480 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [A^itfierimim. 



2. A. calyptrocarpum. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 

 258. Root-fibres many, cylindrical, fleshy; crown of the root densely 

 setose. Leaves 1-2, terete, glabrous, 1 ft. or more long, very slender. 

 Peduncle slender, terete, -J ft. long. Panicle deltoid, G-9 in. long, 

 formed of several very lax ascending racemes ; pedicels J-J in. long, 

 articulated at the middle, the lower geminate; bracts minute, deltoid- 

 cuspidate. Perianth } in. long, circumscissile at the base ; segments 

 oblong, with a laxly-nerved brown keel. Stamens rather shorter ; 

 anthers oblong, as long as the glabrous filaments. Capsule turbinate, 

 ^ in. long, crowned by the twisted perianth. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Afr. 160. 



Iio-wer Guinea. Angola: Huillii ; in stony meadows between Mumpulla and 

 LopoUo, 3800-5500 ft., Wehvitsch, 378G ! 



3. A. inconspicuuxn. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1871, 71. Root- 

 fibres many, slender, not bearing tubercles ; old leaves breaking up 

 into fibres. Leaves «j-4, erect, thin, linear, glabrous, \ ft. long, not 

 ciliated on the margin. Peduncle very slender, terete, 1-2 in. long. 

 Raceme simple, very lax, 2-3 in. long ; lower pedicels geminate, \ in. 

 long, articulated at the middle. Perianth ^ in. long ; segments ob- 

 lanceolate, white, with a 3-nerved green keel. Stamens rather shorter 

 than the perianth; anthers minute, oblong; filaments glabrous. — Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. IGO. 



Nile Ziand. Somaliland : near Maid, Hildehrandt , 1469 ! 



4. A. puxniluiiiy Hua, Coittr. Fl. Congo Franc^. lAl. 20. Crown of 

 root not setose. Leaves 8-10, linear, 5-G in. long, ^ in. broad, 

 moderately firm, glabrous, closely ribbed, pellucid on the margin. 

 Peduncle terete, 1 J-2 in. long. Raceme simple, dense, not overtopping 

 the leaves ; bracts ovate, acute, the lower J in. long ; pedicels short, 

 articulated at the apex, 3-4 in a cluster. Perianth-segments yellow, 

 \ in. long, spreading, 3-nerved. Anthers oblong, finally twisted. 

 Ovary subglobose ; style filiform, incurved. Capsule oblong-trigonous, 

 \ in. long. Seeds subglobose, 7-8 in a cell. 



Xiower Guinea. French Congo ; mission station on the upper Kemo, a tributary 

 of the Dua or Mobangi River, Dyhowski, 761 ! 

 No speciiTicn at Kew. 



5. A. tenelluxn, Welw. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 

 256. Densely tufted. Root-fibres few, fleshy, cylindrical. Leaves 

 densely tufted, narrowly linear, erect, glabrous, 1-3 in. long. Peduncle 

 very slender, flexuose, glabrous, 4-5 in. long. Racemes 2-3, very lax, 

 2-3 in. long ; rhachis flexuose ; bracts minute, deltoid, membranous ; 

 pedicels short, articulated at the middle, lower 2-3-nate. Perianth \ in. 

 long ; segments linear, with a 3-nerved brown keel. Stamens rather 

 shorter than the perianth ; anthers oblong, minute ; filaments glabrous. 

 Capsule oblong, \ in. long. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 160. 



liOwer Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; Morro de Monino, in damp sandy pastures, 

 3800-5500 ft., Welwifsch, 3796 ! 



