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little over 1 line in breadth ; the yellow linear-sagittate anthers 
are 2} lines long. 
Approaches very nearly Romulea gracillima, Baker, described 
from a plant collected by Drege in the mountains of Namaqualand; 
but is distinguished by its non-acuminate spathe-valves and much 
shorter perianth-tube; the flower of gracillima is, moreover, 
described as pale red-lilac in colour. Is also evidently related 
(e descript.) to R. Fischeri, Pax, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xv. p. 150, 
described from a plant collected at Abori by Fischer; the latter 
has, however, much larger spathe-valves and flowers, while the 
style-branches exceed the anthers. 
AristEaA Taytortana, Rendle,in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 
iv. p. 48. 
Mount Kilimanjaro, 7000 ft.: H. H. Johnston ; higher slopes 
up to 10,000 ft. above Morang: W. E. Taylor. 
HESPERANTHA KTLIMANJARICA, Sp. nov. Herba glabra; bulbo 
parvo globoso: foliis ad caulis basin 2, gramineis in costa margi- 
nibusque incrassatis, caulinis 2 basi vaginantibus superne autem 
liberis imisque similibus ; caule a spica disticha laxe 4-5-flora ter- 
minato, ramum quoque debilem 2-florum in folii vaginantis infer- 
joris axillo emittente; spathe valva exteriore ovata herbacea, 
margine anguste hyalina, apice truncata purpureoque suffusa, 
interiore breviore ; perianthii tubo recto angusto superne latiore, 
segmentis dilutis purpureo-rubris concoloribus ovali-lanceolatis 
dimidio breviore; styli ramis columna duplo longioribus. 
Hab. Higher slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro above Morang to 
10,000 ft: W. E. Taylor, 1888. 
The small corm is q to 3 inch in diameter, the smooth dull 
brown outer tunic separating above into sharp acuminate teeth. 
The two basal leaves are firm, linear, tapering above, and 81-10 
inches long by 1; line broad ; the stem, which, including the lax 
distichous terminal spike, is 16 inches long, bears two superposed 
leaves, a lower with a sheathing base and a long free portion 
resembling the basal leaves, and subtending a weak flower-spike, 
and an upper shorter one at the base of the terminal spike. The 
outer spathe-valve is 5-6 lines long, larger in the fruit, the inner 
shorter one has a broader hyaline margin and a narrower blunt 
apex. The perianth is of a bright claret colour, with a straight 
narrow tube 3-4 lines long broadening towards the throat, and 
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