332 CXXXV. HÆMODORACEÆ (BAKER). [ Sansevieria, 
1. SANSEVIERIA, Thunb. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 679. 
Perianth corolline, with a cylindrical tube and 6 linear lobes. 
Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the perianth-lobes ; filaments fili- 
form, nearly as long as the lobes; anthers linear-oblong, dorsifixed, 
versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary superior, globose, 3-celled ; 
ovules solitary, erect; style long, filiform; stigma capitate, Fruit 
membranous, soon bursting. Seeds 1-3, globose; testa lax, fleshy ; 
embryo straight, placed near the base of the albumen.—Leaves in 
clusters from a creeping rootstock, coriaceous, containing abundance of 
useful fibre. Peduncle stout, with several empty bracts; racemes 
dense, with several flowers to each bract, and pedicels articulated near 
the middle. Flowers greenish-white. 
Species about 12. Also in South Africa, Mascarene Isles, and Tropical Asia. 
Leaves comparatively thin, flat except at the base. 
Perianth 3-1 in. long. 
Leaves oblanceolate, a foot long 1. S. senegambica. 
Leaves lanceolate 8 ft. long . 2. S. nilotica. 
Perianth 13-2 in. long : S ; . . 3. S. guineensis. 
Perianth 23=3 in. long . , : : P . 4. S. bracteata, 
Perianth 4-5 in. long . S : S : 5. S. longiflora. 
Leaves thicker, nearly flat in the upper half . b . 6. S. Kirkii. 
Leaves rounded on the back, deeply channelled down the 
face. 
Leaves 13 ft. long, 3-4 in. diam. . : : . 7. S. Volkensit. 
Leaves 5-6 ft. long, 14 in. diam. 8. S. Ehrenbergit. 
Leaves terete. 
Leaves with a small facial groove . > : . 9. S. Schimper. 
Leaves without any facial groove except at the base. 
Primordial leaves flat . f i S : . 10. S. cylindrica. 
Primordial leaves terete S : 4 : . 11. S. sulcata. 
Doubtful native of Tropical Africa > 5 2 . 12. S. grandicuspis. 
1. S. senegambica, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv.548. Leaves 
oblanceolate, acute, nearly flat, rigidly coriaceous, 1 ft. long, 2 in. broad 
above the middle, narrowed to a base $ in. broad, not at all margined 
with red. Peduncle with raceme overtopping the leaves; pedicels 
3—6-nate, ł—}4 in. long, articulated at the middle; bracts small, ovate, 
white, scariose. Perianth 3-1 in. long; tube cylindrical, very slender; 
lobes as long as the tube. Stamens as long as the perianth-lobes. 
Style finally exserted. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Perrottet, 782! Richard, 72! 
2. S. nilotica, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 548. Rootstock 
wide-creeping, as thick as a man’s finger. Leaves lanceolate, flat, 3 ft. 
long, 14 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base and 
apex, spotted with white, apparently less rigid than in S. guineensis, 
without any red intermarginal line. Racemes lax, 1-1} ft. long; 
bracts small, lanceolate; flowers 3-9 in a cluster ; pedicels 4—4 in. long, 
articulated above the middle. Perianth white tinged with green, 
