Aniherici/m.] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 489 



Raceme dense, simple, 1-2 in. long; pedicels short, articulated at the 

 middle, the lower 2-3-nate ; bracts lanceolate, pilose, J- J in. long. 

 Perianth J in. long ; segments with a 5-nerved brown keel. Anthers 

 linear, ^ in. long, equalling the glabrous filaments. 



Zrower Guinea. Angola : Pnngo Andongo ; in thickets in sandy ground 

 between Candumbe and Lombe, Welwitsch, 3802 ! 



40. A. sphacelatum. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 303. Root- 

 stock and roots not seen. Leaves lanceolate, 1 ft. long, |-1 in. broad 

 at the middle, moderately firm, densely pubescent on both surfaces, 

 narrowed to the clasping base. Peduncle 1-1 J ft. long, stiftly erect, 

 pubescent, acutely angled. Racemes simple or forked at the base, 

 moderately dense, 2-4 in. long; rhachis pubescent; pedicels short., 

 ascending, articulated near the base, the lower 2-3-nate ; lower bracts 

 lanceolate, pubescent, ^ in. long. Perianth ^ in. long ; segments 

 lanceolate, white tipped with purple, 5-nerved on the keel. Anthers 

 linear, J in. long, as long as the glabrous filaments. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : seventy miles from Anibriz, Monteiro ! 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : at Bolobo, on the River Congo, Johnston ! 



41. A. angustifolmm, Hochst. in iSchimp. PI. Abyss. No. 1623. 

 Root-fibres few, cylindrical ; root-neck crowned with a few broad 

 membranous scales. Leaves 4-5, narrowly linear, acute, glabrous, 

 2-3 in. long. Flowers 2-3 in a sessile corymb ; pedicels ascending, 

 1-1 1 in. long, not articulated. Perianth white, J in. long; segments 

 linear-oblong, laxly 3-nerved, not keeled with brown. Stamens rather 

 shorter than the perianth ; filaments smooth, slightly flattened ; anthers 

 yellow, y^2 ^^' lo^^g- Style J-i in. long. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 331 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 300. 



irile Xiand. Abyssinia : Tigre ; on a plateau near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1623 I 

 Wadjerat Province, Qtiartin-Billon Sf Fetit, 187 ! 



42. A. humile, Hochst. in Schimjy. PI. Abyss. No. 1369. Root- 

 fibres few, cylindrical ; root-neck crowned with large white membranous 

 scales. Leaves 6-8, linear, glabrous, thin, arcuate, 3-6 in. long, 

 minutely ciliated on the margin. Flowers 'b-'S in a sessile corymb; 

 pedicels ascending, 1-lJ in. long, not articulated. Perianth white, \ in. 

 long ; segments linear-oblong, laxly 3-nerved on the back, not keeled 

 with brown. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth ; filaments 

 smooth ; anthers yellow, 1 lin. long. Style \-\ in. long. — A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 331 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 300. Phalungium 

 humile, Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. ^thiop. 294. 



Nile Ziand. Abyssinia: Samen ; meadows near Eniedcap, Schimper, 1369! 

 and without precise locahty, Schimper, 320 ! 



43. A. corymbosum. Baker in Journ. Bat. 1877, 71. Root-fibres 

 many, short, cylindrical, fleshy; root-neck crowned with copious fibres 

 and large membranous scales. Leaves 5-6, narrowly linear, 2-3 in. 

 long, glabrous on the surface, distinctly ciliated on the margin. 



