384 uLacex (Baker). [ Anthericum. 
11. A. capitatum (Baker) ; densely tufted ; old leaves splitting 
into fibres; produced leaves 3-4 to a stem, linear, firm, strongly 
ribbed, glabrous, } ft. long, }-} in. broad; peduncle naked, slender, 
stiffly erect, terete, 6-9 in. long; flowers many, crowded into a 
single globose head ; pedicels erecto-patent, articulated at the middle, 
the lower }-} in. long; bracts large, ovate, membranous ; perianth 
2 in. long; segments oblong, white, with a keel of 3 distinct browr 
ribs; stamens half as long as the perianth; anthers small, oblong ; 
style short. 
Eastern Region: Natal; Van Reenens Pass, 5000-6000 ft., Wood, 4795! 
12. A. Saundersie (Baker); radical leaves about 6, linear, the 
central ones with a flat blade half a foot long and sheathing the base 
of the stem for an equal length, moderately firm in texture, 5 in. 
broad, with 10-12 pilose raised nerves on each side of the prominent 
midrib ; peduncle 14 ft. long, leafless, strongly angled; racemes 2, 
1-13 in. long; bracts small, deltoid ; pedicels erecto-patent, [-3 in. 
long, articulated at the middle, the lower 2—3-nate ; perianth 3 in. 
long; segments oblanceolate, with a closely 3-nerved keel; stamens 
much shorter than the perianth ; filaments scabrous, exceeding the 
oblong anthers; style declinate, } in. long. 
Eastern Recion: Natal, Mrs. K, Saunders. 
Closely allied to A. triforum. 
13. A. crassinerve (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1891, 71); root-fibres 
cylindrical ; old leaves rather fibrous; leaves lorate, glabrous, very 
rigid, 3 in. long, 4-3 in, broad, with thick veins and a very thick 
margin; peduncle simple, 4 ft. long, with 2 empty membranous 
bracts ; raceme lax, simple, 3-6 in. long; pedicels erecto-patent, the 
lower 3-7 in. long, articulated at the middle; bracts ovate-acuminate, 
the lower }-{ in. long; perianth 4} in. long, white tinged with 
red ; stamens shorter than the perianth; filaments scabrous, rather 
exceeding the linear-oblong anthers ; style exserted. 
WestTekn Reaion: Little Namaqualand; near Ookiep, 3000 ft., Bolus. 
6600! Scully, 114! a hd , 
14, A. transvaalense (Baker); root-stock crested with copious 
‘fibres; leaves many, rigid, narrowly linear, } in. broad, erect, 2-6 in. 
long, channelled down the face, clothed with soft spreading hairs ; 
peduncle simple, flexuose, pubescent, 3-1 ft. long; raceme lax, 
simple, 3-6 in. long; rachis densely pubescent ; pedicels all single, 
very short, articulated at the middle; bracts lanceolate from an ovate 
base, the lower }-} in. long; perianth 4 in, long; segments oblong, 
white, with a distinctly 3-nerved brown keel; stamens nearly as 
long as the perianth ; anthers large, oblong. : 
Katanart Recton: Transvaal; Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 3500 ft., 
Galpin, 1035 ! 
15. A. nudicaule (Baker) ; root-fibres long and slender, bearing 
small tubers at the tip; old leaf-bases breaking up into fibres ; pro- 
