Anthericum. ] LILIACER (Baker). 885 
duced leaves firm, linear, glabrous, 6-9 in. long, 2 in. broad; 
peduncle stiffly erect, simple, ancipitous, without any reduced leaf; 
raceme dense, short, simple, few-flowered; pedicels 3-} ‘in. long, 
erecto-patent, articulated at the middle; bracts ovate-lanceolate, the 
lower }~3 in. long ; perianth 3-8 in. long ; segments oblong, with a 
closely 3-nerved green or red-brown midrib; stamens half as long as 
the perianth ; anthers oblong, small; capsule oblong, shorter than 
the perianth, with the valves strongly ribbed transversely, 
Eastern Reaion : Griqualand East; on hillsides near Clydesdale, 2500 ft., 
Tyson, 1054 ! 
16. A. Bolusii (Baker) ; root-fibres short, cylindrical; old leaves 
not splitting up into fibres ; leaves 8-10, terete, glabrous, + ft. long, 
zs in. diam. ; peduncle glabrous, leafless, 6-9 in. long; raceme lax, 
simple, 5-6 in. long; flowers all single; pedicels erecto-patent, 
articulated at the middle, the lower 2-nate, 4-? in. long; bracts 
ovate-acuminate, }-4 in. long; perianth } in. long; segments linear- 
oblong, spreading, with a 3-nerved brown midrib ; filaments rough, 
¢ in, long : anthers small, oblong; style } in. long. 
Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand; Naries, near Spektakel, 3300 ft., 
Bolus, 6601! 
17. A. fasciculatum (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 316); 
leaves numerous, spreading, subterete, 13-3 in. long, -4;—} in. broad, 
channelled down the face, moderately firm in texture, not rigid, closely 
10—15-nerved, minutely ciliated on the margin; peduncle slender, 
simple, leafless, about 2 in. long ; raceme simple, 1-1} in. long; 
bracts small, deltoid; pedicels }-+ in. long, articulated at the 
middle; lower 2~3-nate; perianth } in. long; segments oblanceo- 
late, with a closely 3-nerved green keel; stamens shorter than the 
perianth ; filaments papillose, 2-3 times the length of the oblong 
anthers, which are } in. long; style declinate, ? in. long. 
Katanart Recion: Plains of the Vaal River, Bowker, 4! 
- 18. A. Galpini (Baker); whole plant 6-9 in. high; old leaves 
splitting up into fibres ; produced leaves many, narrowly linear, rigid, 
complicate, 4-5 in. long, some faleate, ciliated with fine deflexed 
hairs ; peduncle slender, terete ; panicle of 3-4 sparse lax racemes ; 
pedicels short, erecto-patent, articulated below the middle, the lower 
ones 2-nate; bracts linear, from an ovate base, lower ; in. long; 
perianth 3 in, long; segments oblong, white, with a distinct brown 
" keel; stamens shorter than the perianth ; anthers small. 
Katanari Reagion: Transvaal; grassy plains around Barberton, 2900 ft., 
Galpin, 1160! 
19. A. Schultesii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1872, 140); root-fibres 
cylindrical ; relics of old leaves not breaking up into bristles ; root- 
leaves 6-10, linear, rigid in texture, 3-9 in. long, + in. broad, with 
10-12 crowded raised nerves on each side of the midrib, minutely 
ciliated on the margin; peduncle 3-1 ft. long, with 2-3 rudimentary 
