324 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AND LITLLE KNOWN LILIACE^E. 



Isle of Hydra, gathered by Dr. vou Heldi-eich. For specimens 

 of this I am 'indebted to Prof. H. G. Keichenbach. It is a close 

 ally to F. qnrca^ Boiss. & Spruner, a species now well known in 

 English gardens. 



27.* Anthericum (Phalangium) superpositum, Baker, n. sp. 

 Eoot-stock and root-leaves not seen. Peduncle 2-2^ feet long, 

 stiffly erect, bearing several superposed rigidly coriaceous oblong 

 leaves (3-6 in. long, l-lf in. broad at the middle, acute, strongly- 

 ribbed, with much-thickened margins), with petioles which clasp 

 the steiii for a length of 4-8 inches. Eacemes 1-3, 2-3 in. long, 

 lax ; lower nodes ^ in. apart ; upper ^ in. ; bracts deltoid ; pedicels 

 articulated at the middle, the lowest 3-4-nate. Perianth greenish 

 white, ^ in. long ; segments oblong, persistent. Stamens falling a 

 little short of the perianth- segments ; anthers minute. Capsule 

 subglobose, ^ in. in diameter ; seeds triquetrous, many in each 

 ceU. 



Central Africa, in Niam-niamland, Schiceinfurth, iii. 174 ! A 

 very distinct species. 



28.* Anthericum (Phalangium) monophyllum. Baker, n. sp. 

 Root-stock subglobose, corm-like, crowned with numerous fine 

 bristles, the root-fibres fleshy, cylindi-ical. Produced leaf 1 only 

 (1 also rudimentary, hairy), linear, erect, rigidly coriaceous, acute, 

 6-9 in. long including the sheathing-base, ^ in. broad, glabrous, 

 strongly ribbed, the edge thickened, not at all ciliated. Peduncle 

 about as long as the leaf. Eaceme simple, moderately dense, 

 1-3 in. long ; rachis finely pubescent ; bracts ^f in. long, 

 lanceolate or linear from a deltoid base ; pedicels all solitary, 

 ascending, ^-^ in. long, articulated at the middle. Perianth 

 white, rotate, f-^ in. long ; segments lanceolate, distinctly 

 3-ribbed on the keel. Stamens falling ^ short of the perianth- 

 segments ; ^ in. linear anther equalling in length the glabrous 

 filament. Style white, declinate, \-^ in. long, reaching to the tip 

 of the perianth- segments. 



North Central Africa, in the kingdom of Djm-, Schiceinfurth, 

 1793 ! Near the Guinea A, puhirachu. 



64*. Anthericum (Trachyandra) Oatesh, Baker, n. sp. Eoot- 

 stock not seen complete ; outer tunics produced as a membrane 

 round its neck. Produced leaves 5-6, cotemporary with the 

 flowers, terete above the sheathing base, -|- foot long, h Ime in 

 diameter, clothed with fine soft deflexed white hairs as long as 

 the diameter of the leaf. Scape as long as the leaves, pilose in 

 the lower pai-t, glabrous upwards. Eaceme lax, simple, half a 

 foot long, 1-11 in. in diameter ; bracts minute, deltoid ; pedicels 

 erecto-patent, the lower ones ^— | in. long. Perianth white, 

 fugacious ; segments I in. long, lanceolate, with a distinct 

 1 -neiTed or obscurely 2-3-nerved brown keel. Stamens faUing a little 

 short of the perianth- segments ; filaments muricated ; anthers 

 oblong, very minute. Style declinate, just overtopping the anthers. 



Matebele-land, South-east tropical Africa, C G. Oates, Esq ! 

 Near the Abyssinian A. Sahii and Cape A. pubescois. 



