12 CXLII, XYRIDEZ (BROWN). [Xyris. 
colour on the sides; keel shortly ciliate from the base up to the base 
of the apiculus. Corolla-lobes (withered) apparently oblong. Arms 
of the staminodes with brush-like tufts of long brownish hairs, shorter 
than the stamens, Anthers broadly linear. 
Lower Guinea, Angola: Huilla; plentiful in spongy places, near streams, 
around Lopollo, Welwitsch, 2474! 
4, &. dispar, V. LH. Br. Leaves not seen. Peduncular-sheath 
about 6 in. long, with a leafy linear point about } in. long, } lin. broad, 
glabrous, Peduncle about 2 ft. long, ? lin. broad, much compressed, 
glabrous. Spike 3-3} lin. long, and about the same in thickness, sub- 
globose. Outer bracts about 2 lin. long, 14-2 lin. broad, coriaceous, 
elliptic or suborbicular, obtuse, entire, not ciliate, 2 or 3 of them termi- 
nated by a short awn 4-1 lin. long, the others apiculate and slightly 
keeled at the apex, dark brown, shining; inner bracts all reaching to 
about the same level, 23-3 lin. long, 1}-1} lin. broad, coriaceous, with 
thin margins, ovate, shortly acuminate into a rigid very acute almost 
pungent point, keeled, concave, entire, not ciliate, light olive-brown, 
with a slight yellowish tinge. Lateral sepals 24-3 lin. long, ¢ to nearly 
1 lin. broad, somewhat oblong-lanceolate, regularly curved along the 
back, nearly straight along the margins, somewhat obtuse, mucronate, 
golden-brown along the back, darker at the apex, the colour fading out 
and disappearing at the broad membranous margins; keel very narrowly 
winged, minutely ciliate or scabrid along the middle part or occasionally 
nearly or quite up to the base of the short subulate mucro, but not on 
the basal third. Corolla-lobes 3 lin. long, 13 lin. broad, cuneate-obovate, 
subtruncate and rather coarsely toothed at the apex, bright yellow. 
Arms of the staminodes short, linear, with brush-like tufts of long yellow 
hairs half as long as the petals. Anthers 1} lin. long, linear-oblong. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa:| Mashonaland; at Six-mile Spruit, 
near Salisbury, Hon. Mrs, Evelyn Cecil, 152! 
d. K. anceps, Lam. Encycl. i. 132. Leaves 2-14 in. long, 14-44 lin. 
broad, linear, obtuse or acute, glabrous, with concolorous sheaths 3-44 in. 
long. Peduncular-sheath 14-64 in. long, leafless andobtuse or with a leafy 
obtuse point {-} in. long. Peduncle $—2} ft. long, }—14 lin. broad, com- 
pressed and acutely two-edged, especially towards the apex, glabrous. 
Spike globose or broadly ovoid, 3—5 lin. diam., many-flowered. Bracts 2-3 
lin. long, 1}~2 lin. broad, coriaceous, elliptic, very obtuse, or the inner ones 
subacute, entire, not ciliate, light yellowish-brown or pale straw-coloured, 
with a narrowly ovate or lanceolate acute green area at the slightly 
keeled apex; nerves about 7—9, very slender and obscure. Lateral sepals 
24-24 lin. long, } lin. broad, subspathulate-lanceolate, straight or slightly 
faleate, acute, with a rather broad wing-like keel, neither ciliate nor 
produced at the apex, entirely. pale straw-colour. Corolla yellow; tube 
2} lin. long; lobes about 14 lin. long, }-1 lin. broad, broadly cuneate- 
obovate, denticulate. Arms of the staminodes very small, with a brush- 
like tuft of long yellow hairs. Anthers oblong. Capsule 14 lin. long, 
trigonous, oblong, obtuse, not apiculate.—Nilss. in Svensk. Vet. Akad. 
Hand. xxiv. no. 14, 37; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 419 ; Engl. 
