52 XI. LILIACEE. [Anthericum 
9. A.arenarium Baker, /.c., p. 259 ; Durand & Schinz, .¢., p. 342. 
Pungo ANDONGO.—An acaulescent herb with a fibrous root, fibres 
filipendulous. Leaves rigidly coriaceous. Rather rare in sandy thickets 
between Candumba and Lombe. In fr. March 1857. No. 3802. 
10. A. pterocaulon Welw. ex Baker, dc, p. 258; Durand & 
Schinz, lc., p. 346. 
Punco AnponGco.—A herb 6 ft. high, with erect flattened two-edged 
scape. Flowers white. Thicket-grown woods between Calundo and 
Pedras de Guinga. Only one specimen March 1857. No. 3795. 
11. A. filiforme Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Capens. p. 62 (1794). 
A. elongatum Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 136 (1799). A. Jacquinianum 
Schult. f. Syst. vii. p. 462 (1829); Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xv. 
p.308, in Trans. Linn. Soe., d.c.,p. 259 ; Durand & Schinz,l¢., p. 344. 
HuiLua.—Flowers whitish. Root-fibres very fleshy and brittle. 
Sandy rather damp scantily herb-grown places near Humpata. A 
single specimen, in fl. Jan. 1860. No. 3787. Flowers whitish, fugacious, 
pedicels jointed. Somewhat rare, in pastures near Ferrdo da Sola. 
In fl. and unripe fr. Feb. 1860. No. 3799. 
Var. affine Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc., /c.; in Trans. Linn. 
Soc., Zc. ; Durand & Schinz, dc. 
Pungo ANDONGO.—A herb with the habit of an Asphodel or small 
Anthericum, perennial by a fleshy fibrous fascicled root ; leaves rather 
flaccid, spreading, scape oblique or somewhat straight. Flowers white 
with purple lines. Very plentiful in boggy meadows on the banks of 
the river Cuanza near Candumba ; Jan. and March 1857, in fl. and fr. 
Flowers white streaked with red. In marshy meadows between Condo 
and Quisonde ; in fl. March 1857. No. 3789. 
Var. longifolium Rendle, var. nov. 
_ Leaves long narrow-linear with a long tapering apex, shortly 
hairy, exceeding the simple raceme, fruit-stalk stout and sharply 
reflexed. 
Punco Anponco.—A herb with fleshy root-fibres, suberect leaves 
with spreading hairs and whitish purple- or red-streaked flowers. More 
lofty heights of Serra de Pedras de Guinga, In fl. and fr. Jan. 1857. 
No. 3788. Dampish rocky places, Barranco de Lutete. In fl. Jan. 
1857. No, 3790. 
Var. pyrenicarpum Rendle. 
A. pyrenicarpum Welw. ex. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc., Le. ; 
Durand & Schinz, lc., p. 347. 
Very near var. longifoliwm, but a smaller plant with a very 
stout scape. 
Hu1tia.—A tuberous pilose acaulescent herb, leaves suberect, sub- 
fleshy, compressed, long-acuminate, erect, scapes 1 to 2 radical, lateral, 
ascending, half aslongas the leaves. Flowers white, open from 10 a.m. 
till 4 p.m,, with purple lines on the outside ; fruit a capsule ; peduncles 
reflexed in the fruiting stage. Damp pastures between Humpata and 
Gambas. In fl. and fr. Jan, 1860. No. 3791. 
12. A. molle Baker, d.c.; Durand & Schinz, lic, p. 346. 
Punco Anponco.—Leaves plantagineous ; flowers white. Sunny 
rocky places throughout the whole presidium. In fl. Nov. to Dec. 
1856. No, 37€C. 
