382 LILIACEE (Baker). [Anthericum 
style declinate, 4 in. long; capsule ovoid-triquetrous, rigidly coria- 
ceous, 3—} in. long. 
KabLaHaRI ReGcion: Transvaal, Baines ! 
5. A. angulicaule (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xv. 305) ; root- 
fibres slender and wiry ; radical leaves 6-8, linear, glabrous, firm in 
texture, 1-14 ft. long, 4-1 in. broad, strongly closely ribbed; 
pedunele strongly angled, leafless, 1-2 ft. long; racemes 1-3, lax, 
2-4 in. long ; bracts small, deltoid-cuspidate, scariose, dark brown; 
pedicels 3—+ in. long, articulated below the middle, the lower 2-3-nate ; 
perianth white, 3 in. long; segments oblong, with a closely 3-nerved 
green keel; stamens shorter than the perianth; filaments shorter — 
than the linear-oblong anthers, which are 3 in. long; style declinate, 
3 in. long. 
Coast Recion: Uitenhage Div. ; sandy hills by the Zwartkops River, Zeyher ! 
King Williamstown Div. ; Keiskamma, Mrs. Hutton! 
Katanari Reoion: Transvaal; near Lydenberg, Atherstone! Yster Spruit, 
Nelson, 324! 
Eastern ReGion: Natal, Sanderson, 261! Mrs. K. Saunders! 
6. A. Cooperi (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 304) ; root-fibres 
very slender; root crowned with a ring of bristles ; root-leaves about 
6, linear, glabrous, firm in texture, 6~9 in. long, }—1 in. broad, with 
12-15 nerves without a distinct midrib; peduncle slender, stiffly 
erect, simple, leafless, 1-14 ft. long; raceme dense, simple, few- 
flowered ; bracts scariose, whitish, lanceolate-deltoid or deltoid, 
persistent, the lower 3 in. long; pedicels }-2 in. long, articulated at 
the middle, the lower 3—4-nate ; perianth 4-3 in. long; segments with 
a closely 3-nerved brown keel; stamens rather shorter than the 
perianth ; anthers linear-oblong, 4 in. long; filaments very short ; 
capsule oblong-triquetrous, rigidly coriaceous, } in. long. 
Katauwagi Recion: Basutoland, Cooper, 3302! 
Eastegn Reoion: Natal, Cooper, 1004! 
7. A. anceps (Baker in Journ. Linn. Sog. xv. 305); radical 
leaves 5-6, linear, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 6—9 in. long, 
% in. broad, with about 30 conspicuous close ribs; peduncle 6—9 in. 
long, simple, strongly angled; raceme dense, simple, 3 in. long; 
bracts large, white, scariose, acuminate, 3 in. long; pedicels short, 
articulated at the middle, the lower 2—3-nate; perianth 4 in. long; 
segments oblong, tipped with red-brown, with a 5-nerved green keel ; 
filaments shorter than the linear-oblong anthers, which are 3} in. 
long; style declinate, ¢ in. long. 
KAtawarI ReGion: Transvaal, Baines! 
8. A. trichophlebium (Baker); rhizome stout, creeping along - 
the surface of the ground, with abundant wiry root-fibres, the old 
leaves remaining as bristles; radical leaves about 6, oblong-lanceo- — 
late, rigidly coriaceous, densely pubescent, 3-4 in. long, 3—? in. 
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