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23. A. purpuratum, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 413. 
Leaves linear, subrigid, glabrous, 1 ft. long, ł in. broad. Peduncle 
naked, flattened, about as long as the leaves. Raceme simple, } ft. 
long ; pedicels short, articulated at the middle, lower geminate; bracts 
small, purple, ovate, acuminate. Perianth 4 in. long; segments linear- 
lanceolate, purple at the base and on the keel. Stamens nearly as long 
as the perianth ; anthers linear, } in. long; filaments flattened, spotted 
with crimson. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Taita Mountains, Gregory ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
24. A. uyuiense, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 415. Root- 
fibres slender; neck crowned with short bristles. Leaves 5 to a 
stem, linear, glabrous, the longest 20-22 in. long, 24-4 lin. broad. 
Peduncle naked, shorter than the leaves, flattened upwards, not winged. 
Raceme simple, 4 in. long; rhachis not flexuose ; pedicels short, ascend- 
ing, articulated below the middle, lower geminate ; bracts small, ovate- 
acuminate. Perianth 4-3 in. long; segments linear-oblong, 5-nerved 
in the purple keel. Stamens as long as the perianth ; anthers linear, 
above } in. long; filaments flattened, glabrous. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between Uyui and the coast, Taylor ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
25. A. monophyllum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 324. Rootstock 
a globose tuber crowned with many fine bristles ; root-fibres slender. 
Stem slender, angled, pubescent, 4 in. long, with a sheath at the base 
and a single lanceolate glabrous coriaceous leaf 6-9 in. long, with a 
clasping base from the middle. Raceme simple, moderately dense, 
1-3 in. long ; rhachis pubescent; pedicels ascending, articulated at the 
middle, Li in. long, all solitary; bracts lanceolate or linear from a 
broad base, the lower 4 in. long. Perianth 3-4 in. long; segments 
linear-oblong, with a 3-nerved brown keel. Anthers linear, } in. long, 
as long as the glabrous filament. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1793! 
26. A. caulescens, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 303. Root- 
fibres fleshy, cylindrical. Root-leaves about 3, lanceolate, membranous, 
glabrous, not ciliated on the margin, the longest 1 ft. long, ł-1 in. broad. 
Stem long, slender, bearing 3—4 large leaves of similar texture. Racemes 
very lax, the lower } ft. long, forming a panicle 1 ft. long; pedicels 
ascending, 4—2 in. long, articulated at the middle, the lower 5—4-nate ; 
bracts minute, ovate, cuspidate. Perianth } in. long; segments linear, 
with a 3-nerved green keel. Stamens distinctly shorter than the 
perianth; anthers minute, oblong, much shorter than the glabrous 
filaments. Capsule globose, } in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, Barter, 1515! 
27. A. triphyllum, Baker. Rootstock tuberous, fibres slender, 
wiry. Produced leaves about 3, with a long sheathing base and a sub- 
coriaceous glabrous lanceolate blade 4-6 in. long, 4-3 in. broad at the 
