Hemerocallec.] CLXXVIIT.' LILIACEZE. T 
32. X&niphofia, Mcnch, Meth. 631. (Tritoma, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 744.  Tritomanthe, 
Link, Enwm. Hort. Berol. i. 333. 'Tritomium, Link, Handb.i. 170. Rudolphorcmeria, 
Steud. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. n. 102. Triclissa, Salisb. Gen. Pl. Fragm. 15.)—Perianthium 
bul , tequaliter cylind v. in speciebus tropicis superne ampliatum ; segmenta 
1-nervia, alte connata, apice breviter libera, ovata v. deltoidea, zequalia v. seriei interioris 
paullo latiora. Stamina 6, hypogyna, perianthio paullo breviora v. swpius exserta, fila- 
mentis filiformibus; anthersm oblong: v. fere lineares, dorsifixze, filamento in foveolam 
intruso, loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare; stylus filiformis, ssepe 
exsertus, stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis numerosa. Capsula globosa v. breviter ovoidea, 
coriacea, loculicide dehiscens. Semina angulata, testa nigra appressa ; embryo oblongus, 
albumine bene brevior. —Rhizoma breve, fibris radicalibus fasciculati sis crassius- 
culis. Folia radicalia longa, angusta, firma. Scapus aphyllus, elatus, simplex. Flores 
speciosi, dense racemosi v. spicati, e flavo coccinei, subsessiles v. breviter pedicellati, 
arcte deflexi. Bractez sub pedicellis breves, scariosze. 
Species ad 16, Africz australis et tropicze et Madagascariz incole. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xi. 360. | Kunth, Enum. Pl.iv. 550. Red. Lil. t. 161, 186 (Veltheimia), 991. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 
54 (Aletris), Bot. Mag. t. 158, 164, 4816, 5946, 6116, 6167, 6553, 6569. — Bot. Reg. t. 1746.  Lodd. 
Bot. Cab. t. 444.  Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 169. Regel, Gartenfl. t. 907. Fl. des Serres, t. 1393. 
Lemaire, Jard. Fleur, t. 362. — (Ic. nonnulle sub Tritomate.) 
33. wotosceptrum, Benth. gen. nov.— Perianthi late panul alte 5-fidum, 
persistens ; lobi obovati, l-nerves, interioribus latioribus. Stamina 6, hypogyna, peri- 
anthio longiora, filamentis filiformibus ; antherw breviter oblong:, infra medium dorsi- 
fix, filamentis in foveolam intrusis, loculis introrsum. dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 
globosum, 3-loeulare ; stylus crassiuscule filiformis, stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis oo 
(4-6). Capsula subglob loeulieide dehi Semina pauca, angulata, testa nigra, 
appressa ; embryo cylindraceus, leviter incurvus, albumine carnoso vix brevior. Rhizoma 
verticale, breve, crassum, lignosum, fibris radicalibus copiosis carnosis. Folia radicalia 
conferta, linearia, pluripedalia. Scapus terminalis erectus, elatus, simplex. Flores par- 
vuli, in spica longa densa cylind H iles, quaq! i nec deflexi, flavi v. 
rubentes, singuli bractea parva scariosa stipati. 
Species typicze 2, Angolenses : AN. benguellense et angolense, Benth.; Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
Bot, i. 246, sub Kniphofia, a quo genere habitu, inflorescentia, perianthio etc. nobis longe differre 
videntur. His valde affinis nisi stricte congener est Urginea alooides, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xviii. 395, species austro-Africana, perianthii segmentis fere ad basin solutis 3-nervibus v. exterio- 
ribus 5-nervibus; perianthii forma, stamina, ovarium, stylus et capsula junior omnino Notosceptri, 
eui addimus sub nomine X. alooidis. 
TnaiBus VIII — ALoiNEAX. 
34. Gasteria, Duval, Pl. Succ. Hort. Aleng. 6, ex Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. 85.—Perianthium 
tubulosum, basi sepius ventricosum, supra ovarium tractum, superne i m; 
segmenta arcte connata, apice breviter libera, erecta. . Stamina hypogyna, perianthio 
parum breviora v. breviter exserta, filamentis subulatis ; antherz oblongs v. lineares, 
erect, juxta basin dorsifix:, filamento in foveolam intruso. Ovarium sessile, oblongum, 
sub-3-quetrum, 3-loculare ; stylus colummaris v. filiformis, e perianthio sspe exsertus, 
stigmate parvo v. parum dilatato; ovula in loculis numerosa. .Capsula coriacea, loculi- 
cide dehiscens. Semina (in sp. 2 observata) , valde p fere plana, 
irregulariter suborbiculata, testa nigra exalata.—Caudex brevissimus. — Folia rosulata, 
crassa, carnosa, breviter ligulata v. oblonga, seepe maculata, integerrima. Scapus elon- 
gatus, simplex v. parce ramosus. Flores breviter pedicellati, laxe racemosi, secus rhachin 
sparsi, sub bracteis parvis solitarii. 
Species infra 30, Africm australis incole.  Kunth, Enum. Pl. iv. 534 (Alois sect.). Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 182, qui species 45 enumerat, plurimas tamen includit hybridas v. varietates 
