Antkericum.] cxL. liliace^ (baker). 483 



leafless, flattened, as loDg as the leaves. Panicle of 3-5 racemes ; bracts 

 broad, not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle flattened, acutely angled, 

 1 ft. long. Racemes simple or forked at the base, moderately dense ; 

 pedicels short, articulated at the middle, the lower geminate ; bracts 

 minute, brown, ovate or lanceolate. Perianth J in. long ; segments 

 linear-oblong, with a 5-7-nerved brown keel. Anthers linear, J in. 

 long, much longer than the glabrous filaments. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! 



15. A. campestre, Engl Fji. Ost-Afr. C. 138. Rootstock thick, 

 vertical. Leaves numerous, linear, firm, glabrous, 1 ft. or more long, 

 \ in. broad at the middle, not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle angled, 

 glabrous, rather shorter than the leaves. Raceme dense, simple, 3-4 in. 

 long ; rhachis sulcate, pubescent ; pedicels very short, the lower 3-nate ; 

 bracts small, scariose, ovate or lanceolate. Perianth J in. long ; 

 segments linear-oblong, with a 3-nerved brown keel. Anthers Unear, 

 •J in. long ; filaments very short. Capsule shorter than the perianth. 



XHozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Usambara j Tanga, Hoist, 190 ! 2103 ! 



16. A. zanguebaricum. Baker in Jouni. Linn. Soc. xv. 302. 

 Tufts caespitose, springing from a dense mass of fibres ; roots slender, 

 wiry, not bearing tubercles. Leaves 6-7, firm, linear, glabrous, 8-1 2 in. 

 long, not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle slender, acutely angled, 

 leafless, 1 ft. long. Racemes lax, simple, 1-2 in. long ; pedicels 

 ascending, articulated at the middle, the lower geminate, J-J in. long ; 

 bracts small, ovate, brown. Perianth J in. long ; segments oblong, with 

 a 3-nerved red-brown keel. Anthers linear, ^ in. long, longer than the 

 glabrous filaments. Capsule subglobose, J in. long. 



Ifile Iiand. British East Africa : Mombasa, Eildehrandt, 1949 ! Kirk ! 

 Nyika country, near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Usambara ; Muoa, Hoist, 3104 ! 



17. A. kemoense, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Fran<^. Lil. 19. Rhizome 

 robust, jointed; radical fibres many; neck slightly setose. Leaves 

 many, distichous, linear, lJ-2 ft. long, under J in. broad, moderately 

 firm, glabrous. Peduncle compressed, almost winged, about as long as 

 the leaves. Raceme dense, formed of several many-flowered clusters, 

 which are sometimes shortly racemose ; bracts small, ovate, acute ; 

 pedicels \ in. long, articulated near the base. Perianth-segments 

 oblong, 8-9-nerved, under J in. long. Stamens shorter than the 

 perianth ; filaments white, flattened ; anthers large, sagittate. Style 

 long, fihform, curved. Ovules about 20 in a cell. 



I.ower Guinea. French Congo ; mission station of the upper Kemo, a tributary 

 of the Dua or Mobangi River, Byhowski, 707 ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



18. A. nervosum, Hua, Contr. Fl Congo Fran<;. LU. 18. Crown 

 of the root slightly setose. Leaves linear, reaching a length of lb in, 

 J in. broad, distinctly costate, closely ribbed, glabrous. Peduncle 



