366 F. Fedde. 
dull deep green, without spots, not in the least glaucous. On the upper 
side of the basal part near one margin are usually one or a few minute 
tubercles in a line, none on the underside: marginal prickles minute, 
1/, line long, ‘/,—11/, line distant, cartilaginous, white, numerous, almost 
obsolete near the apex, sheath quite entire, indistinctly marked with 
green lines. Peduncle simple, erect, about 16 inches long, 1/, inch thick, 
naked below the flowering part, two-edged at the base. Flowers 20 to 
30, in a very lax raceme, 3--4 inches long, 1!/, inch in diam. Bracts 
2 lines long 3/,—1 line broad at the base, where they embrace the pedi- 
cels, thence tapering to a very acute point (deltoid-acuminate), horizont- 
ally spreading, pale brownish-white submembranous. Pedicels 4 lines 
long, horizontally spreading, green. Perianth vertically pendulous, 1'/; inch 
long, 2!/ lines in diameter at the base, and slightly less at the apical 
part, trigonous, straight, orange-red on the basal ?/,, light yellow on the 
apical part, with a greenish keel to the outer segments, and a sienna 
brown margin to the inner ones; tips of the segments erect, not at all 
spreading, obtuse, the outer slightly hooded. Stamens just reaching to 
the mouth of the perianth; filaments pale yellowish; anthers with reddish- 
brown margins, pollen yellow. 
Cape Colony. 
Verwandt mit Aloe ciliaris, A. tenuior und A. striatula, der letzteren 
am nachsten stehend und im Habitus am ähnlichsten. 
38. Picea montigena M. T. Masters, l. c., p. 146, fig. 56. 
Arbor 20— 60 pedalis, ramulis novellis hirtulis pallide aurantiaco- 
fuscis, ramis vetulis hirtulis seu glabratis fuco-cinereis, Pulvini promi- 
nentes parum condensati, ascendentes, recti, oblongi superne constricti. 
Gemmae oblongo-ovoideae squamis subcoriaceis ferrugineis obtectae. 
Folia quadrangulata 10—12 mm long. 1'/.-—2 mm lat. arcuata, 
linearia; dorso, prope apicem cartilagineum fastigata, nervo medio utrin- 
que prominente, undique stomatifera. Amenta mascula lateralia sub- 
sessilia circa 2 em long. 1 em lat. cylindrato-oblonga, squamae antheri- 
ferae trulliformes violaceae ad margines superne laceratae. 
Strobili faeminei juveniles terminales ascendentes rubroviolaceae, 
squamae applanatae rotundatae lacerae arcte recurvatae, strobili maturi 
cylindrato-oblongo-obtusi 10 em long., 4 em lat. Squamae appressae sub- 
coriaceae oblongae truncatae superne undulatae. 
China Occ.: Prope Tatien-lu, alt. 10000 ped. (Wilson no. 3027). 
39. Picea complanata M. T. Masters, |. c., p. 147, fig. 57. 
Arbor 40—100 ped. Rami glabri, fulvo-aurantiaci. Pulvini promi- 
nentes superne oblique dilatati, cicatrices patentes subangulatae. Gemmae 
ovoideo-conicae, squamis coriaceis castaneis late ovato-acutis opertae. 
Folia 20— 22 mm long. 1 mm lat. linearia acuta planiuscula, nervo medio 
utrinque prominente, superne glauca, subtus viridia, versus apicem 
fastigata. 
