Gloriosa. | CXL, LILIACEH (BAKER), 565 
long, A in. broad above the middle. Filaments above $ in. long; 
anthers linear-oblong, } in. long. Style under 1 in, long, trifid to 
the middle. 
í elt Land. Somaliland: a little west of the Shebeli River, 2000 ft., Donaldson- 
mith ! 
4. G. abyssinica, 4. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 322. Stem erect, 
14-2 ft. long, simple or branched. Leaves oblong, acuminate, some- 
times distinctly cirrhose at the apex, the lower verticillate or opposite, 
5-6 in. long, 14 in. broad, the upper smaller, alternate. Flowers 
produced from the axils of several of the upper leaves; pedicels 3-4 in. 
long, cernuous at the apex. Perianth-segments reflexed, not at all 
crisped, oblong, unguiculate, cuspidate, 2-3 in. long, 3-1 in. broad at 
the middle. Filaments about 1 in. long; anthers linear, 4-4 in. 
long. Style 14 in. long, trifid above the middle.-—Baker in Journ. 
Linn, Soc. xvii. 458. G. speciosa, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 158; 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 59. Clinostylis speciosa, 
Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 26. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Donkollo Heights, near Ginda, 3000 ft., Schweinfurth & 
Riva, 127; Bogos, Steudner, 446! and near Keren, Hildebrandt, 379, Abyssinia: 
Tigre; near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1437 ! Shire Province, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 
48! Shoa; Aliu Amba, near Ankober, Roth, 182! and without precise locality, 
Schimper, 346 ! 
Var. graminifolia, Franch. Sert. Somal. 67. Leaves and segments of the 
perianth linear, the latter only 4—4 in. broad. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Karoma Peak, Révoil ! 
5. G. Carsoni, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 74. Stem erect, 
14 ft. long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, sessile, 4—5 in. long, 1-1} in. 
broad below the middle, acute, not cirrhose at the apex; lower 
opposite, upper alternate. Flowers 5-6 in a lax terminal corymb, 
on long ascending pedicels, cernuous at the apex. Perianth 2-24 in, 
long, red, slightly tinged with yellow; segments strongly reflexed, 
oblanceolate, acuminate, $ in. broad above the middle. Filaments half 
as long as the perianth; anthers linear. Ovary } in. long; style twice 
as long as the ovary, branched in the upper third. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, Carson, 53 of 
1894 collection! Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 6000~7000 ft., Whyte! and Mount 
Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 
34, LITTONIA, Hook. Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, iii. 831. 
Perianth campanulate, cut down nearly or quite to the base; 
segments equal, oblong-lanceolate, nectariferous and obscurely saccate 
at the base. Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the perianth-segments; 
filaments filiform; anthers linear-oblong, versatile. Ovary globose, 
sessile, 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style entire in the lower 
part, 3-forked upwards; stigmas minute, capitate. Capsule coriaceous, 
septicidally 3-valved. Seeds globose; testa brown; albumen firm; 
