398 LiLtAcEx (Baker). [ Chlorophytum. 
8. C. Bowkeri (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 332); root-fibres 
fleshy, cylindrical ; leaves lanceolate, 2-8 ft. long, 1-14 in. broad 
at the middle, narrowed gradually to the apex and clasping base, 
moderately firm in texture, with 30—40 close distinct ribs ; inflores- 
cence 4-5 ft. long including the peduncle ; raceme simple, 1-1} ft. 
long, stiffly erect ; lower internodes 1—1} in. long; bracts deltoid or 
lanceolate, membranous, }-1 in. long; pedicels 4—} in. long, articu- 
lated at the middle, lower 3-4-nate ; perianth white, 4—} in. long; 
segments 3-5-nerved ; stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; 
anthers linear-oblong, shorter than the filaments ; capsule obovoid, 
emarginate, } in. Jong. Ref. Bot. t. 352. 
SoutH AFRICA: without locality, Bowker ! 
EasTeERN Reason: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 1228! 
4. ©. drepanophyllum (Baker) ; root-fibres fleshy ; basal scales 
ovate, membranous; leaves lanceolate, glabrous, sickle-shaped, 
moderately firm in texture, 9-12 in. long, an inch broad; peduncle 
stout, leafless, 3 ft. long; raceme simple, 6-8 in. long, with a stout 
pilose rachis: bracts scariose, ovate, acute, 4 in. long; pedicels 
shorter than the bracts ; perianth } in. long ; segments linear-oblong, 
rather pilose; stamens } shorter than the perianth; anthers large. 
lanceolate. ; 
WEsTERN REGION: Little Namaquiland; near Nababeep, 3000 ft., Bolas, 
6584: 
5. C. erispum (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xv. 331) ; root-fibres 3-4 
in. long, cylindrical from a slender base ; leaves lanceolate, densely 
rosulate, 2-3 in. long, {—j in. broad, sessile, crisped, ciliated on the 
margin, distinetly 9-nerved ; inflorescence 4-1 ft. long including the 
stem, copiously panicled ; racemes very lax ; bracts minute, deltoid ; 
pedicels 4-j in. long, articulated at the middle, lower 2—8-nate ; 
perianth whitish, {-} in. long; segments oblanceolate, 3-nerved ; 
stamens much shorter than the perianth ; anthers oblong, small ; cap- 
sule ‘globose, } in. diam. Anthericum crispum, Thunb. Prodr. 63; 
Fl. Cap., edit. Schult. 324. Bulbine crispa, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. 
Veg. vii. 448; Kunth, Enum. iv. 568. 
Soutu Argica; without locality, Thunbery ! 
: Coasr esi : Uitenhage Div.; sand-hills near the Zwartkops River, 
: ! 
CeatkaL REGIon(?): Somerset Diy. (?) Bowker ! 
6. C. pulchellum (Kunth, Enum. iv. 605) ; root-fibres slender; 
leaves 5-6, rigid, erect, linear, glabrous, 9-12 in. long, } in. 
broad, with a thickened edge and 8-12 close distinet ribs ; peduncle | 
slender, 15 ft. long, with a small reduced leaf from the middle; 
racemes few, short, very lax ; lower pedicels 2-3-nate, erecto-patent, 
4 im. long; bracts minute, ovate, imbrieated ; perianth + in. long; 
segments linear-oblong, whitish, with a broad red-brown: keel; 
stamens nearly as long as the perianth; anthers large, lanceolate ; 
