368 LiLiacez (Baker), [Schizobasis. 
_stems climbing or erect; inflorescence various: bracts minute; pedicels solitary, 
articulated at the apex. 
Distats, A single species in Angola. 
Stems climbing... ... vse one, ve Ss ewe (1) cuseutoides. 
Stems erect : 
Inflorescence a simple raceme ... .» (2) flagelliformis. 
3) Macowani. 
Inflorescence a panicle with racemose branches... 
Inflorescence a lax intricate corymbose panicle,,, (4) intricata. 
1, 8. cuscutoides (Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 786); bulb ovoid-sub. 
globose, tunicated, with pale red flesh and abundance of viscous 
juice ; leaves unknown; stems annual, filiform, climbing, forming a 
lax intricately branched mass; flowers solitary, lateral or terminai, 
on deflexed or erecto-patent slender pedicels 1-1 in. long; perianth 
1 in, long; segments oblong, ubtuse, white, with a distinct brown 
keel ; stamens nearly as long as the perianth; capsule globose, } in. 
diam. Asparagus cuscutoides, Burchell ex Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xiv. 606. - 
CenTRaL ReGIon: Hopetown Div.; by the Orange River, near Vissers Drift, 
Burchell, 2673! 
KaLaHARI REGION: Orange Free State; near Boshof, Mrs. Barber! 
2. §. flagelliformis (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xv. 261); bulb 
and leaves unknown; stem erect, 1-14 ft. long including the 
inflorescence ; raceme sometimes a foot long ; rachis slightly curved ; 
pedicels ascending, lower 1-6 in. long; bracts minute, deltoid; 
perianth 4 in, long; segments lanceolate, with a distinct greenish- 
brown keel; stamens much shorter than the perianth-segments ; 
oe x oe Anthericum flagelliforme, Baker in Journ. Bot. 
Katanwari Recion: Transvaal; Apies River, Burke! 
3. 8. Macowani (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1873, 105); bulb globose, 
1-1} in, diam., with brown membranous tunics produced an inch 
above ite apex ; leaves unknown ; peduncle slender, curved, 3-4 in. 
long ; panicle deltoid, 3-4 in. long and broad, formed of 4-10 lax 
ascending racemes 1-2 in. long, 3 in. diam.; pedicels erecto-patent, — 
3-t in. long; bracts minute, deltoid ; perianth campanulate, } in. long ; 
segments oblong, obtuse ; stamens a little shorter than the perianth ; 
eapsule greenish, 3 in. diam. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 261. 
Crntrat Ree@ion: Somerset Div. ; rocky places near the Little Fish River, in 
the vicinity of Somerset East, 3000 ft., very rare, MacOwan, 1847! 
4. 8. intricata (Baker in Jour, Bot, 1874, 368); mature bulb 
globose, 1-1} in, diam. ; leaves 4~10, terete, erect, 3-4 in. long, 
vanishing before the stems appear; stems erect, 3-12 in, long 
including the inflorescence ; peduncle as long as the paniele, some- 
times spirally twisted; panicle 3-6 in. long and broad, very lax, — 
corymbose, with zigzag rachises and slender, spreading, or ascending 
pedicels 3~1 in. long, articulated at the apex; perianth campanulate, 
vs in. long ; segments oblong, obtuse, white, with a distinct brown 
