Sansevieria. ] HEMODORACES (Baker). 5 
wen: Species about 12, spread through the warmer regions of the Old 
orld, 
Leaves nearly flat : 
Inflorescence racemose __..,, ae Be oa ... (1) thyrsiflora. 
Intlorescence subspicate .., ela aes 2) subspicata. 
Leaves subterete = bse i ... (3) zeylanica. 
1. S. thyrsiflora (Thunb. Prodr. 65) ; leaves 6-12 in a cluster, 
nearly flat, oblanceolate, rigid, 6-18 in. long, 14-2 in. broad above 
the middle, narrowed gradually to a concave base, obscurely fasciated 
with cross-bands of white, margined with a distinct red-brown line ; 
peduncle a foot or more long; raceme cylindrical, 9-12 in. long ; 
pedicels 2—6-nate, 4-4 in. long, articulated at the middle; bracts 
lanceolate, scariose ; perianth 1}-1} in. long; segments rather 
shorter than the tube; anthers oblong, pale yellow; style ex- 
serted beyond the segments, J. Cap. edit. Schult. 329; Baker in 
Journ. Linn, Soc. xiv. 547. 8. spicata, Haw. Syn. Succ. 66; Kunth 
Enum. v. 20. 8S. fulvo-cincta, Haw. Suppl. Succ. 30. S. guineensis, 
Kunth Enum. v. 16, ex parte. 8. angustiflora, Lindb. in Act. Soe. 
Fenn. x. 130, t. 5. S. rufo-cincta, Hort, Salmia spicata, Cav. Ic. iii. 
24, t. 246. 
Coast Reeion: Uitenhage Div., Thunberg! Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 612! 
Albany Div., Cooper, 3269 ! Enon., Baur, 1099! Stockenstrom Div., Scully, 163! 
2. 8. subspicata (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1889, ii. 436) ; leaves up 
to ten in a cluster, rigid, plain green, pale, not red on the edge, 
oblanceolate, nearly flat, 8-9 in. long, 14-2 in. broad. at the middle, 
narrowed gradually to the concave base; peduncle terete, stiffly 
erect, shorter than the leaves; inflorescence dense, subspicate ; 
flowers all solitary ; bracts minute, lanceolate, scariose; perianth 
2 in. long ; tube cylindrical, more than twice as long as the seg- 
ments ; stamens a little longer than the perianth-segments ; anthers 
small, oblong; style much overtopping the stamens. 
Easte&gN Ree@ion: Delagoa Bay, Mrs. Monteiro! 
Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, Oct., 1889. 
3. §. zeylanica (Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 159); leaves 8-15 in a 
cluster, semiterete, 4-1 ft. long, an inch broad at the base, 4-4 in. 
thick at the middle, rounded on the back, deeply channelled down 
the face, margined with a distinct red line; peduncle a foot or more 
lung ; raceme dense, cylindrical, 4-1 ft. long; pedicels 3—-6-nate, 
~s-t in. long, articulated above the middle ; perianth 1} in. long; seg- 
ments about as long as the tube ; stamens shorter than the segments ; 
anthers oblong, 4 in. long ; style exserted beyond the tip of the seg- 
ments. Red. Lil. t. 290; Bot. Reg. t. 160; Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xiv. 548. Aletris hyacinthoides, var. zeylanica, Linn. Sp. 
Plant. 456. Aloe zeylanica, Jacq. Hort. Vind. 310. Aletris zeylanica, 
Mill. Dict. edit. 8, No. 4. S. xthiopica, Thunb. Prodr. 65; Kunth 
Enum. v. 19. 
Coast Recron: Uitenhage, Burchell, 4420! Zaurbergen, Cooper, 3267! 
Albany Div., Cooper, 3268! 
