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branches angled, bracteate from the base; racemes long, cylindrical, 
moderately dense; pedicels about 1 in. long, thickened and recurved at 
the apex ` bracts ovate, 4—3 in. long. Perianth 14 in. long; tube very 
short. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth. Capsule oblong- 
cylindrical, above 1 in. long. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Peak of Sabr, 8000 ft., Penzig, 1424. Abyssinia: 
‘Samen, 10,000-11,000 ft., Steudner, 
No specimen at Kew. 
12. A. Kirkii, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7386. Caudex very short, 
‘stout, simple. Leaves thick, densely rosulate, lanceolate, nearly 1 ft. 
long, 2 in. broad low down, plain green, very smooth; marginal teeth 
large, deltoid, spreading. Peduncle compressed, deeply forked, 2 ft. 
long. Raceme dense, cylindrical, the end one nearly 1 ft. long ; pedicels 
4-4 in. long, lower cernuous; bracts small, ovate. Perianth pale-red, 
tipped with yellow, above 1 in. long; segments as long as the tube. 
Stamens just exserted. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, cultivated specimen, Kirk ! 
Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, January 1894. 
13. A. Schinzii, Baker. Leaves lanceolate, very thick and rigid, 
nearly 1 ft. long, 24 in. broad low down, tapering gradually to the point 
teeth large, brown, horny, deltoid-cuspidate. Peduncle stout, com- 
pressed, forked, above 1 ft. long. Racemes dense, oblong, 4—5 in. long ; 
pedicels in the flowering stage shorter than the oblong scariose bracts, 
which are 4 in. long. Perianth 1 in. long; segments as long as the 
oblong tube. Stamens not exserted. Capsule oblong-trigonous, $ in. 
long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Kalahari, at Oliphant’s Kloof, Schinz, 
42 partly ! 
14. A. macrosiphon, Baker. Leaves ensiform, under 1 ft. long, 
1 in. broad low down, tapering gradually upwards; prickles deltoid, 
spreading, moderately close, moderately large, horn-tipped. Raceme 
long, lax, cylindrical; bracts oblong, scariose, } in. long, pale with 
3 brown ribs; pedicels half as long as the bract. Perianth 1} in. long ; 
tube very long and slender, dilating at the base as the ovary grows ; 
‘segments linear, spreading, } in. long. Stamens distinctly shorter than 
the perianth. Style reaching the tip of the perianth-lobes. 
Mozamb, Dist. German East Africa: between Urundi and Karagwe, 4000- 
5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 8176 ! 
15. A. Menyharthi, Baker. Leaves short, acuminate, 2 in. broad ; 
marginal teeth crowded, spreading, deltoid, $ in. long. Panicle ample; 
branches curved, ascending, the lower 1 ft. long; racemes very dense 
and short; pedicels spreading, }-? in. long, articulated at the apex; 
ibracts linear, shorter than the pedicels, white, with a green keel. 
Perianth pale-red, above 1 in. long; tube slender, cylindrical ; segments 
