Anthericum. | LILIACEE (Baker). 887 
the midrib; peduncle leafless, 3-11 ft. long; racemes one or few, 
lax, 1-3 in. long; bracts minute, deltoid ; pedicels 3-} in. long, 
articulated at or below the middle, lower 2-3-nate ; perianth 3 in. 
long ; segments oblanceolate, with a closely 3-nerved green or brown 
keel ; stamens rather shorter than the perianth ; filaments scabrous, 
much exceeding the oblong anthers; capsule globose-triquetrous, 
emarginate, 2 in. diam. 
Coast REGION: Queenstown Div.; Shiloh, 3500 ft., Baur, 937! 
CENTRAL Reaion: Albert Div.; Burghers Dorp, Cooper, 783! 
Katanari Reaion: Basutoland, Cooper, 8300! near the Vaal River, Nelson, 
185! 
EastEgn RueGion: Transkei; Tsomo Flats, 1500-2000 ft., Baur, 722! Tem- 
buland; Xongora, Baur, 152! Tabase, near Buzeia, 2500 ft., Baur, 376! 
Pondoland, Bachmann, 275! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 118! 264! 366! near 
Durban, Wood, 3197! Durban Bay, Krauss, 74! and without precise locality, 
Cooper, 3295! Plant, 78! Gerrard, 554! Delagoa Bay, Forbes ! 
24. A. viscosum (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1872, 141); root-fibres 
long and slender ; relies of old leaves not breaking up into threads ; 
root-leaves linear, rigid in texture, } ft. long, }-} in. broad, with 
8-10 scabrous raised nerves on each side of the midrib; peduncle 
scabrous, shorter than the leaves ; racemes several, lax, 1—2 in. long; 
rachises very scabrous; bracts small, white, ovate, scariose ; pedicels 
4+ in. long, articulated at the middle; perianth 4 in. long; seg- 
ments oblanceolate, with a closely 3 5-nerved keel: stamens much - 
shorter than the perianth ; filaments scabrous, exceeding the oblong 
anthers ; capsule globose-triquetrous, j in. diam. Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xv. 316. Chlorophytum (1) viscosum, Kunth, Enum. iv. 
605. 
Western Recion: Little Namaqualand, near the mouth of the Orange River, 
Drége, 2673 ! : 
. 25. A. serpentinum (Baker) ; root-fibres thick and fleshy ; crown 
not bristly ; leaves about 5, terete, firm in texture, 3-4 in. long, 
} line broad, glabrous, very much twisted spirally ; peduncle very — 
slender, stiffly erect, 3-4 in. long; raceme simple, 1~2 in. long, dense 
upwards ; pedicels solitary, articulated at the apex, lower + in. long ; 
bracts large, lanceolate-deltoid, cuspidate ; perianth } in. long ; seg- 
ments very narrow, white, keeled with brown ; stamens half as long 
as the perianth ; filaments papillose. 
Coast Region: Riet Valley, near Cape Town, Ecklon and Zeyher! Malmes- 
bury, Bachmann, 870! 
26. A. flexifolium (Linn. fil. Suppl. 201); root-fibres thick and 
fleshy ; crown not bristly ; radical leaves 6-12, terete, firm in 
texture, 3-4 in. long, under a line in diameter, very much twisted 
spirally, glabrous or hispid ; peduncle slender, terete, 2-5 in. long ; 
inflorescence a rhomboid panicle 2-3 in. long with a straight or 
zigzag rachis ; racemes very lax, few-flowered ; bracts very minute, 
ovate ; pedicels very short ; perianth ; in. long ; segments oblanceo- 
late, with a 3-nerved brown keel ; stamens shorter than the perianth ; 
