Aioe CXL. LILIACEÆ (BAKER). 457 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Taveta, 2000 ft., Johnston ! 
Nearly allied to the South African 4, Cooperi, Baker (Bot. Mag. t. 6377). 
2. A. Buchanani, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 119. Acaulescent. 
Leaves 8-10, distichous, erect, linear, 14 ft. long, E in. broad low down, 
thin for the genus, deeply channelled down the face, with a few white 
spots in the lower part; marginal prickles very minute. Peduncle 
simple, 14-2 ft. long, with many ovate empty bracts. Raceme dense, 
3-4 in. long; pedicels ascending, the lower 1 in. long; bracts green, 
ovate-cuspidate, 4 mm. Jong. Perianth pale-red with a green tip, ZC in. 
long; tube very short. Stamens as long as the perianth. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, culti- 
vated specimen, Buchanan ! 
Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, December 1894. 
3. A. Nuttii, Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2518. Acaulescent. Leaves. 
erect, linear, not fleshy, unspotted, channelled down the face, 14 ft. long, 
ł in. broad low down; marginal teeth obsolete. Peduncle simple, 14 ft. 
long. Raceme moderately dense, cylindrical, 6-9 in. long; pedicels 
ascending, cernuous at the tip, the lower 1 in. long; bracts ovate, $—} 
in. long. Perianth pale-red, 14-15 lin. long; tube half as long as the 
segments. Stamens included. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, 5200 ft., Carson, 
29! Nutt! North Nyasaland: between Kondowe and Karonga, Whyte ! 
4, A. secundiflora, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 140. Caudex very 
short. Leaves very thick, lanceolate-deltoid, 1 ft. long, 3 in. broad low 
down ; marginal teeth distant, small, deltoid, with a horny-brown tip. 
Inflorescence much-branched ; branches ascending ; racemes lax, secund, 
4 ft. long; bracts minute, deltoid-cuspidate, pedicels spreading, 4—4 in. 
long. Perianth 1 in. long; tube short; segments linear, red with yellow 
edge. Stamens included. Style exserted. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, at the foot of Nushoru 
Hill, 2000-2500 ft., Volkens, 530! 
No specimen at Kew. 
5. A. andongensis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 263. 
Caudex 1-2 ft. long, with 2-3 ascending branches. Leaves densely 
rosulate, lanceolate, glaucous, unspotted, 8-9 in. long, 14-1} in. brcad 
low down; teeth small, horny, deltoid-cuspidate. Panicle deltoid ; 
racemes dense, capitate, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels 2-3 in. long, the central 
spreading, the lower deflexed ; bracts lanceolate, as long as the pedicels. 
Perianth yellowish-red, 7-8 lin. long; tube short, campanulate. 
Stamens as long as the perianth.—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 
173. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo ; frequent in rocky places, Wel- 
witsch, 3729! 
6. A. Stuhlmanni, Baker. Leaves lanceolate, 1 ft. or more long, 
2 in. broad low down, tapering gradually to the point, moderately thick ; 
