486 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Anthericum. 



middle, with raised veins and thickened stramineous edges. Peduncle 

 slender, pubescent, deeply grooved, 6-8 in. long. Raceme simple, 

 moderately dense, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels very short, articulated, lower 

 geminate ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, lower |-| in. long. Perianth 

 ^ in. long ; segments lanceolate, with 3 brown ribs in the keel. Anthers 

 linear, ^ in. long, much exceeding the glabrous filaments. 



Xrile Xand. British East Africa : Jur j at the River Jur, Schweinfurth, 1581 ! 

 1739! 



28. A. speciosum, Rendle in Joum. Linn. Soc. xxx. 413, t. 33. 

 Root-fibres many, slender ; root-neck crowned with bristles. Leaves 8, 

 distichous, glabrous, the largest sheathing the stem for 1 ft, and with a 

 free blade about as long and above 1 in. broad. Peduncle 1 J ft. long, 

 flattened and acutely angled ; edges minutely ciliated. Raceme simple, 

 moderately dense, 4-5 in. long ; pedicels short, erecto-patent, solitary or 

 geminate ; i^pper bracts small, ovate ; lower lanceolate, as long as the 

 pedicels. Perianth J in. long; segments 5-7-nerved in the dark red 

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

 ments. 



Mozami). Blst. German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; Uyui, Taylor ! 

 No specimen at K&vr. 



29. A. usseramense, 5a^er. Root not seen. Leaves several to a 

 stem, erect, ensiform, Ij ft. long, J-1 in. broad low down, tapering 

 gradually to the point, moderately firm, glabrous, distinctly costate, 

 closely distinctly veined. Peduncle long, flattened. Racemes moderately 

 dense, panicled; bracts small, ovate-lanceolate ; pedicels short, ascending, 

 articulated at the middle, the lower geminate. Perianth greenish- white, 

 \ in. long ; segments oblong. Anthers linear-oblong, \ in. long ; fila- 

 ments short. Capsule ovoid-trigonous, \ in. long. 



THile Ijand. German East Africa : Usseramo ; at Bunha, Stuhlmann, 7014 ! 

 No specimen at Eew. 



30. A. Buchanani, Baker. — Root-fibres wiry, not bearing tubercles; 

 old leaves splitting into fibres. Leaves 5-6 in a tuft, oblanceolate, 2 ft. 

 long, IJ in. broad above, thin, glabrous, narrowed gradually to the 

 channelled base, not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle stout, stiffly 

 erect, shorter than the leaves. Raceme simple or panicled, 3-6 in, long; 

 pedicels short, ascending, articulated at the middle, the lower 2-3-nate ; 

 bracts lanceolate, the lower J in. long. Perianth J in. long ; segments 

 laxly 3-5-nerved in the red-brown keel. Anthers linear, J in. long, 

 longer than the glabrous filaments. Capsule subglobose, \ in. long. 



Mozaxnb. Blst. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 

 Buchanatt, 201 ! 



31. A. xnilanjianum, Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 

 51. Leaves linear, subrigid, glabroiis, sheathing the base of the stem, 

 the longest 1 J ft. long, j-1 in. broad. Peduncle compressed, about 1 ft. 



