3G4 MR. J. O. BAKEH ON LILTACEJE. 



Moore, Gard, Comp. i. 113, cum icone. Folia 2 pedes longa, deorsum 

 15-18 lin. lata, pallide viridia, margine scabra, venis iitrinque costae 

 cireiter 20, sursum sensim angustata. Scapus subpedalis. Racemus 

 densus, 3-4 polLlongus, expansus 3 poll, latus. Bractese lanceolata^, 

 3-4 lin. longse, pedicellis multoties excedentes. Perianthium 16-18 

 lin. longuni; supra ovarium leviter constrictum, exsiceatum 2-2^ lin. 

 latum, staniinibus baud exsertis. Kaffraria, Capt. Hooper {v. r. cult.), 



14. K. ALOiDES, 3fa?nc^, Meth, 631; Kunth^ Enum. iv. 551; Flore 

 des SerreSy t. 1393.— K. Uvaria, Hook, Bot, Mag. t. 4816. — Aloe 

 Uvaria, Linn. Sp. Plant j 460. — Aletris Uvaria, Linn. Mant, 308, 

 Tritoma Uvaria, GawL Bot. A/g^. t. 758; Red. Lil t. 291. Folia 

 2-3 pedes longa, 8-12 lin. lata, glauca, margine et carina scabra vel 

 scepe omnino Isevia, venis utrinque costae 12-15. Scapus foliis paul- 

 lulum excedens. Racemus densissimus, in bortis saepe 5-6 poll, lon- 

 gus, 2^-3 poll, latus. Bractese lanceolatae, 3-4 lin. longse, pedicellis 

 2-3-plo longiores. Periantbium 16-18 lin. longum, supra ovarium 

 leviter constrictum, exsiceatum 2-2^ lin. latum. Styli et s*ainina 

 longiora demum exserta. Loculi 12-15-ovulati. Cap. B. Spei, 

 Drege ! Zeyber 1 13 ! ^c* Floret in Septembri in bortis nostris. 



Var. ^. MINOR, Baker. — Minor, foliis vix ultra 3 lin. latis, margine Isevi- 

 bus velscabris, pedicellis brevioribus, periantbio gracilioie pallide au- 

 rantiaco, 10-12 bn. longo, staminibus inclusis. ZidUy Gerrard et M*Ken 

 2141 ! {bracte<e ovatcc subohtusce), Mrs. Barber, 524 ! {bractece lanceo- 

 latee). Ab typo ad K. sarmentosam vergens. 



4. Blakdfotidia, Smith. 



Smith, Exot. Bot. 54, t. 4 ; B. Br. Prodr. 295; JEndl. Gen. 



No. 1104 ; Kunth, Enum. iv. 589 ; HooJc.Jll, El. Tasm. ii. 49 ; 

 Salisl. Gen. 80. 



Berianthium rectum, iufuudibuliforme, marcescens, segmentis 

 sequalibus oblongo-deltoideis tubo'5-6-plo brevioribus. Stamina 

 C, ad vel supra medium tubi inserta ; Jilamentis filiformibus 

 sequalibus baud exsertis, antheris lineari-oblougis versatilibus. 

 Ovarium loiige stipitatum, cylindrico-trigonum, ovulis copiose 

 biseriatis, in stylum brevem rectum sensim attenuatum ; stigma 

 trisulcatum. Capsula firma, longe stipitata, exserta, clavato- 

 triquetra, septicide-trivalvis, seminibus parvis lineari-oblongis 

 compressis copiose biseriatis; testa grisea, dense pubescens. 

 Ilerhce radicihus crasse Jibrosis, foliis numerosis duris persisten- 

 tibus anguste liiiearibus venis exsculptis^ Jloribtis numerosis spe- 

 ciosis Ireviter racemosis, pedicellis apice hand articulatis, flori- 

 feris nutantibiis, friictiferis erectis. 



