A^it/iericum.] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 493 



55. A. triflorum, Ait. Hort. Kew i. 448. Root-fibres many, slender, 

 not bearing tubers ; neck crowned by a dense ring of bristles. Leaves 

 firm, linear, glabrous, 1 ft. or more long, \-^ in. broad. Peduncle 

 1-H ft. long, strongly angled upwards. Kaceme dense, simple, 3-0 in. 

 long ; rhachis flexuose, glabrous ; pedicels short, ascending, single or 

 2-nate, articulated at the middle ; bracts small, ovate, scariose. Perianth 

 J-| in. long ; segments lanceolate, with a laxly 5-7-nerved red-brown 

 keel. Anthers linear, \ in. long ; filaments as long. Capsule oblong- 

 trigonous. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 315; Fl. Cap. vi. 383. A. 

 Cameroni, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 314. 



Nile Z.and. Kordofan, Pfund, 467 ! 850 ! British East Africa : Jur ; Jur 

 Ghattas, Schweinfurth^ 1977! Bongo; at the Lesi River, Schweinfurth , 3977! 

 Uganda, Lugard ! 



imozamb. Dist. German Eist Africa : Karagwe, 4000-5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 

 8122 ! Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwainbo, 

 5000-6000 ft., Carson, 51 ! Nyasaland ; Tanganyika Plateau, at Fort Hill, 3500- 

 4000 ft. Whi/te ! Songui and Karonga, 1700-2000 ft., Whyte ! Mount Malosa, 4000- 

 6000 ft., Wiiyte ! 



Also in South Africa. 



5G. A. moUe, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 259. Root- 

 fibres many, long, slender, bearing small tubers near the end ; tufts of 

 leaves surrounded by a few fibres. Leaves lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, 

 densely clothed with fine spreading white hairs, narrowed gradually into 

 a slender petiole as long as the blade. Peduncle slender, hairy, shorter 

 than the leaves. Racemes 1-1 J in. long, simple or forked ; pedicels 

 ascending, lower 2-3-nate, ^-J in. long, articulated at the middle ; 

 bracts small, ovate, cuspidate, green, densely hairy. Perianth \ in. 

 long ; segments white, with a 5-nerved brown keel. Anthers j^ in. 

 long, longer than the scabrous filaments. Capsule globose, J in. long. 



ItO-wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Audongo ; near the Fort, frequent in dry 

 stony soil, Wehvitsch, 3780 ! 



57. A. "Whytei, Baker. Rootstock not seen. Leaves linear, 

 moderately firm, above 1 ft. long, |^-| in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to a very narrow base, with a very distinct midrib and close 

 tine veins densely clothed with short soft hairs. Peduncle flattened, 

 narrowly winged, simple, 1 ft. long. Raceme simple, 2-3 in. long, 

 dense upwards ; bracts small, ovate, scariose, many in a cluster, white 

 tipped with dark brown ; pedicels short, articulated at the middle, the 

 lower 2-3-nate. Perianth-segments oblong, \ in. long, white with a 

 many-nerved pale brow^n keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; 

 anthers large, white, linear, much longer than the filaments. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba and 

 vicinity, 2500-3500 ft., Whyte ! 



14. CHLOROPHYTUM, Ker ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 Plant, iii. 788. 



Perianth polyphyllous, not twisting; segments subequal, oblong or 

 linear-oblong, 3-5-nerved in the keel. Stamens G, shorter than the 



