132 32. LII.IACEAE 



6i. Fruit deeply 3-lobe(l or acutely angled. Seeds discoid. — Species 80. 

 Tropical and South Africa. Some are used as ornamental plants. 



Chlorophytum Ker 



Fruit not distinctly lobed, obtusely angled. Filaments thread-shaped. — 



Species 120. Some are used as ornamental or medicinal plants. {Pha- 



l<ins;ittin Juss.) Anthericum L. 



(rz (53.) Anthers attached to the filament in a small dorsal pit. ... 63 

 Anthers without a dorsal pit 65 



63. Perianth wheel-shaped, with spreading 5-nerved segments, white on the 

 inner face, violet or red on the outer. Filaments wooll5^ Seeds globular 

 or ovoid. — Species i. North-West Africa. Used in medicine. 



Simethis Kunth 



Perianth bell- or funnel-shaped, with more or less connivent, i -nerved 



segments. Seeds triquetrous 64 



^64. Perianth yellow. Filaments distinctly unequal, bent downwards. 5tem 

 bearing leaves to the middle or higher up. — Species 2. North Africa. 

 Used as ornamental or medicinal plants. . . . Asphodeline Reichb. 

 Perianth white or reddish. Filaments subequal. Stem bearing leaves 

 at the base only. — Species 10. North Africa, northern East Africa, and 

 Mascarene Islands. Some are used as ornamental or medicinal plants 

 or for preparing glue Asphodelus L. 



■65. Filaments glabrous. Ovules 2 in each ovary-cell. Perianth white or 



yellow. — Species g. South Africa Bulbinella Kunth 



Filaments bearded. Ovules 3 or more in each ovary-cell. Perianth yellow, 

 rarely whitish. — Species 30. South and Central Africa. Some are 

 poisonous to cattle Bulbine L. 



66. (52.) Stamens free from the perianth, rarely {Lomatophyllnni) slightlv 

 attached to it at the base. Anthers attached to the tip of the filament 

 in a small pit. Perianth-segments evidently united or connivent into 

 a narrow tube at the base. Fruit a capsule which is rarely fleshy. 

 Leaves leathery and all radical, or more or less flesh\ . [Tribe ALOI- 



NEAE.] " .... 67 



Stamens attached to the perianth, rarely almost free, but then anthers 

 without a pit, perianth-segments almost free, spreading or globosely- 

 connivent, fruit a berry, and leaves not fleshy 75 



'67. Leaves leathery, minutely toothed or entire, radical or nearly so. In- 

 florescence terminal, simple, densely racemose, upon an almost naked 

 stalk. Perianth usually yellow or red ; limb regular or nearly so, 



not 2-lipped. [Subtribe kniphofiinae.] 68 



Leaves fleshy and usually prickly, generally inserted on a woody stem, 

 rarely leathery, but then inflorescence subcapitate or loosely racemose 

 or perianth with a 2-lipped limb. Inflorescence axillary, but often 

 apparently terminal. [Subtribe aloinae.] 69 



'68. Perianth campanulate, with a short and wide tube, l^lowcrs spreading, 

 rarelyerect. — Species5. South Africa to Angola. Notosceptrum Bcnth. 



