COLLECTED BY MR. ALEXANDER WHYTE. 5L 
angusto, multifloro (25-50), 2-6-pollicari; bracteis minutis orbiculari-deltoideis, 
superioribus breviter, inferioribus longe calcaratis; pedicellis ascendentibus ; 
perianthii albidi segmentis lanceolatis, uninerviis; staminum filamentis lineari- 
subulatis, membranaceis ; stylo filiformi; capsula ovoidea, seminibus in loculo 5-10, 
complanatis, testa atra. 
Only part of the evidently small bulb present in the specimen. The larger scapes are 
l line in width; the narrow racemes only attain a width of 4 in. when in fruit; the 
ascending pedicels are 2-3 lines long. The short membranous bracts have in the upper 
part of the raceme short spurs in the middle of the back; in the lower part these spurs 
become much longer, as much as 2 lines. The perianth, which is 24 lines long, becomes 
detached at the base, and is thrown off like a cap from the half-ripe fruit. The filaments 
are thin, membranous, and 1 line long, the anthers 4 line. The filiform style is 1 line 
long. ‘The green ovoid capsule is 2} lines long by 14 broad. The seeds are black and 
flattened. 
Hab. Milanji, 6000 ft., Oct. 1891 (4. Whyte); Nyasa-land, 1891 (Buchanan). 
ORNITHOGALUM ECKLONI, Schlecht. Linnsa, xxv. p. 177. 
Hab. Milanji, Oct. ; Cape of Good Hope; Natal; Tropical East Africa. 
ANTHERICUM, sp. 
Flower-buds unopened. 
Hab. Milanji, Oct. No. 175. 
ANTHERICUM (SPHALANGIUM) MILANJIANUM, Rendle, sp. n. Herba foliis plicatis, late 
linearibus, utrinque attenuatis, subacutis, seepius falcatis, basi vaginantibus, subrigidis, 
papyraceis, multinerviis, margine scabridulis; caule glabro, compresso, subpedali ; 
bractea ima subulata; panicula angusta, 3—4-pollieari, nondum evoluta; bracteis 
membranaceis, subulatis ; pedicellis medio articulatis; perianthii segmentis lanceolatis, 
albis, 7-nerviis; filamentis filiformibus, glabris; stylo filiformi; capsulo elliptico, 
seminibus in loculo pluribus superpositis turgidis. 
The broadly linear leaves are folded at the midrib, w hich is thickened like the 
margins, 8-18 in. long, 7-12 lines broad, with from 36 to 52 longitudinal veins. The 
flowering stem is sheathed at the base by the leaves, and, including the inflorescence, 
is 12-15 in. long by 2-23 lines broad, with one subulate bract about halfway up. The 
inflorescence is a narrow panicle 3-4 in. long, the lower subulate bracts $ in. long; the 
lateral branches are short and few-flowered. The flowers were unopened, except one or 
two on a smaller inflorescence, where there was also one fruit. The perianth-segments 
are 44 lines long, white, with 7 delicate green nerves; the filaments are 13 lines long, the 
large yellow anthers 23 lines. The filiform style is 4 lines long. The single elliptical 
capsule is 3 lines long, and contains several black turgid seeds. 
Hab. Milanji, Oct. No. 123. 
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