482 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Antkericum, 



on the margin. Peduncle very long, stiffly erect, acutely angled. 

 Raceme simple, moderately dense, 3-6 in. long ; pedicels short, articu- 

 lated at the middle, the lower 2-3-nate ; bracts small, the lower 

 lanceolate. Perianth J-J in. long ; segments with a 3-5-nerved brown 

 keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth; anthers J in. long, equalling 

 the glabrous filaments. 



Kower Culnea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; between Calundo and Pedras de 

 Guinza, in thickets, Wehoitsch, 3795 I 



11. A. anceps. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 305. Root-fibres 

 slender, wiry ; neck crowned with bristles. Leaves about 4, erect, 

 linear, firm, glabrous, strongly and closely ribbed, 1 ft. long, not ciliated 

 on the margin. Peduncle shorter than the leaves, much compressed and 

 acutely angled from base to apex. Raceme simple or forked at the 

 base, moderately dense ; pedicels very short, the lower 2-3-nate ; bracts 

 ovate, acuminate, the lower ^ in. long. Perianth f in. long ; segments 

 oblong, with a' 5-nerved keel. Anthers linear-oblong, ^ in. long, much 

 longer than the glabrous filaments. — Fl. Cap. vi. 382. 



Mozamba Dlst. British Central Africa : Rhodesia ; Shesbeke, on the Zambesi, 

 Soluh 1 Leshumo Valley, Holuh, 405 ! 517 ! Matabeleland, Mliott ! 

 Also in the Transvaal. 



12. A. andongense, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 257. 

 Rootstock tuberous; root-fibres slender, bearing small tubers. Root- 

 leaves 4-6, narrowly linear, firm, glabrous, ^ ft. long, not ciliated on the 

 margin. Peduncle 8-12 in. long, slender, naked, acutely angled from 

 the apex to the base. Raceme lax, simple, 2 in. long ; pedicels J- J in. 

 long, articulated below the middle, the lower 2-3 nate ; bracts lanceolate, 

 as long as the pedicels. Perianth J in. long ; segments linear- oblong, 

 white, with a 3-4-nerved red-brown keel. Stamens distinctly shorter 

 than the perianth ; anthers linear-oblong, shorter than the glabrous 

 filaments. 



ILower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in damp sandy woods, between 

 Luxillo and Cazella, Welwitsch, 3797 ! 3798 ! 



13. A, limosuniy Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 257. 

 Rootstock thick, with many slender root-fibres ; neck with a few bristles. 

 Leaves 5-6, moderately firm, linear, 1 ft. long, J-J in. broad, glabrous, 

 not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle 3-6 in. long. Panicle 3-4 in. 

 long, with several spreading branches ; pedicels short, articulated at the 

 middle, the lower fascicled ; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth J in. long : 

 segments oblanceolate, with a 3-5-nerved red-brown keel. Anthers 

 ^ in. long; filaments glabrous. Style declinate, ~ in. long. 



JmO-wbt Guinea. Angola Barra do Bengo ; in swampy ground, Welwiisch, 

 3803! 3804! 



14. A, rubellnm. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, ii. 352. Root- 

 fibres slender; neck crowned with a dense ring of bristles. Leaves 

 6-9 to a stem, linear, moderately firm, glabrous, J ft. long, \-\ in. 



