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poll, loiiga deorsum 1 lin. diam. Petlunculns gracilis 4-5 poll, 

 longus. Racemus laxus pauciflorus, pedicellis tortuosis inferiori- 

 bus 9-14 lin. longis, bracteis magnis ovatis acuminatis. Perian- 

 thinm 6 lin. longnm, segnientis acuminatis sordide luteis late 

 l)ruinieo carinatis. Stamina fertilia 3. Stylus lirevis prismaticus. 

 C. B. Spei, i-egio occidentalis : Vogelklipp, in collibus, alt. 2,600 

 pedes, R. Schlechter, No. 11,30<S, Sept. 1897. 



Subgenus Falconera. 



A. fastigiata, Dryand. Gri-ahamstown, alt. c. 2,000', Miss 

 M. Daly et Miss M. Sole, No. 318, Oct. 1902. 



A. caiidata, Jacq. Grahamstown, alt. c. 2,000', Miss M. Daly 

 et Miss M. Sole, Nos. 247, 31t;, 490 (Sept., Oct. 1902); Dr. 

 H. Becker, Oct. 1900 ; S. Sclicinland, No. 558, Oct. 1898. 



A. pachychlamys. Baker. Warrenton, alt. 3,900', Miss 

 C. Adams, No. i>^, Sept. 1902 ; Mt. slopes, Upper Moodies, Bar- 

 berton, alt. 4,500', E. E. Galpin, No. 630, Sept. 1889 ; Lower hill 

 slopes, Queenstown, alt. 3,500', E. E. Galpin, No. 1592, Oct. 1893. 



A. Juimilis, Baker. C. B. Spei, regio occidentalis : Olifant 

 river, R. Schlechte}-, No. 5,022, Aug. 1894. 



A. tortuosa, Baker. Brakkloof, near Grahamstown, Mrs. 

 G. White, Sept. 1897 ; Grahamstown, Miss M. Daly et Miss 

 M. Sole, No. 346, Oct. 1902. 



A. setosa, Jacti. Grahamstown, Miss M. Daly et Miss M. Sole, 

 No. 334, Oct., 1902. 



(In this specimen the margins of the leaves are minutely ciliate, the cilia 

 are white, the bracts are about an inch long, green tvith white mem- 

 branous edges. — S. Sch.) 



A. spiralis, L.f. C. B. Spei, regio occidentalis : Olifant River, 

 alt. 500', R. Schlechter, No. 4,994, Aug. 1894; Brakdam, in 

 collibus, alt. 2,000', R. Schlechter, No. 11,137, Sept. 1897 ; Clan- 

 william, alt. 350', R. Schlechter, No. 8,414, Aug. 1896. 



A. /ongifolia. Baker, n. sp. Bulbus verosimiliter magnus. 

 Folia ii-i") linearia glabra erecta basin pedunculi longe vaginantia 

 2-3 pedes longa, 3-4 lin. lata. Pedunculus validus 1^-2 pedalis. 

 Racemus laxus 8-10 poll, longus multifiorus, pedicellis erecto- 

 patentibus inferioribus 15-18 lin. longis, bracteis lanceolatia in- 

 ferioribus 12-15 lin. longis. Perianthium oblongum 1 poll. 



