Anthe7'icum.'\ 



CXL. LILIACE^ (baker). 



479 



Leaves pubescent over the surface. 

 Leaves linear 

 Leaves lanceolate. 

 Anthers ^ in. long 



. 38. A. Granfii. 



. 39. 

 . 40. 



A. arenarium. 

 A. sphacelatum. 



Subgenus Holopodium. Flowers corymbose ; pedicels 



not articulated. 

 Peduncle none. 



Flowers 2-3 41. 



Flowers 6-8 42. 



Peduncle shorter than the leaves. 



Leaves glabrous ....... 43. 



Leaves with a few long hairs ..... 44, 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves ..... 45. 



Subgenus Teachyandra. Pedicels solitary, articulated 



at the apex. Filaments scabrous. 

 Leaves glabrous. 



Flowers white ....... 46. 



Flowers yellow . . . . . . .47. 



Leaves pilose. 



Peduncle very short ...... 48. 



Peduncle not very short. 



Peduncle much shorter than the leaves . . .49. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves. 



Leaves subterete 50. 



Leaves narrowly linear. 



Racemes short . . , . .51. 

 Racemes long 52. 



Subgenus Dilanthes. Pedicels articulated at the 

 middle; lower usually 3-4-nate. Filaments sca- 

 brous. 



Lower pedicels solitary ..... 



Lower pedicels 3-4-nate. 

 Leaves glabrous. 



Perianth -segments with a green keel 

 Perianth -segments with a red-brown keel 

 Leaves pubescent. 



Leaves 2-3 in. long ..... 

 Leaves above 1 ft. long .... 



A. angiistifolium. 

 A. humile. 



A. corymbosum. 



A. Jamesii. 



A. gregoriannm. 



A. arvense. 

 A.Jlavoviride. 



A. pyrenicarpum. 



A. elongatum. 



A. Oatesii. 



A. Saltii. 



A. malosanttm. 



. 53. A. taylorianum. 



54. 

 55. 



nidulans. 

 trifloruin. 



A. molle. 

 A. Whytei. 



1. A. ustulatum, Welw. ex Baker in I'rans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 

 258. Rootstock slender, wide-creeping ; neck crowned with a few fibres. 

 Produced leaves ;^, subterete, firm, glabrous, 6-7 in. long ; outer rudi- 

 mentary linear, coriaceous, transversely barred with black. Peduncle 

 slender, terete, nearly as long as the leaves. Raceme lax, simple, 

 1-1 J in. long; pedicels ^-J in. long, articulated at the middle, the 

 lower 2-3-nate ; bracts lanceolate, red-brown, longer than the pedicels. 

 Perianth J in. long ; segments oblong, with a many-nerved red-brown 

 keel. Stamens much shorter than the perianth ; anthers oblong, as 

 long as the glabrous filaments. 



£ower Guinea. Angola : Huilla and Pungo Andongo ; in spongy bogs, Jf'el- 

 tvitsch, 3800 ! 3801 ! 



