Anthericum.) LILIACEH (Baker). 381 
simple or forked, lax, 4 ft. long; pedicels all solitary, articulated at 
the middle, the lower spreading, 3-3 in. long ; lower bracts lanceolate, 
as long as the pedicels ; perianth white, 3 in. long; segments obtuse, 
with a closely 3-nerved greenish keel; stamens half as long as the 
perianth ; filaments exceeding the linear-oblong anthers ; style 3 in. 
long. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1872, 138; Journ. Linn. Soc, xv. 304. 
Phalangium undulatum, Poir. Encyc. v. 242. Anthericum gramini- 
Jolium, Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 139; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg, vii. 
463. Chlorophytum (1) graminifolium, Kunth, Enum. iv. 606. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality. 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure. 
2. A. rigidum (Biker in Journ. Bot. 1872, 141; Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xv. 303); radical leaves linear, rigid in texture, glabrous, a 
foot long, } in. broad, with 6-8 raised veins on each side of the 
prominent midrib ; peduncle 14-2 ft. long, ancipitous in the lower 
half, with 1-2 much-reduced leaves ; racemes lax, sparingly panicled, 
the central one 2-3 in. long; bracts minute, deltoid, red-brown ; 
pedicels j4,-2 in. long, articulated at the middle, the lower 2-3-nate ; 
perianth j in. long; segments oblanceolate, with a 3-nerved brown 
keel ; stamens rather shorter than the perianth; filaments twice as 
long as the small oblong anthers; ovules6inacell. Chlorophytum (1) 
rigidum, Kunth, Enum. iv. 604. 
Coast Recion: Tulbagh Div., Great Winter Hoek Mountain, 2000-3000 ft., 
Drége, 8738 ! 
3. A. pachyphyllum (Baker in Journ, Linn. Soe xv. 304) ; 
radical fibres long, wiry, slender; root crowned with a ring of 
bristles ; radical leaves about 8, clasping the base of the stem, linear, 
firm in texture, the central ones 6-8 in. long, 3 in. broad, with about 
20 seabrous nerves on each side of the prominent midrib; peduncle 
simple, ancipitous, leafless, 1-1} ft. long; raceme lax, simple, 
3-6 in. long; bracts small, deltoid, scariose; pedicels 3—} in. long, 
articulated below the middle, the lower 3—4-nate ; perianth } in. long ; 
segments oblanceolate, with a greenish 3-nerved keel; stamens 
shorter than the perianth; filaments twice as long as the linear- 
oblong anthers ; capsule ovoid-triquetrous, obtuse, + in. long. 
Coast Region: Albany Div.; Grahamstown! (Collector not stated on 
label). 
4. A. longistylum (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 305); radi- 
cal leaves densely tufted, linear-subulate, glabrous, a foot long, 3 in. 
broad above the clasping base, with 6-8 prominent nerves on each 
side of the distinct midrib; peduncle leafless, } ft. long below the 
inflorescence; racemes copiously panicled; central 6-9 in. long; 
bracts small, deltoid, whitish, scariose ; pedicels }~} in. long, articu- 
lated below the middle, the lower 2~3-nate ; perianth } in. long; 
segments oblanceolate, with a 3-nerved green keel ; stamens shorter 
than the perianth ; filaments as long as the linear-oblong anthers; 
