•*-'- CXL. LILIACE.E (baker). [ Anther icum. 



long as the perianth ; filaments scabrous, much longer than the minute 

 oblong anthers. — Rolfe in Oates, Mateb. edit. 2, 411, t. lo. 



nCozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Matebeleland, Oates ! Elliott ! 



51. A. Saltii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 809. Leaves G-8, 

 thin, linear, 1 ft. long, ^^t in. broad, clothed all over with spreading or 

 deflexed soft hairs. Peduncle pubescent, J ft. long. Raceme simple, 

 3 in. long, lax in the lower half ; rhachis pilose ; bracts lanceolate- 

 cuspidate, \-\ in. long ; pedicels solitary, articulated at the apex, the 

 lower ;J- 1- in. long. Perianth white, \ in. long ; segments with a distinct 

 brown keel. Stamens scarcely shorter than the perianth ; filaments 

 densely muricated. 



irile ]Land. Abyssinia, Salt ! in the British Museum. 



52. A. xnalosaniun, Baker. Bases of old leaves not breaking up 

 into fibres. Basal leaves many to a stem, moderately firm, narrowly 

 linear, G-9 in. long, clothed with fine spreading hairs. Peduncles 

 densely pubescent, simple or forked, about as long as the leaves. 

 Racemes very lax, J-1 ft. long ; bracts small, ovate, white with a 

 distinct green keel ; pedicels solitary, | in. long, deflexed in the fruiting 

 stage, articulated at the apex. Perianth \ in. long; segments oblong, 

 white tinged with orange, with a very distinct 1 -nerved green keel. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers oblong, rather shorter 

 than the filaments. Capsule globose, muricated, the size of a small pea. 



IMLozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Malosa, 4000- 

 GOOO ft., Whyte ! 



53. A. taylorianum, Rendle in. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 415. 

 Tufted, from a much-branched woody knotted rhizome, with wiry root- 

 fibres. Leaves linear, thin, glabrous, the largest above 1 ft. long, 

 0— JS lin. broad, ciliate on the midrib and crisped margins. Peduncle 

 flattened downwards, 6 in. long, covered with farinaceous pubescence. 

 Raceme simple, 5-0 in. long ; bracts deltoid-subulate, the lower abov0 

 }j in. long ; pedicels articulated at the middle, solitary, the lowest J- J in. 

 long. Perianth J in. long ; segments lanceolate, 3-5-nerved, keeled 

 with brown. Filaments subulate, scabrous; anthers linear. Capsule 

 subglobose-trigonous, \ in. long. 



AXozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; Uyui, Taylor ! 

 No specimen at Kcvv. 



54. A. nidulans. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 314. Rootstock 

 thick, creeping ; tufts of leaves surrounded by copious short bristles. 

 Leaves narrowly linear, firm, glabrous, 9-15 in. long. Peduncle slender, 

 terete, glabrous, 3-12 in. long. Racemes moderately dense, 1-3 in. 

 long, simple or sparsely panicled ; rhachis angled, glabrous ; pedicels 

 very short, articulated at the middle, the lower 3-4-nate ; bracts small, 

 ovate, white, scariose, several to a node. Perianth seen only in an early 

 stage ; segments oblong, distinctly keeled with green. Filaments long ; 

 anthers linear. 



IMCozaml). Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; summit of Mount Chirad- 

 zulu, Metier ! 



