Androcymbium.] LILIACEE (Baker). 519 
eA leucanthum (Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. ii. 21); 
corm ovoid, 3—% in. diam, ; tunics brown-black, firm in texture; under- 
ground neck 1-3 in. long; stem none; proper leaves 2~3, outer lanceo- 
late, 6-9 in. long; capitulum many-flowered, 1-14 in. diam. ; outer 
bracts several, ovate, 2-3 in. long, not distinctly striped ; pedicels 
short; perianth whitish, 2-5 in. long; claw nearly as long as the 
ovate-cucullate blade; stamens as long as the blade; anthers oblong, 
yellowish, », in. long; capsule } in. long; carpels narrowed 
gradually into persistent styles } in. long. Schlecht. in Linnea, i. 87 ; 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 153; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 245; Journ. 
Linn, Soc. xvii. 443. A. eucomoides, Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 165, 
non Willd. . A. punctatum, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1874, i. 786. 
Melanthium punctatum, Linn. Pl. Afr. Rar. 10; Amen. Acad. vi. 
87. M. capense, Linn. Sp, Pl. ed. 2, 483. Thunb. Prodr. 67; Fl. 
Cap, edit. Schult. 338. Anguillaria capensis, Spreng. Syst. ii. 146. 
Sovurn Argrica; withont locality, Zeyher, 1720! 
_Coast Region: Cape Div.; Lion Mountain aud Devils Mountain, Thunberg / 
Simons Bay, Wright ! Devils Mountain, 1000 ft., Bolus, 4725! Knysna Div.; 
near Groene Vullei, Burchell, 5628! Uitenhage Div., Hcklon and Zeyher, 122! 
Western Recion: Little Namaqualand, between Uitkomst and Geelbeks’ 
Kraul, 2000-3000 ft., Drége, 2709! 
Katauagi Reeion: Basutoland, Cooper ! 
There is a drawing of this by Masson in the British Museum. 
8. A natalense (Baker); corm small, globose ; underground neck 
2-3 in. long; pruper leaves 2~3, lanceolate, erect, 3-1 ft. long ; stem 
none or very short ; capitulum few-flowered ; pedicels }—{ in. long ; 
outer bracts lanceolate, 1-3 in. long, similar to the leaves in texture ; 
perianth greenish, } in. long; claw subulate, as long as the ovate 
blade ; stamens as long as the blade; anthers small, oblong ; capsule 
globose, 2 in. long ; styles half as long as the capsule, 
Eastern Recon: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 200! Mrs. K. Sawnders! — 
9. A. albomarginatum (Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 415), 
corm not seen ; stem not produced; proper leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, about 5 in. long, margined with white ; bracts shorter, ovate- 
lancevlate ; perianth white, 2 in. long; claw of the segments.as long 
as the blade ; stamens as long as the perianth-segments. 
Sourn AFrica: without locality, Fleck, 302a. Not in Kew Herbarium. 
10. A. Burchellii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 246); corm not 
seen; underground neck 14-2 in. long; proper leaves 2, spreading, 
ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 23-3 in. long; stem none; ecapitulam few- 
flowered, 3 in. diam. ; pedicels very short ; outer bracts broad-ovate, 
about an inch long, subscariose, not striped ; perianth $ in. long; 
claw broad, channelled, longer than the ovate blade; stamens twice 
as long as the blade; anther oblong, 3 in. long ; capsule not seen. 
Journ. Linn. Soc, xvii. 444. 
- Cenrrat Rxecron: Fraserburg Div.; between Stink Fontein and Seldery 
Fontein, Burchell, 1401! 
