410 CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDES (BAKER). [ Vellozia. 
Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 31. Hypoxis Schnitzleinia, Hochst. in Flora, 
1844, 31. Barbacenia Schnitzleinia, Pax in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 171. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia; near Sabra, on rocks at the foot of mountains, Schimper, 
1365! on rocks of slopes towards the River Tacazze, Schimper, 1693! and without 
precise locality, Schimper, 253! 
Var. somalensis, Terrac. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1892, 425. Leaves reclining, 
rigid. Flower solitary, pedunculate. Peduncle geniculate at the apex, strigose- 
pilose from the middle to the apex. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: fields of Gerar-Amaden, Candeo & Baudi di Vesme. 
No specimen at Kew. 
4. V. acuminata, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 228. Acaulescent. 
Leaves very rigid, linear, acuminate, glabrous, 1 ft. long, } in. broad 
low down, tapering gradually to the point. Peduncle slender, 4-5 in. 
long, viscous upwards. Perianth-segments lanceolate, 3 in. long, } in. 
broad. Anthers linear, half as long as the perianth-segments. Ovary 
turbinate, viscous, } in. long. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Golis Range, near Woob, Miss Edith Cole! Mrs. 
Lort-Phillips ! 
5. V. stenophylla, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 
Bot. i. 265. A shrub, with branches 4—3 in. diam., clothed with the 
rigid appressed dentate base of the fallen leaves. Leaves 6-8 to a tuft, 
very rigid, triquetrous, channelled down the face, 6-8 in. long, ve Im, 
broad, glabrous, acuminate, closely nerved, scabrous on the back. Flowers 
not seen.—NXerophyta stenophylla, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 
Bot. i. 265. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes; densely gregarious in rocky hills, near 
Cazemba, Welwitsch ! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
6. V. squarrosa, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 
i.264. A shrub 3-4, rarely 5 ft. high ; trunk 14-2 in. diam. at the base ; 
branches clothed with the squarrose bases of the old leaves. Leaves 
coriaceous, linear, acuminate, glabrous, 5—6 in. long, nearly 4 in. broad, 
the edges denticulate upwards. Peduncle 4—5 in. long, densely viscous 
upwards. Perianth-segments lanceolate, blue-white, 3-1 in. long. 
Ovary clavate, 4—3 in. long, densely clothed with black glands. Anthers 
linear, subsessile, half as long as the perianth-segments. Capsule oblong, 
crustaceous, } in. diam., densely clothed with black glands.—Xerophyta 
squarrosa, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 264. Barbacenia 
squarrosa, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 144. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; gregarious on the high rocky 
slopes at the Fort, Welwitsch ! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
7. V. scabrida, Baker. Leaves rigid, linear, acuminate, glabrous, 
}-1 in. broad, denticulate on the midrib on both surfaces and the edges. 
Peduncles viscous upwards, 4 in. long. Perianth-segments lanceolate, 
