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Leaves moderately firm : - : - . 38. V. Schnitzleinia, 
Leaves very rigid : : : : : . 4. V, acuminata, 
Caudex produced. 
Leaves triquetrous . 3 - : : : . 5. V. stenophylla. 
Leaves linear, glabrous. 
Perianth 3-1 in. long . S : - . 6. V. squarrosa. 
Perianth 1-2 in. long. 
Leaves denticulate on the edge . : - . 7- V. scabrida, 
Leaves ciliate with minute spines 8. V. hereroensis. 
Leaves not ciliate or denticulate. 
Ovary viscous, not hispid : : : . 9. V. capillaris. 
Ovary viscous and hispid S S : . 10. V. equisetoides. 
Perianth 2-3 in. long . : : : S . 11. V. splendens. 
Leaves linear, hairy, 
Perianth 1 in. long. 
Leaves 3-5 in, long : : e : . 12. V., tomentosa, 
Leaves 6-12 in. long. 
Branchlets 3-4 in. diam. . ; : . 13. V. Spekei. 
Branchlets stouter : : : : . 14. V. velutina. 
Perianth 14-2 in. long g : : 2 . 15. V. equatorialis. 
1. V. humilis, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 4. Acaulescent. 
Persistent bases of old leaves formed of thick close fibres connected by 
fine cross-bars. Rosettes of leaves densely cæspitose. Leaves rigidly 
coriaceous, linear, glabrous, prominently nerved, 1-2 in. long. Peduncles 
very slender, 1—2 in. long, rough with glands throughout. Perianth- 
segments oblong-lanceolate, + in. long. Anthers linear, 4 in. long; 
filaments very short. Ovary turbinate, viscous, 44 in. long and broad. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Matabeleland, Ziliot ! Portuguese 
East Africa; Tete, on the Lower Zambesi, Kirk ! 
Also in the Transvaal and eastern districts of Cape Colony. 
2. V. Hildebrandtii, Baker. Caudex very short, clothed with 
copious fibrous relics of old leaves. Leaves narrowly linear, glaucescent, 
glabrous, convolute, 4—5 in. long. Peduncle 2 in. long, densely hispid 
upwards. Perianth-segments linear, much smaller than in V. Schnitz- 
leinia. Anthers linear, 4-4 in. long; filaments very short. Ovary 
ovoid, densely hispid —Barbacenia Hildebrandtii, Pax in Engl. Hochge- 
birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 171. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Serut mountains near Maid, 5000-6000 ft., Hildebrandt, 
1466. 
No specimen at Kew. 
3. V. Schnitzleinia, Baker. Caudex very short, densely clothed 
with the fibrous bases of the old leaves. Leaves 5-6 to a rosette, 
linear, subcoriaceous, glabrous, moderately firm, }—1 ft. Jong, 4-} in. 
broad, obscurely serrulate on the margin. Peduncles 3-6 in. long, 
hispid in the upper part Perianth-segments lanceolate, ł}-1 in. long. 
Anthers linear, subsessile, half as long as the perianth-segments. 
Ovary turbinate, densely hispid. Capsule globose.— Xerophyta Schnitz- 
leinia, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1875, 235. Schnitzleinia amica, Steud. ex 
