286 uintace# (Baker). [ Notosceptrum. 
KataHari Rea@ion: Transvaal; Lydenburg Div., on the summit of the Devils 
Kop, near McMac, 5000-6000 ft., McLea in Herb. Bolus, 3011! 
I leave this where Mr. Bentham bas placed it, but feel satisfied that when fully 
known it will prove to be distinct generically from the true Notosceptra, 
VII. GASTERIA, Duval. 
Perianth tubular, curved ; tube dilated into a ball in the lower half, 
cylindrical in the upper; segments small, ovate, subequal. Stamens 
6, hypogynous, slightly declinate, about as long as the perianth; 
filaments filiform ; anthers oblong, versatile, dehiscing down the face. 
Ovary sessile, oblong-trigonous; ovules numerous, superposed ; style 
filiform; stigma capitate, slightly 3-lobed. Capsule chartaceous, 
loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds compressed, winged; testa brown; | 
albumen fleshy ; embryo axile. 
Caudex none or short; leafy stem short or elongated; leaves thick, fleshy, 
distichous or multifarious, usually spotted with white; flowers laxly racemose, 
red, white and green ; pedicels articulated at the tip ; bracts small, persistent. 
Distreis. Endemic. 
Leaves regularly distichous. 
Verrvucosm. Leaf-stem short; tubercles raised. 
Tubercles much raised eas aie fe +s (1) verrucosa. 
Tubercles slightly raised - 
Leaf lorate, 6-8 in. long ; tubercles scattered : 
Leaf 2 in. thick in centre... ese ... (2) radulosa, 
Leaf jin. thick .., ioe ae ed 3) subverrucosa. 
Leaf lingulate; tubercles obscurely banded ... fp repens. 
son pape Leaf-stem short ; tubercles (unless on the margin of the leaf) im- 
mersed. 
Leaves thick, glossy, lorate; leaf-stem 8-5in. long ... (5) nigricans. 
Leaves thin, rather glossy, lorate; leaf-stem 14-2 in. 
long: 
Spots scattered ... 1. se owe -—snee~— (6) elongata. 
Spots aggregated in transverse bands .. (7) transvaal 
Leaves rather glossy, lingulate : 
Leaf }in. thick in middle ... ... ... +» ~~ (8) brevifolia. 
Leaf}in. thick in middle .. ... ... ... (9) obtusifolia. 
Leaves thin, lorate, dull green... 9... sce do) distichs. 
Leaves thicker, dull green : 
Leaf lorate,6-Sin.long ... ...  ... ss (11) suleata. 
Leaf lingulate, 8-4 in. long... ... .... ste. (12) mollis. 
BricotorEs. Leaf-stem long ; leaves glossy, thick, scarcely at all spotted. 
The only species... eh ss - aie ... (18) bicolor, 
PLANIFOLIZ. Leaf-stem long; leaves ensiform, much spotted. . 
The only epetitiss 0 a ce oe vee (14) planifolia. 
Leaves arranged in a distichous rosette, which is more or less twisted spirally. 
Sustiuyeum. Leafy stem short, 
Spots small, immersed : 
Leaves lorate, 4-6 in. long: : 
ge SS a ae te 
Smooth and glossy ... us pe w+ (16) dicta. 
Leaves ensiform, about 1 ft. long... .» (17) retata, 
