Fellozia.] AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 245 
limb 13-2 in. long; segments lanceolate, whitish, the outer neither 
gland-dotted nor hairy on the back; anthers and style # in. long ; 
ovary clavate, 3 in. long, black, echinate with laxly-disposed, short, 
ascending, drab bristles. Xerophyta clavata, Baker in Journ. Bot. 
1875, 233. 
Eastegn Region: Natal; without precise locality, Gerrard, 1824! 
3. V. equisetoides (Baker) ; fruticose, with branches an inch 
thick, coated with many sheaths of parallel, brown, wiry strands 
of matted fibres ; leaves linear, glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, acumi- 
nate, 3-1 ft. long, }-4 in. broad, closely and finely ribbed, smooth on 
the margins and keel; peduncle 4-6 in. long, rough upwards, with 
sessile black glands; perianth-limb an inch long ; segments lanceo- 
late, whitish, the outer not gland-dotted on the back ; anthers linear, 
3~3 in. long; ovary clavate, 3 in. long, black, glandular-scabrous ; 
capsule subglobose. Xerophyta equisetoides, Baker in Journ. Bot. 
1875, 238. 
Katawari Rearon: South African Gold Fields, Baines ! 
Possibly this was collected in Matabeleland, and not south of the Tropic. 
Also gathered in the Zambesi country by Meller and Buchanau, where it is 
called Chiapiji, and reaches a height of 5 tt. 
4. V. viscosa (Baker) ; fruticose ; leaves linear, rigidly coriaceous, 
acuminate, 6-9 in. long, 3 in. broad, closely and strongly ribbed, 
scabrous on the edges and prominent keel ; peduncle 8-9 in. long, 
clothed with sessile black glands down to the base ; perianth-limb 
1 in. long ; segments lanceolate, rose-red, the outer dotted with large 
black glands all over the back; anthers linear, half as long as the 
perianth-segments ; ovary clavate, 3 in. long, black and viscous all 
over; capsule oblong-turbinate. Xerophyta viscosa, Baker in Journ. 
Bot. 1875, 235. 
Katanart Reon: Transvaal; Zoutpansberg Div., Hout Bosch, Xehmann, 
if Mh eeu, Pondoland, Sutherland ! Griqualand East ; Mount Currie, 
7000 ft.? MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 896! Natal; on the Drakens- 
berg near Tugela Falls, Wood, 3439! 
5. V. villosa (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 3); fruticose, with 
woody branches an inch thick, coated with many sheaths of parallel, 
slender, wiry fibres ; leaves linear-subulate, falcate, rigidly coriaceous, 
4-6 in. long, densely clothed throughout with short spreading 
' whitish hairs; peduncle 3-4 in. long, villose; perianth-limb 1} in, 
long ; segments lanceolate, whitish, the outer villose on the back ; 
anthers linear, 3 in. long ; ovary turbinate, } in. long, densely 
villose; style cylindrical, equalling the anthers. 
ee Recion: Transvaal ; Zoutpansberg Div., Hout Bosch, Rehmann, 
5792 ! 
6. V. elegans (Oliver in Bot. Mag. t. 5803) ; herbaceous; stems 
tufted, slender, reaching sometimes a length of half a foot, with 
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