406 ON" PLANTS OF EASTERN EQUATORIAL AFRICA. 



splendide rubri tubo anguste infundibulari limbo longiori, limbi 

 segmentis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, genitalibus limbo 

 distincte brevioribus, 



Kilimanjaro. 



Folia 4-6 lin. lata, basalia sesquipedalia. Caulis (spica in- 

 clusa) 3-4-pedalis. Spath® valva exterior 1^-2 ^ poll. Peri- 

 anthii tubuB 18-20 lin. 1 >ngus, ore 3 lin. diam., limbus 15-16 lin. 

 longus, segmentis 4-7 lin. latis. 



This may be the plant gathered by Von der Decken and 

 Kersten, which Dr. Klatt has referred (Bot. von Ost-Afrika, 

 p. 73) to O. Garnierii ; but it is, I think, quite distinct speci- 

 fically from the original Madagascar plant so called, which is the 

 same that was distributed long ago by Hilsenberg and Bojer 

 under the name of G. ignescens, and which I characterized under 

 that name in ' Trimen's Journal,' 1876, p. 334. It is quite 

 different from the Kilimanjaro G. Newii, Baker in 'Trimen's 

 Journ.' 1876, p. 334.— J! G. Baker. 



137. Kniphofia Thomsont, Baker, sp. n. ; foliis linearibus 

 acute carinatis margine scabris venis inter costam et marginem 

 14-16, racemo cylindrico elongato, pedicellis fructu ssepe Ion- 

 gioribus bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis pedicello longioribus, 

 perianthio cylindrico-infundibulari segmentis brevibus obtusis, 

 staminibus inclusis, stylo demum exserto, fructu globoso magni- 

 tudine pisi. 



Kilimanjaro. 



Folia pedalia et ultra, basi 6-8 lin. lata. Kacemus demum 

 pedalis vel sesquipedalia, pedicellis l*-2 lin. longis. Perianthium 

 12-13 lin. longum, ore 2 lin. diam. Capsula 2 lin. diam. 



This comes nearest to the Cape and Natal K. sarmentosa, 

 Kunth (Bot. Mag. t. 744), and the equatorial K. Grantii, Baker. 

 Half a dozen species are now known in Abyssinia ; and one has 

 lately been discovered in Central Madagascar. — /. G. Baker. 



138. Komulea camerooniana, Baker. Kilimanjaro. 



139. Ctanotis hirsuta, Fiseh. Sf Mey., var. ? Lykipia. 



140. Cabex (fragment only), an 0. Steudneri, Bockler, vel 

 C. Kostlini, Hochst. ? Kilimanjaro. 



