Schizobasis. ] LILIACEZ (Baker). 369 
keel ; stamens nearly as long as the perianth; ovules about 6 in a 
cell ; capsule not seen. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 261. 
Anthericum intricatum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1872, 140. Asparagus 
micranthus, Thunb. herb. 
Soutm ArFrica: without locality, Zeyher, 4284! 
Centrat ReGion: Somerset Div.; stony places on flat-topped rocks near 
Little Fish River, 3000 ft., MacOwan, 2131! Colesberg Div., Shaw! Albert 
Div. ; by the Orange River near Sand Drift, Burke, 370! 
Katanaki ReGion: Transvaal; Queens River Valley near Barberton, 2300 
ft., Galpin, 525 ! : 
XV. ERIOSPERMUM, Jacq. 
Perianth campanulate, marcescent, persistent; segments distinct, 
subequal, 1-nerved. Stamens 6, attached to the base of the perianth- 
segments ; filaments lanceolate or filiform; anthers ovoid, basifixed, 
dehiscing introrsely. Ovary subsessile, globose, 3-celled ; ovules few 
in a cell, superposed; style subulate; stigma capitate, entire. 
Capsule coriaceous, loculicidally 3-valved down to the base, the 
valves persistent. Seeds few, densely and persistently pilose ; 
embryo long, cylindrical, often projecting beyond the fleshy 
albumen. 
Rootstock large and tuberous; leaves usually solitary, produced after the 
flowers ; ‘racemes simple; pedicels solitary; bracts minute; flowers whitish or 
tinged with green, yellow or claret-purple. 
Distrrs, Several species in Tropical Africa. 
Leaf solitary, without facial processes : 
Leaf oblong or lanceo!ate : 
Pedicels obsolete me vi ae .. (1) cernuum. 
Lower pedicels 3-1 in, long: 
Leaf glabrous, lanceolate (2) calearatum. 
Leaf glabrous, oblong... ee .. (8) Haygarthii. 
Leaf ligulate, densely hairy ... .. (4) villosum, 
Lower pedicels 1-1} in. long: 
Perianth } in. long, tuber small, globose : 
Pedunele solitary ... ie .. (5) parvifolium. 
Peduncles 2~3-nate... a ... (6) porpbyrovalve, 
Perianth 4 in. long, tuber large .- (7) lanceefolium, 
Lower pedicels 2-3 in, long, perianth 4-6 
lines long... sce ak os. ... (8) luteo-rubrum, 
Lower pedicels 4-6 in. Jong, perianth 3-4 : 
lines long... us su Pe ... (9) Burchellii. 
Leaf cordate-ovate, hairy : 
Pedicels {-} in. long: 
Leaf }in. long... + ++ (10) microphyllum. 
Leaf 3-4 in. long aps sta ... (11) brevipes. 
Pedicels 4-1 in. long: 
Inner and outer segments similar .» (12) pubescens, 
13) natalense. 
Inner and outer segments different... 2 
14) lanuginosum, 
Pedicels 14-2 in. long oe one is 
Leaf cordate-ovate, glabrous : 
Pedicels short : 
Raceme short, corymbose ine ... (15) corymbosum, 
Raceme elongated : 
... (16) Bellendeni 
Bracts small... oh es 7 
Bracts larger ose oes .» (17) Cooperi. 
