412 CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEZ (BAKER). [ Vellozia. 
11. V. splendens, Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 49, 
t. 8. A shrub 14 ft. long, with thick branches, clothed with the truncate 
closely imbricate glabrous bases of the old leaves. Leaves 6-8 in a 
rosette, rigid, linear, glabrous, 1 ft. long, 4-8 in. broad low down, 
denticulate on the edges when young. Peduncles 5-6 to a tuft, 6-9 in. 
long, densely clothed upwards with raised black glands. Perianth- 
segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2-24 in. long, 4 in. broad. Anthers 
linear, sessile, ł in. long. Ovary turbinate, 4 in. long, densely viscous. 
—Barbacenia splendens, Harms in Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 146. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Mlanje, Whyte! 
McClounie ! Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 
12. V. tomentosa, Baker. A shrub with branchlets } in. diam., 
clothed with the appressed deltoid tomentose bases of the fallen leaves. 
Leaves few in a tuft, linear, rigid, 3—5 in. long, } in. broad, pubescent 
on both surfaces. Peduncles 2—4 in. long, densely viscous. Perianth- 
segments lanceolate, 1 in. long, } in. broad, obtuse or minutely cuspl- 
date. Anthers linear, sessile, 4 in. long. Ovary clavate, densely viscous, 
4 in. long.— Barbacenia tomentosa, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 144. 
East Tropical Africa. Asi, Fischer, 585! 
13. V. Spekei, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 156. A much- 
branched shrub 6 ft. high, with trunk 6 in. in girth, and branchlets 
4-4} in. diam., clothed with the closely-imbricate appressed hairy deltoid 
bases of the fallen leaves. Leaves 6-8 in a tuft, rigid, linear, acuminate, 
6-9 in. long, }-4 in. broad low down, slightly hairy on both surfaces, 
closely ribbed, spinous on the midrib beneath and slightly so on the 
margin. Peduncle flexuose, 2—3 in. long, viscous in the upper half. 
Perianth-segments lanceolate, 1 in. long. Stamens half as long as the 
perianth-segments. Capsule globose, crustaceous, viscous, $ in. diam.— 
Xerophyta Spekei, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1875, 234. Barbacenia Speket, 
Harms in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 146. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uyanzi; at the Boss Rock, in the 
Mgunda Mkhali, near Jiwa la Mkoa, 4068 ft., Speke & Grant, 782! 
14. V. velutina, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 
i, 265. An erect shrub 14—24 ft. high, with branches 4} in. diam, 
clothed with the rigid appressed truncate mucronate bases of the fallen 
leaves. Leaves 8-10 to a tuft, linear, coriaceous, finely pilose on both 
sides, 6-10 in. long, }-} in. broad. Peduncle 14-2 in. long, clothed 
upwards with black glands. Perianth-segments lanceolate, acuminate, 
blue, 1 in. long. Stamens half as long as the perianth; filaments very 
short. Ovary clavate, } in. long, densely clothed with black glands 
— Xerophyta velutina, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 1. 265. 
Barbacenia velutina, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 145. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; gregarious on rocks near the banks 
of the River Cuanza, 2400-3800 ft., Welwitsch ! 
15. V. æquatorialis, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 409. A 
dwarf shrub, with a caudex 4 ft. long, 4 in. diam., forked at the apex; 
