892 Libtacez (Baker). [ Anthericum. 
41. A. Kunthii (Baker) ; root-fibres long and slender; leaves 
‘linear-subulate, 4-6 in. long, hispid, dilated to a hyaline base ; stems 
3 from a root, 2-3 in. long, scabrous ; racemes 1-2, subflexuose, 
3-4 in. long; pedicels scabrous, finally } in. long; bracts minute, 
ovate ; perianth } in. long; segments oblong, with a 3-nerved keel ; 
stamens shorter than the perianth; filaments muricated ; capsule _ 
subglobose ; cells 2-seeded. Trachyandra humilis, Kunth, Enum. 
iv. 574. : 
Soutn Arrica: without locality, Drége, 8734. 
Known to me only from Kunth’s description. I cannot trace the number in 
Drdge’s list of stations. There is already au Abyssinian Anthericum humile,— 
Hochst. 
42. A. asperatum (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1872, 138; Journ. 
Linn. Soe. xv. 310); leaves subterete, rigid, light green, 7-8 in. 
long, scabrous, with minute, spreading, glandulose bristles ; peduncle 
4 in. long, subterete; raceme lax, simple, 4-5 in. long; bracts 
minute, deltoid; pedicels solitary, scabrous, } in. long; perianth 
3 in. long; segments with a closely 3-nerved brown keel ; stamens 
rather shorter than the perianth ; filaments muricated; ovules 4 in 
acell. Trachyandra asperata, Kunth, Enum. iv. 574. — 
CzNnTRAL Reaion: Albert Division, 4500-5000 ft., Drége, 8735! 
_ 43. A. scabrum (Linn. fil. Suppl. 202); leaves subterete, not 
rigid, 15 ft. long. j,-1 in. broad, channelled down the face, seabrous 
downwards with raised points; peduncle compressed, flexuose, 3-1 . 
ft. long, scabrous with raised points ; racemes few, very lax, finally 
3-1 ft. long; rachises persistently scabrous; bracts minute, lanceo- 
late-deltoid ; pedicels 3-2 in. long, finally spreading or decurved; 
perianth } in. long; segments with a distinct 3-nerved greenish 
keel ; stamens much shorter than the perianth; filaments muri- 
cated ; capsule globose, 4 in. diam. Thunb. Prodr. 63; Fl. Cap. 
edit. Schult. 320 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 310. Bulbine 
seabra, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 451. Trachyandra scabra, 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 585. 
Coast RgGion : Sandy plains between Cape Town and Hottentots Holland, 
Thunberg ! 
44. A. involucratum (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 311); 
rootstock elongated, vertical ; outer rudimentary leaves ovate, mem- 
branous ; radical leaves flat, linear, glabrous, 4-5 in. long, $ in- 
broad, moderately firm in texture ; peduncle slender, terete, glabrous, 
1-2 in. long ; racemes simple, very lax, few-flowered, tinally 3-4 in. 
long ; bracts small, deltoid-cuspidate ; pedicels ascending or spread- 
ing, the lower 372 in. long; perianth } in. long ; segments whitish, 
oblanceolate, with a distinct greenish keel; stamens half as long 48 
the perianth ; filaments papillose ; capsule not seen. 
Western Recton; Little Namaqualand near Mieren Kasteel, Drége, 2681! 
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