Anthericum.] CXL. liliace^ (baker). 491 



Panicle above 1 ft. diam. ; branches slender, glabrous, lower compound ; 

 racemes lax, reaching 5-6 in. long ; pedicels erecto-patent, solitary, 

 articulated at the apex ; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth bright yellow, 

 oblong, 1 in. long; segments Hnear, reflexing, with a green keel. 

 Stamens shorter than the perianth ; filaments very scabrous ; anthers 

 minute, oblong. Style overtopping the anthers. Capsule globose, the 

 size of a pea. 



IWozamb. 3>lst. British Central Africa : Ngamilaud ; Botletle Valley, Lugard, 

 194! 



48. A. pyrenicarpum, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. i. 259. Root-tibres slender ; root-neck crowned with small 

 membranous scales. Leaves 6-8, narrowly linear, channelled down the 

 face, 6-8 in. long, slightly pilose. Peduncles 2-4 in a cluster, 2-8 in. 

 long, finely pilose. Raceme lax, simple, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels ^-^ in. 

 long, the lower cernuous ; bracts linear-subulate, as long as the pedicels. 

 Perianth w^hite, J in. long ; segments oblanceolate. Stamens J shorter 

 than the perianth-segments ; anthers minute. Capsule turbinate, \ in. 

 long. Seeds solitary. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 160. 



ZiO\(rer Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in damp pastures, between Humpata and 

 Gambas, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch ! 



49. A. elongatum, Willd. Sp. Plant, ii. 136. Root-fibres cylin- 

 drical, not bearing tubers ; neck crowned with large white membranous 

 scales. Radical leaves 6-12, subterete or narrowly linear, 6-15 in. long, 

 clothed with fine spreading hairs. Peduncle 3-6 in. long. Racemes 

 lax, 2-4 in. long, simple or compound ; rhachis slender, pubescent ; 

 pedicels ascending, the lower \-\ in. long ; bracts minute, ovate or 

 lanceolate. Perianth \ in. long ; segments oblong, white, with a 

 distinct brown keel. Anthers oblong, minute ; filaments scabrous, 

 \-\ in. long. Capsule turbinate, \ in. long. — Fl. Cap. vi. 389. A. 



jacqumianmn, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 462 ; Baker in Journ. 

 Bot. 1872, 138 ; Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 308. A.jiexifolium, Jacq. Collect. 

 Suppl. 93 ; let. 412, non Linn. Trachyandra Jacquinii, Kunth, Enum. 

 iv. 578. 



JtO'wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo and Huilla ; in damp sandy soil, 

 Welwitsch, 3788 ! 3789 ! 3790 ! 3791 ! 3799 ! Newton ! 



Mozamb. Bist. Portuguese East Africa : Beira, Braga ! British Central 

 Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, 5000-6000 ft., Carson, 47 ! 53 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



50. A. Oatesii, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 324. Neck of the root 

 crowned with large membranous scales. Leaves 5-6, erect, subterete, 

 channelled down the face, 5-6 in. long, clothed with fine white spreading 

 or deflexed hairs. Peduncle slender, glabrous, as long as the leaves. 

 Raceme simple, lax, 4-6 in. long; pedicels erecto-patent, the lower 

 6-9 lin. long; bracts minute, lanceolate. Perianth J-^ in. long; 

 segments linear-oblong, with a distinct brown keel. Stamens nearly as 



