394 ; LILIACEZ (Baker). [ Anthericum, 
Coast Rreton: Cape Div. ; sand-dunes near Green Point, Thunberg ! between 
Cape Town and Salt River, Burchell, 897! 
EastEkN REGION: sandy places near King Williams Town, 1250 ft., Tyson, 
3072! 
48. A. falcatum (Linn. fil. Suppl. 202); root-fibres slender, 
cylindrical ; outer rudimentaty leaves membranous; radical leaves 
flat, spreading, linear, glabrous, a foot or more long, }—} in. broad ; 
peduncle 4-12 ft. long, glabrous or slightly hairy ; racemes 1-5, lax, 
the end one finally 1-13 ft. long; bracts lanceolate or deltoid-cuspi- 
date, the lower }-3 in. long ; pedicels ascending or finally decurved, 
the lower 3—$ in. long; perianth 4 in. long, glabrous; segments 
oblanceolate, white, ‘with a distinct brown keel; stamens rather 
shorter than the perianth ; filaments muricated ; capsule turbinate- 
oblong, glabrous, 4 in. long. Thunb. Prodr. 68; Fl. Cap. edit. 
Schult. 323; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 138. A. vespertinum, Jacq. 
Hort. Schoenbr. i. 44, t. 85; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 139; Gawl. in 
Bot, Mag. t. 1040. Bulbine falcata, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. 
vii. 451. Trachyandra falcata, Kunth, Enum. iv. 586. Phalan- 
gium vespertinum, Poir, Encye. v. 249. Trachyandra vespertina, 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 581. 
Coast Recion: Saldanha Bay, Thunberg! Caledon Div.; Zwart River, 
Zeyher! Bathurst Div. ; near Theopolis, Burchell, 4076! 
ALAHARI REGION: Griqualand West; near the Asbestos Mountains, between 
Witte Water and Riet Fontein, Burchell, 2012! 
49. A. longifolium (Jacq. Collect. Suppl. 92; Ic. ii. 18, t. 413); 
root-fibres long and slender ; outer rudimentary leaves membranous ; 
root-leaves linear, flat, 1-13 ft. long, moderately firm in texture, 
muricated mainly on the margin; peduncle stout, glabrous or 
pubescent, 3~1 ft. long; racemes numerons, lax, 2-4 in. long; bracts 
- small, lanceolate or deltoid ; pedicels ascending, the lower } in. long ; 
perianth 3 in. long ; segments oblanceolate, white, with a 3-nerved 
green or brownish keel; stamens much shorter than the perianth ; 
filaments scabrous; capsule globose, glabrous, 4 in. diam, Willd. 
Sp. Plant. ii. 139; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 464. A. fim- 
briatum, Thunb. Prodr. 63; Fl. Oap. edit. Schult. 322; Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 465. Phalangium longifolium, Poir. Encyc. 
Mig Trachyandra longifolia and 1’. fimbriata, Kunth, Enum. iv. 
pate g Pac erage: (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 312) ; leaves aprentaes 
stems decumbent, vivi ubescent ; i i , * 
lower an inch long. oh: ee a ee 
Coast Re@ion: Malmesbury, Bachmann, 802! sandy places neat Cape Town 
Thunberg! Devils Mountain, near Cape Town, 600 f..,’ Bolus, 3809 ! Stellen- 
bosch, Sanderson, 987! Caledon Div. ; Zonder Einde River, Gill! Var. B, 
Bathurst Div. ; near Port Alfred, Burchell ! 
50. A. hirsutum (Thunb. Prodr. 63) ; root-fibres slender, wiry; 
old leaves not breaking up into bristles; root-leaves flat, linear, 
271} ft. long, }~-} in. broad, firm in texture, finely and persistently 
