
