410 MR. A. B. RENDLE ON THE 
LILIACEx. 
Asparacus xtTutopicus, Linn. Mant. p. 63. 
Rabai Hills: W. E. Taylor, July to Sept. 1885. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa and Madagascar. 
Asparaats sp., A. africano, Lam. Encyc. i. p. 295, aff. 
Jomvu, Rabai Hills: W. E. Taylor, Dee. 2, 1885. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa. 
Asparacus pLuMosus, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xiv. 
p- 613. 
Morang, Mt. Kilimanjaro, 5000-6500 ft.: W. E. Taylor. 
Platform on Kikuyu escarpment, Kedong, Naivasha to Baringo 
Valley: J. W. Gregory, April 30, 1893. 
Distrib. South Africa to Mt. Milanji, Nyasaland. 
AspARAGUS RACEMOSUS, Willd. Sp. ii. p. 152. 
Kisulutini, Rabai Hills: W. E. Taylor, Sept. 1885. 
Distrib. Tropics and subtropical regions of Old World. 
Asparaacus ($ MyrstpHyLLUM) MEDEOLOIDES, Thunb. Prodr. 
p- 66. 
Platform on Kikuyu escarpment, Kedong, Naivasha to 
Baringo Valley : J. W. Gregory, April 30, 1893. 
Distrib. South Africa. 
ALOE RABAIENSIS, sp. nov. Acaulis(?) .. .; foliis crassis 
glaucis rubro tinctis, pedalibus, a basi angustatis, margine 
a dentibus magnis deltoideis cartilagineo-marginatis sursum 
versis, apice bruneo pungente dentato; scapo ramoso, floribus 
sub ramorum apice dense globoso-racemosis ; bracteis scariosis 
late ovatis acuminatis, quam pedicelli persistentes brevioribus ; 
perianthio cylindrico recto pollicari, segmentis lineari-oblongis 
obtusis, interioribus latioribus; staminibus inclusis, antheris 
lineari-oblongis ; stylo exserto. 
Hab. Mgandini, Rabai Hills: W. E. Taylor, Sept. 1885. 
The fleshy glaucous leaves, suffused with red, are about 
13 inches long, and taper gradually upwards from a base 
1}+-2 inches broad. The marginal teeth are rather large and 
distant, 12-15 on each side, and measure 11 line in length, the 
brown pungent apex is directed upward. The branches of the 
fleshy scape are very spreading, about half a foot long, and 
bear a terminal crowded subglobose raceme, which is about 
