Anthericum
About fifty species are comprised in this genus; they are natives of Europe, tropical and extra-tropical Africa, and America. To those described on pp. 83-4, Vol. I., the following should now be added: A. echeandioides (Echeandia-like). fl. arranged in pairs in a simple, loose raceme less than 1ft. long; perianth 3/4in. long, the segments orange-yellow, with a keel of three greenish ribs; peduncle simple, terete, above 1ft. long. November. l., produced ones five or six, confined to the base of the stem, lanceolate, about 1ft. long, bright green, membranous, channelled. Mexico (?), 1883. Greenhouse. (B. M. 6809.) A. variegatum (variegated). A synonym of Chlorophytum elatum variegatum.