Anthencum.] cxl. ULiACEiE (baker). 487 



long, with one empty bract half-way up. Panicle 3-4 in. long, formed 

 of a few short few-flowered ascending branches ; pedicels short, articu- 

 lated at the middle. Perianth J in. long ; segments with a 7 -nerved 

 green keel. Anthers i in. long ; filaments filiform, glabrous. Capsule 

 J in. long. 



Mozamb. 3>lst< British CeDtral Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, Whyte^ 

 123! 



No specimen at Kew. 



32. A, Giryamse, Rendle in Joum. Linn. Soc. xxx. 412. Rhizome 

 stout ; root-fibres many, cylindrical. Leaves 3 to a stem, lanceolate, 

 plicate, rigid, glabrous, with a thickened margin, 1-lJ ft. long, 1 in. 

 broad. Peduncle 3 ft. long, much compressed, acutely angled. Panicles 

 in the axils of distant bracts ; flower bracts minute, ovate, reddish. 

 Perianth nearly J in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, tinged with red, 

 5-7-nerved in the keel. Anthers linear, ^ in. long, twice as long as the 

 flattened glabrous filaments. 



irile Kand. British East Africa : Giryama and Sbimba Hills, near Mombasa, 

 Taylor ! 



No specimen at Kew. 



33. A. orchideum, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. aer. 2, 

 Bot. i. 258. Rootstock tuberous, oblique, sending out long slender root- 

 fibres ; neck crowned with copious fibres. Leaves laxly disposed over 

 the lower part of the stem, oblong, acute, 4-9 in. long, Ij-H in. 

 broad, subcoriaceous, glabrous, not ciliated on the margin. Peduncle 

 3-8 in. long, subterete, not angled upwards. Raceme dense, usually 

 simple, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels ascending, articulated at the middle, 

 J-J in. long ; bracts large, lanceolate, longer than the buds. Perianth 

 ^ in. long; segments linear-oblong, white, with a laxly-nerved red- 

 brown keel. Stamens much shorter than the perianth ; anthers as 

 long as the glabrous filaments. Capsule globose, \ in. diam. ; valves 

 horizontally plicate. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 160. 



l^ower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; at the foot of the Serra de Monino, in damp 

 grassy places, 3800-5500 ft,, Welwitsch, 3806 ! 



34. A. superpositum. Baker in Joum. Bot. 1878, 324. Rootstock 

 and root-leaves not seen. Peduncle 2-2J ft. long, stiffly erect, bearing 

 3-4 sessile oblong acute subcoriaceous glabrous leaves, 3-6 in. long, 

 12-21 lin. broad at the middle, with thickened stramineous margins. 

 Racemes 1-3, lax, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels short, ascending, articulated at 

 the middle, the lower 3-4-nate ; lower bracts lanceolate, as long as the 

 pedicels. Perianth \ in. long; segments linear, with a green keel. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers small. Capsule sub- 

 globose, \ in. diam. 



wile Iiand. British East Africa : Niamniam ; by the River Ibba, Schtoeinfurth, 

 ser. iii. 174 ! 



35. A. bengnellense, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 2r)7. 

 C8espitose,with slender root-fibres, not bearing tubers ; root-neck crowned 



