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



with bristles. Leaves moderately firm, linear, 3-6 in. long, J- J in. 

 broad, glabrous on the surfaces, distinctly ciliated on the margin. 

 Peduncle 3-9 in. long, strongly angled upwards. Racemes short, lax, 

 simple or branched; pedicels short, articulated at the middle, lower 

 2-3-nate ; lower bracts lanceolate, longer than the pedicels. Perianth 

 J in. long ; segments oblanceolate, with a red-brown 3-5-nerved keel. 

 Stamens shorter than the perianth ; anthers oblong, shorter than the 

 glabrous filaments. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfi. Trop. Afr. IGO. 



IiO'wer Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; pastures around LopoUo and Humpata, 

 3800-5500 ft., WelwUsch, 3794 ! 



36. A. Stuhlmanni, Engl Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 138. Rhizome oblique, 

 rather thick. Leaves many, linear-lanceolate, longer than the scape, 

 minutely ciliated on the margin. Peduncle pubescent, slightly com- 

 pressed. Lower flowers 2-3-nate ; bracts lanceolate ; pedicels short. 

 Perianth above J in. long; segments linear-lanceolate, with a 3-nerved 

 purple keel. 'Filaments as long as the anthers. 



M'ile Xiand. British East Africa: Mpororoj K'w ere, 4:^00 ft., Siuhlmann ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



37. A. venulosum. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 352. 

 Root-fibres slender, wiry ; neck with a few bristles. Leaves many, 

 radical, lanceolate, very rigid, crisped, strongly veined, glabrous 

 on the surface, distinctly ciliated on the margin, J-1 ft. long, ^ in. 

 broad. Peduncle 6-9 in. long, glabrous, acutely angled upwards. 

 Racemes simple, lax, 4-6 in. long; pedicels short, articulated at the 

 middle, 1-2-nate ; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth \-^ in. long ; seg- 

 ments with a 3-5-nerved red-brown keel. Anthers linear, \ in. long, 

 longer than the glabrous filaments. Capsule small, globose 



TO-lle X.and. British East Africa : Taveta, 2000-3000 ft., Johnston ! 



38. A. Grantii, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 160, t. 103, B. 

 Rootstock tuberous ; root-fibres very numerous, slender, not bearing 

 tubercles; root-neck with copious bristles. Leaves linear, moderately 

 firm, densely pubescent on both surfaces, the largest 6-8 in. long, J in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed to the sheathing base. Stem slender, 

 pubescent, acutely angled, 1 ft. long. Raceme lax, simple, 3 in. long ; 

 axis pubescent, flexuose ; pedicels very short, articulated at the middle, 

 geminate. Perianth J in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, with a 

 3-5-nerved brown keel. Anthers linear, J in. long, equalling the glabrous 

 filaments. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 303. 



IVIozaxnb. I>ist. German East Africa : Uyanzi ; at the " Boss Rock " in the 

 Mgunda Mkali, common in every marsh, 4000 ft., Speke Sf Grant ! 



39. A. arenariuxu, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 259. 

 Root-fibres very long, densely tufted, bearing tubercles ; neck densely 

 setose. Leaves 3-4, lanceolate, moderately firm, densely pubescent on 

 both surfaces, J ft. long, J-f in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually 

 to the base. Peduncle 1 ft. long, pubescent and acutely angled upwards. 



