402 LILIACEZ (Baker). [ Cxsia. 
iin. diam. Anthericum contortum, Linn. fil. Suppl. 202; Thunb. 
Prodr. 63; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 819; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. 
Veg. vii. 480, 1695 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xv. 299. 
Coast Recion: Clanwilliam Div.; Blue Berg, 2000-3000 ft., Drdge, 
1504b! Cape Div.; flats near Rondebosch, Burchell, 726! vineyards and 
fields below Table Mountain, Thunberg! Paarl Mountains, 900 ft., Bolus, 5565! 
Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, 2000-3000 ft., Drége, 1504a! George Div.; 
~~ Touw River, Burchell, 5748! on the Post Berg near George, Burchell, 
1! 
XIX. NANOLIRION, Benth. 
Perianth marcescent, spirally twisted after flowering; segments 
distinct, subequal, oblanceolate, obscurely 3-nerved. Stamens 6, 
hypogynous or the inner attached to the base of the perianth- 
segments; filaments flattened ; anthers ovoid-oblong, dorsifixed, with 
introrse dehiscence. Ovary sessile, 3-celled ; ovules 2 in a cell, col- 
lateral, erect ; style filiform; stigma capitate. Capsule subglobose, 
loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds not seen. 
Disrziz. Endemic, closely allied to the Australian and New Zealand mono- 
typic genus Herpolirion, Hook, fil. 
1. N. capense (Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 793); whole plant an 
inch high, consisting of dense tufts crowded on a slender creeping 
rootstock, which sends out wiry root-tibres ; leaves 20 or more to & 
_ rosette, subterete, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, persistent, rounded 
on the back, channelled down the face ; flowers 1-3 on a very short 
peduncle from the centre of the rosette of leaves; pedicels {-} in. 
long ; perianth dull blue, }-2 in. long ; stamens half as long as the 
perianth ; capsule } in. long and broad. Oliv. in Hook. Ic. t. 1726. 
Herpolirion capense, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 395. 
Coast Reaion: Tulbagh Div. ; onthe rocky summit of Winterhoek Mountain, 
near Tulbagh, 6500 ft. Bolus, 5170! 
XX. AGAPANTHUS, L’Herit. 
Perianth gamophyllous, infundibuliform; segments oblong, sub- 
equal, much longer than the tube. - Stamens 6, inserted at the 
throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform, as long as the seg- 
ments ; anthers small, oblong, dorsifixed, dehiscing introrsely. Ovary 
narrow, sessile, 3-celled ; ovules numerous, superposed ; style filiform ; 
stigma minute. Capsule coriaceous, elongate-oblong, loculicidally 
3-valved. Seeds flat ; testa lax, blackish, produced upwards into an 
oblong wing. 
Disters. Endemic. 
1. A. umbellatus (L’Herit. Sert. Angl. 17); rootstock short, 
tuberous ; root-fibres fleshy, cylindrical ; radical leaves 6-8, lorate, 
green, fleshy, 1~2 ft. loug, 1-14 in. broad ; peduncle leafless, stout, 
