334 CXXXV. HEMODORACEE (BAKER). [Sansevieria, 
5. S. longiflora, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2634. Leaves 4-6 to a node, 
nearly flat, lanceolate, 3—5 ft. long, 3—5 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 
gradually to a concave base 1 in. diam., more or less mottled, distinctly 
bordered with red. Peduncle 1 ft. or more long, with several ascending 
scariose bract-leaves. Raceme dense, 1 ft. or more long, 8—9 in. diam. ; 
bracts scariose, lanceolate, }—? in. long; pedicels 4—4 in. long, densely 
fascicled, articulated at the middle. Perianth greenish-white, 4-5 in. 
long ; lobes about 1 in. long. Stamens as long as the perianth-lobes. 
Style much exserted.—Schult. f. Syst. Veg. vii. 357; Kunth, Enum. 
v. 17; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 548; Kew Bulletin, 1887, May, 
7 and 3, fig. 2; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 144, t. 5, figs. G-H. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 1169! 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Niamniam; Damvo Hill, Schweinfurth 
3831 ! 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith! Angola: Ambriz, Monteiro ! 
Mozamb. Dist. Usambara, Zanzibar and the Zambesi Region (ex Engler). 
6. S. Kirkii, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1887, May, 8 and 3, fig. 3. 
Leaves not more than 3-4 to a tuft, oblanceolate, 3 ft. long. 3 in. 
broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to 1 in. at the base, very 
rigid, flat in the upper half when mature, channelled in the lower half, 
1 in. thick, and subterete with a rounded facial groove at the base, 
obscurely mottled with white, with a narrow red-brown marginal line. 
Peduncle much shorter than the leaves ; lower empty bracts large, ovate. 
Raceme short, dense ; flowers about 6 to a bract; pedicels 4—4 in. long, 
Perianth 5—6 in. long; lobes 14 in. long. Stamens as long as the 
perianth-lobes. Style considerably exserted.—Bot. Mag. t. 7357. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan, 105! 
Introduced into cultivation by Sir John Kirk in 1881. It flowered at Kew for the 
first time in 1893. 
There are in the Kew Herbarium leaves of the same or a nearly allied plant 
collected by Sir John Kirk at Lupata in 1860. 
7. S. Volkensii, Giirke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. B. 367; C. 144. 
Rootstock wide-creeping, much-branched. Leaves semiterete, rigid, 1} 
ft. long, 4-4 in. diam., channelled down the face, rounded on the back, 
green, sometimes blotched with white, narrowed gradually to the semi- 
pungent apex. Peduncle as long as or shorter than the leaves. In- 
florescence a simple raceme. Perianth white, at most 1 in. long. 
Mozamb, Dist. German East Africa: Usambara, Holst, 4080; Kilimanjaro ; 
at Lake Chala, 3700 ft., Volkens, 1779 ! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
8. S. Ehrenbergii, Schweinf. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. Xiv- 
549. Rootstock woody, wide-creeping. Leaves 12-15 in a distichous 
rosette ; rudimentary outer ones small, ovate; central subterete, very 
rigid, reaching a length of 5-6 ft., 14 in. broad and thick, with an acute 
groove down the face, many slight grooves down the rounded back and 
