216 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
Folium 3 dm. long., 8 ст. lat. Dentes marginales 0*5 ст. long., circa 
1 em. inter se distantes. Caulis florens 1:25 m. altus ; racemi circiter 4 ст. 
longi. Pedicelli circiter 1:5 ст. long. Perianthium 2:2 em. long. ; tubus 
7 mm. long. 
A distinct species of Berger's section Tropicales, though the perianth 
is rounded at the base. It is characterized by its broadly ensiform regularly 
prominently toothed leaves, dense shortened raceme, and the short tube of the 
salmon-coloured perianth. 
ANTHERICUM ELONGATUM, Willd. Sp. РІ. п. 136. 
Chipetzana River, 3000 ft.; in fl. April; n. 773. Жопа River, Jihu 
distriet, 2000 ft. ; in fl. Nov. ; n. 1751. 
Distrib. Angola, British Central Africa, Portuguese East Africa, South 
Africa. 
ANTHERICUM ($ Phalangium) RHODESIANUM, Rendle, sp. nov. 
Herba parva, rigidula, glabra, foliis pluribus radicalibus e basi vaginante 
anguste lineari-acuminatis plus minus revolutis striatis, scapum subteretem 
striatum nudum sub:equantibus vel excedentibus ; floribus ad apicem seapi 
congestis; bracteis atrorubris e basi ovato acuminatis superioribus spathi- 
formibus scariosis, pedicellos sub apice articulatos excedentibus ; alabastris 
apiee quasi ustulatis ; perianthio 1 сш. long., segmentis ellipticis albis medio 
dorso 5-nerviis et atro-rubris apice nigrescentibus ; filamentis glabris quam 
antherze oblong brevioribus. 
Hab. Melsetter, 6000 ft. ; in fl. Oct. ; n. 6056. А small herb with white 
flowers growing among short grass. 
Folia interiora. 9-20 cm. long., 2 mm. lat., exteriora breviora. Scapus 
ad 16 em. long.; inflorescentia dense congesta vix 2:5 cm. long. Bracteæ 
1 em. long. vel breviores, Pedicellus 4 mm. long. Perianthium 1 em. long., 
antherz 3:5—4 mm. long., filamenta vix 3 mm. long. 
Near А. ustulatum, Baker, from Angola (Huilla and Pungo Andongo), 
but distinguished by its somewhat larger flowers with a deep crimson keel 
and almost black tips to the petals, and the absence of the dark-crimson 
barred sheaths enveloping the leaf-bases. 
CHLOROPHYTUM GAZENSE, Kendle, sp. nov. 
Herba minor glabra fibris radicalibus fasciculatis interdum fusiforme 
incrassatis, foliis pluribus radiealibus basi vaginatis, lamina sicca papyracea 
9-11 nervia anguste lanceolata acuminata apice acutissima, basi in petiolum 
plus minusve elongatum transeunte ; scapo folia excedente laxifloro, floribus 
inter minores in axillis bractearum spathiformarum apice tenuiter acumi- 
natarum 2-3-fasciculatis ; pedicello medio articulato ; perianthii segmentis 
lineari-oblongis obtusis 3-nerviis ; staminibus perianthio paullo brevioribus, 
filamentis glabris supra ovarium dilatatis sub anthera lineari flava acuminatis; 
