Anthei'icum.] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 481 



(i. A. dissitiflorum. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 257. 

 Rootstock small, tuberous, with many wiry root-fibres not bearing tubers. 

 Leaves linear, glabrous, moderately firm, 8-5 in. long, ^ in. broad, 

 scabrous on the margin. Peduncle acutely angled, about as long as the 

 leaves. Raceme simple, lax, 1-1^ in. long, 3-(>-fiowered ; pedicels 

 solitary, ^-^ in. long, articulated at the middle ; bracts deltoid, cuspidate, 

 J-J in. long. Perianth J-J in. long ; segments oblong, with a pale 

 brown 3-nerved keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; anthers 

 oblong, jV in. long, as long as the glabrous filaments. 



lao-wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; near Condo, in damp pastures, 

 Walwitsch, 3781 ! 



7. A. subpetiolatum. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 302. Root- 

 fibres wiry, not bearing tubercles ; old leaves splitting up into fibres. 

 Leaves 4-6 to a stem, thin, linear, glabrous, subpetiolate, 1 ft. long, 

 ^-^ in. broad, not ciliated on the margin. Stem short, slender, pubescent 

 upwards, not flattened. Raceme lax, simple, 2-4 in. long; pedicels 

 short, ascending, articulated at the middle, the lower geminate. Perianth 

 \ in. long ; segments laxly 3-nerved in the keel. Anthers linear, -^V in. 

 long, shorter than the glabrous filaments. Capsule subglobose, ^ in. diam. 



IWozamb. I>ist. Portuguese East Africa : Morambala Mountain, 1000 ft.. 

 Kirk ! British Central Africa : Xyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, Scott-Elliot, 8686 ! 

 Shire Highlands, Scott-Elliot, 8619 ! and without precise locaHty, Buchanan, 697 I 



8. A, pubirachiSy Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 302. Rhizome 

 horizontal ; root-fibres wiry, sometimes bearing tubercles. Leaves 5-0, 

 moderately firm, linear, glabrous, 6-9 in. long, J-J in. broad, not 

 ciliated at the margin. Peduncle 3-4 in. long, densely pubescent, acutely 

 angled. Raceme simple, moderately dense, 1 J-2 in. long ; rhachis 

 pubescent ; pedicels ascending, articulated at the middle, all solitary, 

 lower J in. long; bracts linear, the lower J in. long. Perianth | in. 

 long; segments oblong, with a red-brown 3-nerved keel. Anthers 

 linear-oblong, ^ in. long, as long as the glabrous filaments. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, Barter ! 



9. A. Nyassa, Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 52. 

 Root-fibres wiry, not bearing tubercles. Leaves about 6, firm, glabrous, 

 linear, 6-8 in. long, |-J in. broad, scabrous on the margin. Peduncle 

 as long as the leaves, flattened, not acutely angled. Racemes lax, 

 simple or panicled, the end one 3-4 in. long ; pedicels short, ascending, 

 articulated at the middle, the lower 3-4-nate ; bracts small, .soariose, 

 ovate or lanceolate. Perianth J in. long ; segments with a ;i-5-nerved 

 brown keel. Anthers linear-oblong, ^ in. long, shorter than the glabrous 

 filaments. Capsule turbinate, shorter than the perianth. 



Mozamb. »l»t. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, Whute ! 



10. A. pterocaulon, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. i. 258. Root-fibres long, slender ; old leaves splitting into fibres. 

 Leaves 3-4, linear, rigid, glabrous, 2 ft. long, J-J in. broad, not ciliated 



