518 uiLiacez® (Baker). [ Androcymbiwm. 
Herb., 370! near Lydenburg, Atherstone! Var. 8, Transvaal; near Pretoria, 
Roe in Herb. Bolus, 3042! Var. y, Orange Free State; Bloemfontein, Reh- 
mann, 3727 ! 
EasteRn Reoion: Natal; under the Drakensberg, Keit, 6! 
8. A. circinatum (Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvii. 443) ; corm 
small, ovoid ; stems several to a corm, with underground necks 3-4 
in. long; proper leaves 2, linear, complicate, 2-3 in. long, spirally 
recurved at the tip; capitulum sessile, few-flowered ; bracts ovate, — 
inconspicuously striped with brown, obtuse, or with a leafy point; 
perianth 4—8 in. long; claw as long as the ovate blade; stamens as 
long as the blade; anthers oblong, in. long; capsule not seen; 
styles 2 in, long. Melanthium maculatum, E. Meyer in Herb. 
Drege. 
_ Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand; between Uitkomst and Geelbeks 
Kraul, 2000-3000 ft., Drége, 2706! 
4, A. crispum (Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 415); corm 
oblong; outer tunics firm, brown-black; stem shortly produced 
above ground; proper leaves linear, circinate at the apex, about 3 in. 
long, 3 in. broad at the base, crisped and densely ciliated ; bracts 
ovate, acute, not ciliated, white or rose-red, with red lines and 
purple dots ; perianth white, 2 in. long; stamens an inch long. 
Western Recion: Great Namaqualand; Han, near Bethany, Purcell. Not 
in Kew Herbarium. 
5. A. volutare (Burch. Trav. i. 213); corm not seen; under- 
ground neck 13~2 in. long; leaves 2, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 
3-4 in. long, recurved and more or less curled up spirally at the 
acute tip; stem none; capitulum few-flowered, 3 in, diam. ; pedicels 
very short ; bracts ovate, acute or obtuse, 1-1} in. long, similar to 
the leaves in texture, not striped; perianth din. long ; claw filiform, - 
as long as the deltoid-cuspidate blade; stamens longer than the 
blade; anthers oblong, 3 in. long; capsule subglobose, } in. long ; 
styles slender, recurved, as iong as the capsule. Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. xvii. 443. 
CEntRaL ReGion: Tulbagh Div.; between Great and Little Doorn Rivers, 
Burchell, 1215! Frazerburg Div.; between Stink Fontein and Seldery Fontein, 
Burchell, 1400 ! 
6. A. cuspidatum (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 245); corm not 
seen; underground neck 13~2 in. long; leaves 2-3, sessile, lan- 
ceolate, acute, 2-3 in. long, 1-1 in, bruad; stem none; capitulum 
few-flowered, }—$ in. diam. ; pedicels very short ; outer bracts ovate, 
similar to the leaves in texture, not distinctly striped, 1-12 in. long ;. 
perianth greenish, 2 in. long; claw broad, channelled, as long as the 
ovate-lanceolate blade ; stamens as long as the blade ; anthers oblong, 
yellow, % in. long; capsule subglobose, } in. long; styles as long a8 
the carpels. Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvii. 444. 
Brito. Reaion: Fraserburg Div.; by the Great Riet River, Burchell, 
