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Peduncles 1-4 to a tuber, 3-6 in. long, clothed with whitish hairs. 
Flowers 6-8 in a lax raceme, 3—4 in. long; bracts linear, 4—4 in. long. 
pedicels as long as the bracts. Perianth yellow, 4 in. long; inner 
segments oblong ; outer lanceolate, densely hairy outside. Stamens half 
as long as the perianth; anthers lanceolate; filaments very short, 
deltoid. Ovary turbinate, } in. long, densely pilose.—Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. xvii. 116. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; frequent on hills, near Lopollo, 3800-5500 
ft., Welwitsch ! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium, 
12. H. obtusa, Burch. in Bot. Reg. t. 159. Tuber large, oblong, 
perennial, crowned with the bristly relics of the old leaves. Leaves 
12-18 to a tuber, subcoriaceous, linear, 1-14 ft. long, $—} in. broad, 
glabrous on the upper surfaces, ciliated on the edges and midrib 
beneath. Peduncles hairy, 3-6 in. long. Flowers 4-8 in a lax raceme; 
pedicels } in. long. Bracts linear-subulate, 4 in. long. Perianth-limb 
yellow, 6-8 lin. long ; outer segments green and hairy on the outside. 
Stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. Anthers lanceolate-sagittate, 
longer than the filaments. Ovary turbinate, hairy, LJ in. long — 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe, xvii. 114. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Nandi Hills, on dry burnt ground, Scott- 
Elliot, 6983 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usaramo; east of the Coast Range, 
Speke & Grant! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, on Mount 
Sochi, Scott-Elliot, 8657 ! 
Also in South Africa, 
13. H. laikipiensis, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 407. Tuber 
perennial, Leaves about 6 to a tuber, linear, acuminate, reaching a 
length of above 2 ft., scarcely } in. broad; upper surface sparsely, 
lower and edges densely hairy. Peduncles 5 to a tuber, flattened, 
reaching 1} ft. long. Raceme lax, 10-flowered, about 5 in. long ; bracts 
linear-subulate, hairy, lower as long as the flowers; pedicels 4—4 in. 
long. Perianth-segments yellow, 6-7 lin. long; outer hairy outside. 
Stamens half as long as the perianth ; anthers more than twice as long 
as the filaments. Ovary turbinate, densely hairy, 4—4 in, long. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Lykipia; on steppes cut up by deep ravines, 
West of Alngaria, Gregory ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe, 4000-5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 
8206 ! 
14. H. subspicata, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 143. Tuber stout, 
perennial, crowned with the fibrous relics of old leaves. Leaves linear, 
acuminate, coriaceous, 8—12 in. long, 4 in. broad low down, glabrous on 
the upper surface, ciliate on the edges and midrib beneath. Peduncles 
many to a tuber, hairy, much shorter than the leaves. Raceme dense, 
subspicate, many-flowered, 3-4 in. long; pedicels scarcely any ; bracts 
