520 Liniacez (Baker). [ Androcymbium. 
11. A. latifolium (Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 415); corm 
subglobose ; outer tunics hard, black; neck produced; proper leaves 
ovate, 3 in. long by half as broad, abruptly narrowed at the base, 
subcoriaceous, obtuse or subacute, dotted with brown, ciliated ; bracts 
deep rose-red ; perianth pinkish-white; segments 2 in. long, with a 
lanceolate blade, and claw longer than the blade; stamens an inch 
long. 
Western Recion: Great Namaqualand ; Han, near Bethany, Purcell. Not 
in Kew Herbarium. 
12. A. eucomoides (Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag, ii. 21); 
corm ovoid, 3~1 in. diam.; tunics firm, brown-black ; underground 
stem 2-3 in. long; stem none; proper leaves 2-3, outer lanceolate, 
sometimes a foot long, inner shorter, ovate-lanceolate ; capitulum 
many-flowered, 13-2 in. diam.; pedicels stout, 3~—1 in. long; outer 
bracts ovate, 2-3 in. long, firm in texture, not distinctly striped ; 
perianth greenish, 3-1 in. long; claw broad, about as long as the 
ovate-cucullate blade ; stamens exserted ; anthers linear-oblong, } in. 
. long ; capsule subglobose, 3 in. long; carpels narrowed suddenly into 
subulate styles, i—1 in. long. Schlecht. in Linnea, i. 89; Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 1526; Kunth, Enum. iv. 153 ; Baker in 
Journ. Bot. 1874, 245; Journ, Linn. Soc. xvii. 444. Melanthium 
eucomotdes, Jacq. Ic. ii. 22, t. 452; Bot. Mag. t. 641. Cymbanthes 
JSetida, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 329. 
CrnTRaL ReGion: Fraserburg Div.; near Sutherland, Burchell, 1339! at 
Stink Fontein, Burchell, 1395! 
Ps Laie Recion: Little Namaqualand; by the Hazenkraals River, Drége, 
13. A. Burkei (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 246) ; corm not seen ; 
proper leaves 4—5, lanceolate, erect, firm in texture, }—% in. broad 
low down, the outer a foot long; capitulum few-flowered, globose, 
under an inch in diameter; pedicels very short; outer bracts ovate, 
acute, 13-2 in. long, similar to the leaves in texture ; perianth about 
an inch long; claw as long as the ovate-lanceolate blade; capsule 
oblong, above } in. long ; style straight, erect, nearly as long as the 
capsule. Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 444, 
KaLaHAgI RecGion; Orange Free State; near the Vaal River, Burke ! 
14. A. longipes (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 246) ; corm globose, 
} in. diam.; underground neck 2 in. long ; proper leaves 4; lanceo- 
late-acuminate, 5-10 in. long, under an inch broad low down; stem 
none; capitulum few-flowered, under an inch in diameter; pedicels 
very short ; outer bracts few, lanceolate, similar to the leaves in 
texture ; perianth 1-1} in. long; claw slender, longer than the ovate- 
acuminate blade ; stamens shorter than the blade ; anthers oblong, 
yz in. long; capsule not seen. Journ. Linn. Soc, xvii. 445. 
CuntRaL Reeton: Somerset Div., Bowker ! 
I know nothing about A. Uittorale and A, cucullatum, mentioned by name only — 
by Ecklon in Top. Verz. 6-7, 
