Anthericum. | LILIACEE (Baker). 388 
broad, with 30-40 prominently-raised hairy ribs and a thickened 
hairy margin; peduncle simple, leafless, densely pilose, rather 
shorter than the leaves ; raceme dense, simple, oblong, 14-2 in. long ; 
bracts lanceolate, densely pilose, like the leaves in texture ; pedicels 
3—g in. long, articulated at the middle; perianth } in. long; seg- 
ments oblanceolate, with a closely 3-nerved keel; stamens rather 
shorter than the perianth ; filaments scabrous, exceeding the anthers, 
whieh are } in. long; style 3 in. long. 
Katanart Region: Transvaal; hills above Aapies Kiver near Pretoria, 
Rehmann, 4314! 
9. A. polyphyllum (Baker); leaves many to each stem, linear, 
firm, glabrous, strongly ribbed, a foot long, } in. broad ; whole plant 
2 ft. high ; peduncle stout, terete; panicle of about 3 racemes, the 
end one 3-4 in, long, dense upwards; pedicels short, articulated: 
near the base ; bracts small; perianth } in. long; segments oblong, 
white, with a distinct brown keel; stamens nearly as Jong as the 
perianth ; anthers large; style much exserted. 
Katanarrt Reaion: Transvaal; on stony hills, De Kaap Valley, near 
Barberton, 2300 ft., Galpin, 1149! 
10. A. triflorum (Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 448); root-fibres dense, 
fleshy, cylindrical or nodose ; root crowned with fine flexuose bristles ; 
root-leaves linear, moderately firm in texture, 6-9 in. long, }-} in. 
broad at the middle, minutely ciliated on the edges, with 8-10 dis- 
tinct nerves on each side of the midrib; peduncle 3-1 ft. long, 
angled downwards, with 2-3 rudimentary leaves; raceme simple, 
lax, 2-3 in. long; bracts small, deltoid-cuspidate ; pedicels 1-4 in. 
long, articulated at the middle, the lower 2—3-nate; perianth white, 
3 in. long; segments oblanceolate, with a closely 3-nerved keel ; 
stamens rather shorter than the perianth; filaments scabrous, much 
longer than the oblong anthers ; capsule ovoid-triquetrous, } in. long. 
Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 140; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 460. 
Chlorophytum (?) triflorum, Kunth, Enum, iv. 606. Anthericum 
bipedunculatum, Jacg. Collect. Suppl. 88; Ic. ii. 18, #, 410. 
Phalangium pedunculatum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xv. 315. 
Phalangium bipedunculatum, Poir. Encyc. v. 244. P. triflorum, 
Pers. Syn. i. 368. Anthericum pauciflorum, Thunb. Prodr. 63; 
Fil. Cap, edit. Schult. 320. Trachyandra pauciflora, Kunth, Enum. 
iv. 584 TT. (2) brehmeana, Kunth, Enum. iv. 586. Chlorophytum 
brehmeanum, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 454, 
Var. 8, minor (Baker, loc. cit.); a dwarf form, 4-6 in. high, with narrower 
canaliculate leaves and lax 2—4-flowered raceme with all the pedicels solitary. 
Coast Reoron: Clanwilliam Div., Zeyher! Malmesbury Div, ; Malmesbury, 
Bachmann, 805! 806! near Groene Kloof, below 1000 ft., Drége, 8722a! Bolus, 
4348! Zwartland, Thunberg! Cape Div.; Lion Mountain, Thunberg! Yzer- 
plant, near Zout River, Zeyher, 4659! Near Tulbagh, Pappe! Worcester, 
Zeyher! Var. B, Paarl Div. ; between Paarl and Lady Grey Railway Bridge, 
Drége, 8723a! Uitenhage Div. ; by the Zwartkops River, Pappe! 
Katauari Reoion: Var. 8, Transvaal; Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 
4500 ft., Galpin, 1025! 
