288 Albany Museum Records. 



species, A. Greatheadii. It is perhaps better to look upon it as a 

 distinct species. I will give a description from a speimen collected 

 by Mr. J. Burtt Davy, F.L.S., No. 1855, which I have still growin.ij. 

 Miss Leendertz, No. 166, is the same, also Bolus, No. 10971, from 

 the Houtbosch, alt. c. 4900 feet. 



26a. A. Davi/ana, Schonl., n. sp. — Acaulescent. Leaves in 

 a dense rosette, 12-14, rigid, broadly ovate-acute, 9 cm. broad at the 

 base and about as long, a little over 1 cm. thick : in the older ones 

 tip withered and reflexed : upper surface slightly concave, lower 

 convex, upper light green, sometimes reddish in the upper half, 

 with numerous dark green stripes, which are irregularly inter- 

 rupted, and by which irregular transverse bands are produced, 

 lower surface light green, indistinctly lineate ; margin with a 

 narrow horny border, and, almost at right angles to the margin, 

 with very sharply pointed brown horny prickles, which are about 

 3 mm. long, and are separated Ijy slightly curved interspaces which 

 are 6-7 mm. long. Inflorescence a simple raceme (in Burtt-Davy 

 No. 1855, branched in Leendertz No. 166), c.55 cm. long; peduncle 

 subterete from the base, provided with 6 bracts which bear 

 buds in their axils, floriferous region nearly 20 cm. long, flowej-s 

 usually not crowded ; bracts ovate-cuspidate clasping the lowei- 

 part of the pedicels, lower about 15 mm. long, upper gradually 

 smaller ; lower pedicels about 20 mm. long, upper gradually 

 smaller. Flowers erecto-patent ; perianth slightly constricted 

 above the base, but swollen again on the lower surface towards the 

 apex, about 3.2 cm. long, tube f this length, pale brick-colour, 

 wings of outer perianth-leaves whitish, centre reddish brown, 

 wings of inner perianth leaves with a yellowish tinge (buds reddish 

 with dark stripes near the apex) ; stamens and style eventually 

 slightly exserted ; filaments and style pale greenish yellow, outer 

 flattened, anthers dark brick-red. 



At the present time (March 1905) the leaves of 

 the specimen (Burtt Davy No. 1855) which has been 

 placed in rather rich soil, have reached a length of 26 cm. 

 without gaining in breadth, thus the shape is now quite different, 

 besides the main colour on the upper side is dark green with 

 longitudinal stripes only near the margin, and with lighter spots 



