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Androcymbium. } LILIACER (Baker), 517 
Leaves not circinate at the tip : 
——- $-$ in, long: 
eaves short, lanceolate... —.., + (6) cuspidatum, 
Leaves loug, ‘lanceolate : wath 
Styles2in. long... we (7) leucanthum. 
Stylesdin. long... vs eee (8) natalense. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate oc .. (9) albomarginatum, 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate .,, pe ..» (10) Burchellii, 
Leaves ovate é Ast +» (11) latifolium, 
Perianth about an inch long: 
Claw of perianth-segments as long as 
blade : 
Capsule subglobose ,.. ves -» (12) eucomoides. 
Capsule oblong ager -»» (13) Burkei. 
Claw of perianth-segments longer than 
blade ee Oe ere -.» (14) longipes. 
1, A. Dregei (Presl, Bot. Bemerk. 116); corm ovoid, 4 in. diam. ; 
tunics brown-black, crustaceous ; neck slender, 1-13 in. long, with a 
brown membranous sheath; stem sometimes none, sometimes 
1-1} in. long; leaves 3~4, linear or subulate, the lower 3~4 in. long ; 
capitulum few-flowered, 3-2 in. diam. ; bracts 6-8, greenish, ovate, 
-} in. long; perianth 1 in. long; claw much shorter than the 
ovate-cuspidate blade ; stamens not exserted ; capsule as long as the 
perianth ; carpels narrowed gradually into a very shortstyle. Waip, 
Ann. i. 875; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 443. Melanthium 
tenue, E. Meyer in Herb. Drege. 
Western Rexcion: Little Namaqualand; Silver Fontein, near Ookiep, 
Drége, 2705! Twee Fontein, near Concordia, Bolus, 6566 ! 
2. A. melanthioides (Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag, ii. 21); 
corm ovoid, 3-1 in, diam,; tunics nearly black, firm in texture ; stem 
1-6 in. long above ground ; leaves 2-3, linear or lanceolate, the lower 
6-8 in. long; capitulum globose, many-flowered, 3~1 in. diam. ; 
bracts 4~8, ovate, acute, the inner whitish, scariose, 1-3 in. long, 
distinctly striped with green or brown, the outer more like the 
leaves in texture and furnished with a leafy point ; pedicels 1-3 in. 
long ; perianth whitish, 3—-} in. long; claw shorter than the ovate- 
cucullate blade ; stamens as long as or a little longer than the blade; 
anthers yellowish, ;4;—3 in. long; capsule as long as the perianth ; 
styles 2 in. long. Schlecht. in Linnea, i. 89; Kunth, Enum. iv. 
153; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 244; Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 
449, 
Var. 8, acaule (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 442); stem not produced ; 
leaves and bracts crowded, 
Var. y, A. subulatum (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 245); leaves subulate, 
channelled down the face ; claw of perianth-segments nearly or quite as long as 
the blade. 
CEentTRAL Reaion: Somerset Div.; Fish River Heights, Hutton! near Little 
Fish River, Schinz! Graaff Reinet Div. ; ‘‘ Africas Hoogde,” Burke, 285! Zeyher, 
1712! sumimit of Cave Mountain, near Graaff Reinet, 4200 ft., Bolus, 464! 
ee Re@ion: Transvaal; Crocodile River, Vates ! Saddleback Range, 
near Barberton, 50u0 ft., Wood, 4290! Thorneroft, 274! Moodies, near Barberton 
4500 ft., Galpin, 789! Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5768! Johannesberg, E.8.C.4, 
