Anthericum. | LILIACEX (Baker). 391 
Soc. xv. 308. A. filiforme, Thunb. Prodr. 62, ex parte. A. 
vermicularis, Soland. in herb. Banks, Trachyandra longepeduncu- 
lata, Kunth, Enum. iv. 584, 
Soutm Arrica: without locality, Oldenburg! Ludwig! Bergius ! j 
Coast Re@ion: Malmesbury, Bachmann, 472 ! Cape Div.; hills below Table 
Mountain, Thunberg ! sandy places near Green Point, Zeyher, 4245! near Cape 
Town, Bolus, 3754! 3764! Simons Bay, Wright, 229! 
38. A. tabulare (Baker); root-fibres long, slender, wiry; old 
leaves not breaking up into bristles; radical leaves linear-subulate 
from a clasping deltoid base, subrigid, glabrous, straight, erect, 
2-1 ft. long, 3-3 in. broad; peduncle 6-9 in. long, leafless, 
glabrous, smooth ; racemes 1-2, the end much the largest, dense 
upwards, finally 4-6 in. long; pedicels solitary, ereeto-patent, the 
lowest 7-1 in, long ; bracts lanceolate from a deltoid base, as long 
as or longer than the pedicels; perianth } in. long; segments 
oblanceolate, white, with a 3-nerved pale brown keel; stamens much 
shorter than the perianth; filaments muricated ; capsule globose, 
3 in. diam. 
Coast Recion: Table Mountain, 2400 ft., Bolus, 4726 ! 
Closely allied to A. brevicaule and A. canaliculatum. 
39. A. brevicaule (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 298); root- 
fibres slender and wiry ; crown of the root not bristly ; leaves sub- 
terete, firm in texture, channelled down the face, glabrous, 3 ft. 
long, } in. broad ; stem much shorter than the leaves; racemes 1-2, 
the end one very lax, finally a foot long ; bracts lanceolate-deltoid, 
¢-t in. long; pedicels solitary, finally decurved, 3] in. long; 
perianth 3 in. long ; segments white, keeled with brown ; stamens 
shorter than the perianth ; capsule globose, + in, diam. 
SourH Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
40. A canaliculatum (Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 448); root-fibres long, 
cylindrical ; relies of old leaves not breaking up into ei 
leaves subterete, a foot or more long, j;—;5 in. broad, chann ro 
down the face, not rigid, scabrous, with sharp, spreading points ; 
peduncle stout, leafless, 3-1 ft. long, densely pubescent ; raceme 
simple, dense upwards, finally 4—6 in. long; pedicels re At 
densely pilose, the lower 3-3 in. long; bracts lanceolate, a oe 
nearly or quite as long as the pedicels ; perianth densely pu id: cade 
2 in. long; segments oblanceolate, with a closely 3-nerved pal 
brown keel; stamens much shorter than the perianth ; filaments 
muricated ; capsule globose, }-} in, diam., densely pubescent. 
Willd. Sp. Plant. ji. 141; Roem, et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii sd ; 
Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xv. 309 ; Bot. Reg. t. 877 oe - 
t. 1124, Bulbine canaliculata, Spreng. Syst. ii. 86. Phalangium 
canaliculatum, Poir. Eneyc. v. 249. Trachyandra canaliculata, 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 578. oe 
‘ Coasr Region : Cape Flats, Pappe! Bolus, 3749! Simons Bay, Wright, 
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