А. В. RENDLE : MONOCOTYLEDONS. 215 
Нар. Nyahodi River at about 5000 ft. ; in fl. April; n, 723. 
Pedunculus 5:5 dm. altitudine excedens, 8 mm. crass. Hacemus 7 em. long., 
2:5 em. lat. Bractese fertiles circiter 6 mm. long., 2 mm.+ lat. Pedicelli 
vix 2mm. long. Perigonium circiter 3*5 em. long.; fauce 5 mm. diam.; lobi 
2:5 mm. long. Antheræ 1:5 mm. long. 
А member of the section Uvariee and nearly allied to the South African 
species A. uvaria, Hook., but differing in the colour of the flowers, non-exserted 
stamens and other details. 
ALOE RHODESIANA, Рене, sp. nov. 
Acaulescens ; foliis rosulatis, e basi late ovata persistente linearibus, margine 
frequenter minute dentieulatis ; seapo simplici per totum fere longitudinem 
braeteato ; bracteis scariosis conspicue nervosis sterilibus ovato-acuminatis, 
florentibus angustioribus quam pedicelli brevioribus ; perianthio basi valde 
stipitato cylindraceo pallide rubro, segmentis ad basin liberis, 5-nerviis, 
superne 3-nerviis, obtusis ; antheris oblongis inclusis; ovarium cylindrico- 
conicum in stylum breviter attenuatum. 
Hab. Melsetter, 6000 ft., n. 6047 : Mt. Pene, 7000 ft., n. 6048; in fl. & 
fr. Oct. A herb with light coral-pink flowers and stems, met with constantly 
throughout the higher slopes from Umvumvumvu Hiver to Mount Pene. 
Folia emarcida vel juvenilia solum exstant. Caulis florens 2°5-3 dm. 
altus, ad 0:5 em. crassus; bractem steriles 1'5-1'8 em. long.; racemus 
10-15 em. long. Pedicelli 2:5 ст. long. Perianthium 3:5 em. long. ; 
segmenta exteriora 5 mm. lat. Antheree 4 mm. long. Ovarium 8 mm. 
long. Capsula 2 em. long. 
A member of the section Leptoaloé (Berger in Engler's Planzenreich) 
nearly allied to A. brunneopunctata, Engl. & Gilg, from the Kunene district, 
but a shorter more robust plant, distinguished also by the denticulate leaf- 
margin. 
ALOE SWYNNERTONII, Ztendle, sp. nov. 
Acaulescens; foliis rosulatis late ensiformibus haud maculatis ad margines 
conspicue dentatis linea cartilaginea cinetis, dentibus subvalidis e basi sinuata 
deltoideis patulis сит apice corneo brunneo ; inflorescentia ramosa 4-редай, 
‘amis curvato-ascendentibus ultimis corymbosis, racemis abbreviato-capitatis 
dense multifloris, bracteis ovatis superne tenuiter acuminatis, quam pedunculi 
duplo brevioribus ; floribus salmoneis, perianthio basi rotundato et inflato 
deinde constricto subcylindraceo decurvato, tubo segmentis duplo breviore, 
filamentis inclusis. 
Hab. Hills near Chipetzana Hiver, 3500 ft. ; in fl. April. In short grass ; 
stems 4 feet high rising from a crown of leaves on the ground. Flowers 
deep salmon, 
