Merendera. | CXL. LILIACEM (BAKER). 559 
leaves. Perianth lilac, with a filiform claw about an inch long and a 
lanceolate blade nearly or. quite as long, not auricled at the base. 
Stamens half as long as the blade of the perianth-segments; anthers 
linear, almost basifixed.—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 440; Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 159; M. schimperiana, Hochst, and M. lon- 
gispatha, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. FI, Abyss. ii. 337. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia : Samen ` on mountains between Enjedeap and Shoata, 
2000 ft., below Enjedcap, Schimper, 1126! in dry places on mountains near Enjedcap, 
Schimper, 1167! Shoa; Ankober, Roth, 106! and without precise locality, Schimper, 
306! Dembea; at Chelga, Steudner, 495, and Jenda, Steudner, 494 (ex Engler) ; 
Galla Highlands ; at Sebit, Steudner, 493 (ex Engler). 
Also at Aden. 
29. ANDROCYMBIUM, Willd.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. 
iii. 822, 
Perianth-segments distinct, equal, with narrow connivent claws 
and spreading narrow blades, concave and nectariferous at the base. 
Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the blade of the perianth-segments; 
filaments filiform, thickened towards the base; anthers oblong, slightly 
versatile. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed; styles +, 
distinct, filiform, stigmatose at the apex. Capsule septicidally 3-valved. 
Seeds subglobose; testa brown, opaque; albumen firm; embryo minute. 
— Rootstock a tunicated corm. Stem usually not produced, so that the 
flowers form a sessile cluster in the centre of a rosette of leaves. 
Species 20, two inhabiting the Mediterranean and Oriental regions, the others in 
South Africa. ‘ 
Acaulesent, 
Stamens shorter than the blade 1. A. roseum. 
Stamens longer than the blade 2 E subulatum. 
3. A. melanthioides, 
Stem 2-3 in. long var. striatum 
1. A. roseum, Engl. Jahrb. x. 282. Acaulescent. Corm globose, 
under 1 in. diam.; tunics rigid, dull brown; neck 1-2 in. long. 
Proper leaves several, linear from an ovate base, 3-6 in. long; inner 
(bracts) ovate, not pale and veined with green. Flowers many in a 
cluster. Perianth-segments 1 in. long; blade lanceolate, pale red, 
about as long as the claw. Filaments much shorter than the blade of 
the perianth-segments ; anthers small, oblong. 
Lower Guinea. Hereroland: Otyikango-Okatiti, and near the hot spring 
“ Barmen,” Marloth 1360, Schinz 62, Gobabis, Schinz, 63! Angola: Huila; at 
Humpata, Johnston ! Camba Serreno, Newton ! 
2. A. subulatum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 245, Acaulescent. 
Corm ovoid, 4 in. diam.; outer tunics rigid, nearly black; neck under 
an inch long. Proper leaves 2-3, linear-subulate, moderately firm, 
glabrous, channelled down the face, 4-8 in. long ; bracts Phi much 
overtopping the flowers, oblong or ovate-cuspidate, 14—2 in. long, 
