Anthericum.] LILIACEX (Baker). 389 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 451. Bulbinella brevifolia, Kunth, Enum. 
iv. 573. 
Sourn ArFrica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
31. A. chlamydophyllum (Baker) ; root-fibres long, rather thick- 
ened ; leaves a dozen or more in a tuft, subterete, a foot long, +4, in. 
diam., moderately firm in texture, glabrous, each with a membranous 
funnel-shaped sheath at the base; peduncle simple, glabrous, half as 
long as the leaves; raceme simple, 3 in, long, dense upwards; bracts 
lanceolate, 1 in. long ; pedicels ereeto-patent, } in. long, articulated 
at the apex ; perianth white, } in. long ; segments oblanceolate, with 
a 3-nerved brown keel; stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; 
filaments slightly scabrous. 
: Aergeg Reeion: On rocky mountain slopes in Tulbagh Kloof, MacOwan, 
! 
32. A. brachypodum (Baker); root-fibres slender, wiry ; old leaves 
not breaking up into bristles ; root-leaves linear, glabrous, thick in 
texture, with thickened margins, nearly flat, a foot long, 4 in. broad ; 
peduncle slender, smooth, subterete, 1-14 ft. long ; racemes 1-3, very 
lax, the end one finally 6-9 in. long ; bracts very minute, deltoid- 
cuspidate ; pedicels erecto-patent, not more than 3-3} in. long ; 
perianth } in. long; segments oblanceolate, white, with a distinct 
brown keel; stamens much shorter than the perianth; filaments 
muricated ; capsule subglobose, + in. diam. 
Coast Region: Sand-dunes near Cape Town, under 100 ft., Bolus, 3921! 
mountains near Simons Town, 1000-2000 ft., Ecklon and Zeyher, 106 ! 
33. A. elongatum (Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 136) ; root-fibres fleshy, 
cylindrical ; crown not bristly ; root-leaves subterete, 1-1} ft. long, 
j'y-k in. broad, glabrous or deciduously pilose ; peduncle stout, 
ancipitous, 6-9 in. long, naked or slightly muricated ; panicle 1-1; ft. 
long, made up of many Jax racemes, the end one 6-8 in. long ; bracts 
minute, deltoid ; pedicels solitary, }-} in. long; perianth }-} in. 
long; segments oblanceolate, with a closely 3-nerved green keel ; 
stamens a little shorter than the perianth ; filaments muricated ; 
anthers minute, oblong; capsule turbinate, } in. diam. Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 456. A. filiforme, Thunb. Prodr. 62, ex parte, 
non Ait. A. jacquinianum, Roem. et. Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 462 ; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xv. 308. Trachyandra Jacquint, 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 578. T. elongata, Kunth, Enum. iv. 584. 
Var. 8, holostachyum (Baker); raceme simple. A. jacquinianum, Schult. fil. 
var. afinis, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 308, partly. 5 
Var. 7, A. flexifolium (Jacq. Collect. Suppl. 93 ; Ie. ii. t. 412, non Linn. fil.) ; 
leaves flaccid, flexuose, pubescent. ee ae 
Coast Reeion: Cape Div.; hills below Table Mountain, Thunberg! Cape 
Flats, Pappe! Bolus, 3750! Wynberg, Burchell, 887! Bolus, 2848! : 
CrntraL Rea@ion : Cradock Div., Cooper, 1801! Colesberg, Shaw ! 
Katanari Recron: Carnarvon Diy.; Buffels Bout, Burchell, 1602 ! 
Eastern Reaion: Var. 8, Griqualand Hast; Clydesdale, 2500 fea, Tyson, 
2122! Natal, Gerrard, 552! Berea near Durban, 100 ft., Wood, 72! 
