Xyris. | CXLIS. XYRIDEZ (BROWN). 17 
sepals 24-2} lin. long, } lin. broad, linear-oblanceolate, somewhat obtuse, 
but shortly aristate, golden-brown along the keel, colourless and mem- 
branous on the sides; keel broadly winged (about 4 as broad as the 
sides), distinctly ciliate from the base to the apex. Petals 2 lin. long 
and the same in breadth, broadly obovate, denticulate, bright yellow. 
Arms of the staminodes with brush-like tufts of long yellow hairs, half 
as long as the petals. Anthers linear-oblong, | lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. lritish Central Africa: Mashonaland, at Six-mile Spruit, 
near Salisbury, Hon. Mrs, Evelyn Cecil, 152A! 
14, X. makuensis, V. #. Br. Much branched and densely 
tufted at the base. Leaves 14-8 in. long, including the 3-1} in. long 
sheath, 4-4 lin. thick, filiform-subulate, very slightly compressed, 
Peduncular-sheath 2-4 in, long, with a subulate point 4-3? in. long. 
Peduncles numerous, 3-12 in. long, 4-4 lin. thick, filiform, subterete 
or slightly compressed, with a raised line down one side, solid, glabrous, 
Spike 3-4 lin. long, 14-2} lin. thick, ovoid, becoming somewhat flat- 
topped and obovoid in fruit, 3—6-flowered. Outer bracts 2-3 lin. long, 
1-1} lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, keeled, entire, rigidly coriaceous, con- 
cave, 3-nerved, blackish-brown, fading to dark olive-brown on the 
margins, shining; inner bracts similar to the outer, but complicate- 
acute, more distinctly keeled, 1-nerved, and of a rather lighter olive- 
brown in the lower part, 24-34 lin. long. Lateral sepals 2-3} lin. long, 
% lin. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute, boat-shaped, nearly straight, olive- 
brown, darker along the back; keel with a moderately broad entire 
wing, neither ciliate nor scabrid, not produced at the apex. Corolla- 
lobes about 24 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, cuneate-obovate, toothed, yellow. 
Arms of the staminodes very short, with large dense brush-like tufts of 
long yellow hairs. Anthers oblong. 
Mozamb. Dist. East Equatorial Africa, Taylor! Portuguese East Africa : 
Makua; Namuli Mountains, Zast/ British East Africa: Nyasaland; Mount 
quan Whyte! Mlanji Plateau, MeClounie ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 
_ The subulate-filiform leaves and numerous blackish shining spikes readily distin- 
guish this from the other species, 
15, XK. humilis, Kunth, Hrwm. iv. 15. Leaves 14-24 in. long, 
very narrowly linear, acute, membranous, striate, glabrous. Peduncles 
2-5 in. long, filiform, slightly compressed, glabrous. Spike small, about 
2 lin. long, obovate-turbinate, about 3-flowered. Bracts about 7, 
orbicular-obovate, emarginate, carinate above, with the apex slightly 
recurved, fuscous on the back, with paler sides and green on the keel 
in the upper part, subcoriaceous, shining. Lateral sepals narrow, 
keeled, acute, glabrous. Capsule oblong, umbonate, 1-celled, fuseous, 
slightly shorter than the bracts. Seeds ellipsoid, ribbed, pointed at 
each end, pale fuscous.—Nilss. in Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handl. xxiv. 
no. 14,40; Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 133. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, ex Engler. : 
Also in Madagascar and Mauritius. I bave not seen a specimen from Zanzibar, 
and therefore give a translation of Kunth’s original description. 
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