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2. GEISSORHIZA ALPINA, H.f.,n.sp. Caule compresso 4-10. polli- 
cari, 2-3-floro, foliis anguste lineari-elongatis 4—6-pollicaribus, bracteis 
ovato-oblongis acutis ovarium excedentibus capsulam squantibus, 
perianthii limbo subobliquo laciniis oblongis obtusis." 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 9000-10,000 feet. (Fl. Nov.) 
Herba gracilis, glaberrima. Folia stricta v. lente curva, 4; unc. lata, 
costa valida. Caulis strictus v. parum flexuosus, foliis 2-3 spathaceis 
auctus. Bractee exteriores } unc. longe, stricte, virides, marginibus 
membranaceis, interiores breviores, obtusz, hyaline. Flores i unc. 
longz, ut videtur ex sicco pallide purpurez. Anthere parve. Cap- 
sula 1 unc. longa, cylindrico-trigona, utrinque obtusa, membranacea, 
polysperma. Semina in quovis loculo ad 12, globosa, majuscula. 
This resembles a good deal the G. Abyssinica, but is a more 
slender plant, with much fewer flowers, apparently of a very pale 
colour; the anthers, too, are smaller and straighter. It most 
resembles the South-African G. juncea. 
50. HYPOXIDES. 
1. Hypoxis VILLOSA, L., var. foliis recurvis. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 7000-7500 feet. (Fl. Nov.) 
Apparently the same with the Cape, East-African, and Abyssinian 
species, but the leaves are rather more rigid and always recurved. 
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51. MELANTHACEX. 
l. MELANTHIUM TENUE, H. f. n. sp. 3-4-pollicare, caule tenui 
subunifolio 2-floro, folio anguste lineari caule longiore, perianthii 
foliolis lineari-oblongis obtusis medio purpureis basi vix saecatis, 
ovarii lobis in stylos rectos subulatos discretos sensim attenuatis. 
Hab. Fernando Po, alt. 9000 feet. (Fl. April, May.) 
Species parvula, facie omnino Anguillarie dioice. Bulbi tunica levis, 
papyracea, castanea. Caulis curvus v. subflexuosus, tenuis, basi va- 
ginatus, supra basin 1-foliatus, et superne bractea basi tumida spa- 
thacea apice longe lineari auctus. Folium vix 4; unc. latum, rigidum, 
enerve, concavum. Flores 1 unc. diametro, albi, purpureo maculati. 
A very distinct little species, of a peculiarly Cape genus, not 
hitherto found in Abyssinia. 
52. COMMELYNER. 
1. CoMMELYNA, sp. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 7000 feet. (Fl. Dec.) (Fruit only.) 
Caulis tenuis, decumbens, linea pilorum auctus. Folia brevia, 1-15 unc. 
longa,ovato-oblonga v. oblongo-rotundata, glabra, margine incrassato 
eiliato. Vagina tenuis, membranacea, marginibus longe villosis. 
Spatha breviter pedunculata, complicata, explicata latissime cordata, 
acuta, glaberrima, ciliolata, 2-flora. 
