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2. RICHARDIA ?, App. Speke's Journ. 651. 
Hab. Madi marshes, Dec. 1862 (leaf only), Col. Grant ! 
ГА rare marsh plant, in leaf only during December, at 3° 15! N. lat.—J. А. б.) 
3. AMORPHOPHALLUS ?, App. Speke’s Journ. 651. 
Hab. Ukidi, Nov. 1862 (leaf only), Col. Grant! | 
[Leaf only. Not in flower during November, at 23? N. lat., and 1 foot high.—J. А. G.] 
4. COLOCASIA ANTIQUORUM, Schott, Prodr. Aroid. 138; App. Speke's Journ. 651. No 
specimen. 
(^ Myoog'wah," А few plants generally round or outside the huts of Uganda and Unyoro ; also cul- 
tivated on the bank of a stream at 2° S. lat. The petioles and leaves make a potherb. Тһе Waganda use 
it for sore throat.—J. A. G.] 
| LEMNACEÆ. 
1. Pistia STRATIOTES, Linn., App. Speke’s Journ. 651. 
Hab. In the Nile, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant ! 
_ [At 189N. lat, during March, the Nile begins to flood, carrying down quantities of débris; this 
plant floated on the stream like a rosette; but a few miles further down none were visible. Seen also on 
the edges of Lake Windermere and at 2? N. lat.—J. А. С.) 
| LILIACE X. 
1. ALOË ABYSSINICA, Lam. ? 
Hab. Unyoro, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! (Aloé no. 2, App. Speke’s Journ. 649.) 
[A low-growing herbaceous plant, without leaves, but in flower during February. Inflorescence 
branched. Flowers green at the tip; then follow yellow and red. Seed-vessel three-celled, three-cornered. 
In November a leafy specimen, probably of this plant, had yard-long leaves, with indistinct white streaks 
and prickled edges. The juices of the plant have a disagreeable odour. The Waganda make their finer 
ropes from its leaves; and I was told that the Banians make pickles of its leaves, and сай it “ keeson- 
gweh."—J. А. G.] 
. Another aloe, 12 to 15 feet high (Aloë no. 1, App. Speke’s Journ. 649), with linear, serrated, fleshy 
leaves condensed into a crown, was seen in a sandstone island, Urigé valley, 2? S. lat., Nov. 1861. 
2. Кхірноғта GRAN'TI, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 363. Foliis anguste linearibus, 
margine levibus; racemis densifloris; pedicellis brevissimis bracteis linearibus 3—6plo 
brevioribus; perianthio supra ovarium valde constricto, staminibus æquilongo, stylo 
breviore, dentibus deltoideis. 
Folia 19-15 poll. longa, supra basin 5-6 lin. lata. Bracteæ 8-6 lin. longs. Perianthium 9-10 lin. 
longum, fauce 21—3 lin., supra ovarium vix 1 lin. crassum. 
Hab. Rubuga, lat. 6? S., Col. Grant! (Veltheimia, sp., App. Speke's Journ. 649.) 
[Inflorescence an erect plume; upper bells pink, lower yellow; appears in swamps after the first 
burst of the rains, alt. 4400 feet. The natives collect its flowers for spinach, which is very good, but too 
honey-tasting. Also seen 1? N. lat.—J. A. G.] 
Plate CI. B. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Same, laid open. | : 
8. URGINEA MICRANTHA, Solms; Baker, іп Journ. Linn. бос. xiii. 217. : 
Hab. Rocky ground, Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! (Urginea ?, App. Speke's Journ. 
[The flower-stalk is about 3 feet high; in rocky soil, Madi, December. The root is like the largest 
onion, and scales off in a similar manner, with a disagreeable bitter taste. A few short withered leaves were 
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