Vellozia. | CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEH (BAKER). 411 
acute, above 1 in. long, } in. broad. Anthers linear, sessile, 2 in. long, 
Ovary turbinate, 4-4} in. long, densely viscous.—Barbacenia scabrida, 
Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 144. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: near the Kuango River, Pogge, 123. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
8. V. hereroensis, Baker. Leaves linear, 1 ft. long, } in. broad, 
ciliate with minute spines on the edges and keel. Peduncle 8 in. long, 
viscous upwards. Perianth-segments blue, apiculate, above 1 in. long, 
3 in. broad. Stamens above } in. long; filaments very short.—Barba- 
cenia hereroensis, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 49. 
Lower Guinea. Hereroland: granite hills of the Tebris Pass, Fleck, 80. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
9. V. capillaris, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 
i. 264. A shrub, with woody branchlets, 4 in. diam., clothed with the 
truncate bases of the old leaves. Leaves 4-8 in a rosette, linear, 
coriaceous, glabrous, aristate, 4-6 in. long, } in. broad, closely ribbed. 
Peduncles tufted, 2-3 in. long, densely clothed with black glands. 
Perianth white; segments lanceolate, acuminate, 1}—1} in. long, } in. 
broad low down. Anthers linear, 4 in. long; filaments very short. 
Ovary turbinate, } in. long, densely clothed with black glands. Capsule 
oblong, viscous, 4 in. diam.—Xerophytu capillaris, Baker in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 264, t. 36, fig. 1. Barbacenia capillaris, Pax 
in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 171. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Monino, in woods, and on the high plain of 
Empalanca, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch ! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
10. V. equisetoides, Baker. A shrub reaching a height of 4-5 ft. ; 
stems l-14 in. diam.; persistent bases of old leaves densely imbricate, 
resembling an Equisetum, appressed, deeply and narrowly plicate. 
Leaves rigidly coriaceous, glabrous or slightly hairy, reaching a height 
of 1 ft. or more, $4 in. broad low down. Peduncle 3-6 in, long, 
viscous upwards. Perianth-segments lanceolate, acute, more or less 
tinged with purple, 1-2 in. long. Anthers linear, half as long as the 
perianth-segments. Ovary clavate or turbinate, densely hispid and 
viscous, }—} in. long. Capsule crustaceous, globose.—Xerophyta equise- 
toides, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1875, 233. 
Mozamb. Dist. Nyasaland: Manganja Hills, Meller ! between Blantyre and 
Matope, Scott ! Shire Highlands, Mount Ndurani, Scott-Elliot, 8524! Zomba and the 
East end of Lake Shirwa, Meller! Zomba, Kirk! Matabeleland: Semokwe River 
(Old and Dry ” or “ Elephant’s grass ”), Baines ! and without precise locality, Scott- 
Elliot ! 
Var. trichophylia, Baker. Leaves densely and persistently pubescent on both 
sides, 
Mozamb, Dist. Nyasaland: Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 162! Zomba, Whyte, 
92! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 854! 
