406 MR. A. B. RENDLE ON THE 
A. Rich., but distinguished by its broad lanceolate fuliage-leaves 
and larger flowers. 
GraproLus (§ EUGLADIOLUS) SPLENDIDUS, Sp. nov. Planta 
glabra elata ; caule terete robusto fclioso ; foliis rigidis gramineis, 
nervo medio et marginibus incrassatis ; spica simplici, secunda, 
8-flora; spathis distantibus, valvis longis lineari-acuminatis, 
interiore minore; periantbii tubo infundibuliformi, superne 
curyato, segmentis horizontalibus, tubum superantibus, valde 
inequalibus, 3 superioribus obtusis coccineis, dorsali cucullato 
obovato-spathulato, lateralia ovata apiculata paullo superante, 
3 inferioribus multvties minoribus coccineis basi autem luteis (?), 
lateralibus spathulatis, anteriore recurvato oblongo ; filamentis 
longis antheras multo superantibus. 
Hab. Higher slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro above Morang to 
10,000 ft.: W. E, Taylor, 1888. 
A fine plant reaching a height of 45 inches, with a smooth 
straight stem bearing a basal and three cauline linear tapering 
grass-like leaves, the lowest cauline 2 feet long and 4 lines broad, 
the upper ones shorter; the straight secund spike is 15 inches 
long, and bears eight splendid crimson flowers; the outer and 
larger of the broadly linear acuminate spathe-valves is 3-31 inches 
long in the lower half of the spike; the funnel-shaped curving 
tube is 1% inch long with a diameter at its mouth of about 
+ lines ; the odd upper perianth-segment is the largest, reaching 
2' inches in Jength by 20 lines in breadth, the upper lateral 
segments 2 inches by 17 lines; the lower lateral segments are 
14 lines long and half as broad, the odd recurved anterior one 
equal in length, but slightly narrower (4 inch). The stamens 
reach to within 1 inch of the top of the uppermost segment, and 
are on alevel with the lower lateral segments. The anthers are 
7 lines long, much shorter than the long filaments. 
Evidently (from the description) closely allied to G. kilimand- 
scharicus, Pax, which, however, differs in having broader (7 lines) 
bluish-green subglaucescent leaves, much broader (7 lines) lanceo- 
late spathe-valves, and narrower floral segments. 
Graprotus (§ HomoatossuM) watTsonrorwEs, Baker, in Journ. 
Linn, Soc., Bot. xxi. p. 405. 
Mount Kenya, 10,400 ft., terminal moraine of sheet-glaciation, 
alpine pasturage: J. W. Gregory, July 3, 1893. 
Distrib. Mount Kilimanjaro, 8000-13,000 ft. 
