Anthericum. | CXL, LILIACEÆ (BAKER). 493 
55. A. triflorum, Ait. Hort. Kewi. 448. Root-fibres many, slender, 
not bearing tubers ; neck crowned by a dense ring of bristles. Leaves 
firm, linear, glabrous, 1 ft. or more long, }-} in. broad. Peduncle 
1-1} ft. long, strongly angled upwards. Raceme dense, simple, 3-6 in. 
long ; rhachis flexuose, glabrous; pedicels short, ascending, single or 
2-nate, articulated at the middle ; bracts small, ovate, scariose. Perianth 
3-3 in. long; segments lanceolate, with a laxly 5-7-nerved red-brown 
keel. Anthers linear, } in. long; filaments as long. Capsule oblong- 
trigonous.—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 315; FI. Cap. vi. 383. A. 
Cameroni, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xv. 314. 
Nile Land. Kordofan, Pfund, 467! 856! British East Africa: Jur; Jur 
Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1977! Bongo; at the Lesi River, Schweinfurth, 3977! 
Uganda, Lugard ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe, 4000-5000 ft:, Scott-Elliot, 
8122! Lake Tanganyika, Cameron! British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, 
5000-6000 ft., Carson, 51! Nyasaland ; Tanganyika Plateau, at Fort Hill, 3500- 
4000 ft. Whyte ! Songui and Karonga, 1700-2000 ft., Whyte ! Mount Malosa, 4000- 
6000 ft., Whyte ! 
Also in South Africa. 
56. A. molle, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 259. Root- 
fibres many, long, slender, bearing small tubers near the end; tufts of 
leaves surrounded by a few fibres. Leaves lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, 
densely clothed with fine spreading white hairs, narrowed gradually into 
a slender petiole as long as the blade. Peduncle slender, hairy, shorter 
than the leaves. Racemes 1-14 in. long, simple or forked; pedicels 
ascending, lower 2—3-nate, 4—-} in. long, articulated at the middle; 
bracts small, ovate, cuspidate, green, densely hairy. Perianth 4 in. 
long; segments white, with a 5-nerved brown keel. Anthers } in. 
long, longer than the scabrous filaments. Capsule globose, 4 in. long. 
Lower Guinea, Angola: Pungo Andongo; near the Fort, frequent in dry 
stony soil, Welwitsch, 3780! 
57. A. Whytei, Baker. Rootstock not seen. Leaves linear, 
moderately firm, above 1 ft. long, }—} in. broad at the middle, narrowed 
gradually to a very narrow base, with a very distinct midrib and close 
fine veins densely clothed with short soft hairs. Peduncle flattened, 
narrowly winged, simple, 1 ft. long. Raceme simple, 2-5 in. long, 
dense upwards ; bracts small, ovate, scariose, many in a cluster, white 
tipped with dark brown ; pedicels short, articulated at the middle, the 
lower 2-3-nate. Perianth-segments oblong, ł in. long, white with a 
many-nerved pale brown keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; 
anthers large, white, linear, much longer than the filaments. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Zomba and 
vicinity, 2500-3500 ft., Whyte ! 
14. CHLOROPHYTUM, Ker; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Plant. iii. 788. 
Perianth polyphyllous, not twisting ; segments subequal, oblong or 
linear-oblong, 3—5-nerved in the keel. Stamens 6, shorter than the 
