484 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [AntheHcum. 



small, deltoid, cuspidate ; flowers many in a cluster ; pedicels J in. long, 

 articulated above the middle. Perianth white ; segments oblong, 

 3-nerved, J in. long. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth ; anthers 

 linear. Style straight, not overtopping the anthers. Capsule globose- 

 trigonous, ^ in. long ; faces transversely ribbed. 



Xiower Guinea. French Congo ; mission station of the upper Kemo, DyhoivskI, 

 753! 



No specimen at Kew. 



19. A. acuminatum, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc.xxx All. Root- 

 leaves few, linear, acuminate, glabrous, ^-1 ft. long, ^-J in. broad. 

 Peduncle naked, subterete, nearly 1 ft. long. Raceme simple, moder- 

 ately dense, '2^-4: in. long ; pedicels short, solitary, articulated below 

 the middle ; lower bracts 1 in. long, subulate from a broad base. 

 Perianth nearly J in. long ; segments lanceolate, 3-nerved in the green 

 keel. Anthers linear, above \ in. long, longer than the glabrous 

 filaments. 



Ifflle Ziand. British East Africa : Taita Mountains, Gregory ! 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : between Uyui and the coast, Taylor ! 



20. A. nubicum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 301. Rootstock 

 tuberous, crowned with copious bristles. Leaves linear, membranous, 

 J ft. long, J in. broad low down, tapering to the point. Peduncle 

 6-8 in. long, slender, fragile, terete, bearing 2-3 reduced leaves. 

 Racemes very lax, simple or forked, h ft. long ; pedicels short, articu- 

 lated at the middle, the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth J in. long ; segments 

 oblanceolate, white, with a 3-nerved brown keel. Stamens half as long- 

 as the perianth ; anthers linear, convolute spirally as they fade, as long 

 as the filiform glabrous filaments. 



14*116 Iiand. Bri*'sh East Africa : Moru ; Neungara, Petherick ! 



21. A. Bragse, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 138. Rhizome thick. 

 Leaves linear, glabrous, 1 ft. long, \-h in. broad. Peduncle as long as 

 the leaves, slightly compressed, at first pubescent upwards; bracts 

 lanceolate, acuminate, scariose, the lower longer than the buds ; pedicels 

 short, the lower 2-3-nate. Perianth above \ in. long ; segments with 

 a purple 3-nerved keel. Filaments as long as the anthers. 



IMozamb. Dlst. Portuguese East Africa : Beira, Braga ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



22. A. matabelense. Baker. Root not seen. Leaves linear, rigid, 

 glabrous, 1 ft. long, not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle long, slender, 

 terete in the lower half, acutely angled upwards. Panicle composed 

 of several very lax few-flowered racemes, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels \ in. 

 long, articulated below the middle, geminate ; bracts minute, ovate. 

 Perianth | in. long ; segments oblanceolate, with a laxly 5-nerved red- 

 brown keel. Anthers linear, J in. long, as long as the glabrous 

 filaments. 



XVIozamb. 3>ista British Central Africa : Matabeleland, banks of the Matengwe 

 River, Holuh ! 



