280 TITE .TOFRXAL OF ROT INT 



B. Glands capitate. 



Margin serrulate. Leaves 10 cms. long, 

 with tuft of hairs in axil; keel 



distinct 36. V. neglecta. 



Margin scabrid or hairy. Leaves 25- 



7-5 cms. long 37. r. arabica. 



ENUMERATION OF SPECIES. 



1. V. Hildebraxdtii Baker in Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. 409 (1898). 

 Barbacenia Hildebrandtii Pax in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 171 (1892). 



Somaliland : Serut Mountains near Maid, Hildebrandt 1466. 



2. V. villosa Baker in J. Bot. xxvii. 3-4 (1899)- Fl Can vi 

 245 (1897). ' ' 



Kalahari Region : Transvaal; Houtboseh, Rehmann 5792 ! Water- 

 berg, Sogers 345 ! 



3. V. Monroi, sp. no v. 



Acaulescens, foliis congestis, rigidis, acuminatis, pubeseentibus, 

 pedunculis quam folia brevioribus, unifloris, rigidulis, gracilibus] 

 pubeseentibus ; floribus inter majores; perigonii segmentis lanceo- 

 latis acutis, dorso pubeseentibus, antheris linearibus, "sessilibus, quam 

 perigonii segmenta duplo minoribus ; ovario turbineforme' dense 

 pubescente. 



Leaves in tufts surrounded by the stiff dried bases of old leaves, 

 12 to 40 cms long and 5 cm. broad, rigid linear, tapering to an 

 acute apex, with distinct midrib, densely hairy on both surfaces, but 

 less hairy when old ; peduncles slender, 11-17 cms. long, densely 

 pubescent ; flowers large, mauve, solitary ; segments 25-5 cms. lon'o- 

 and -5-1 cm. broad, lanceolate ; stamens half as long as perianth- 

 segments, with linear sessile anthers ; ovary narrowly turbinate and 

 tapering below, densely pubescent, 1*5 cms. lon^'. 



Type-locality : Rhodesia; Victoria. 



Monro 2160! 800! Herb. Brit. Mus. 



This species is closely allied to V. villasa, but the leaves are 

 longer, less rigid, and less hairy, peduncles longer and more slender, 

 perianth-segments naked except at the base. 



4. V. violacea Baker in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2 iv 100S 

 (1904). 



Kalahari Region : Transvaal; Hanertsburg, Junod. 



5. V. clatata Baker in Fl. Cap. vi. 245 (1897). Xerophyta 

 clavata Baker in J. Bot. xiii. 233 (1875). Hypoxis vellosioides 

 Harv. ex Baker, /. c. 



Natal : Gerrard 1824 ! 



6. V. retinervis Baker in Fl. Cap. vi. 244 (1897). Xerophyta 

 retinervis Baker, /. c. ; Gard. Chron. vi. 836, fig. 153 (1876) ; Re>-el 

 in Gartenfl. xxvi. 161, t. 903 (1876). Barbacenia retinervis Marloth 

 in Fl. S. Afr. 125-126, t. 38 (1915). 



Kalahari Region : Transvaal ; Megaliesberg, Burks 163 ' Zeyher 

 1672! Pretoria, Bolus 5802 ! Rehmann 4317 ! Barberton, Gal pin 

 438 ! Smith 3055 ! Without locality, Pearson ! Lawrence ! 



7. V. Schsitzleinta Baker in Fl. Afr. vii. 409-10 (189S). 

 Schnitzlein/a arnica Steud. ex Hochst. in Flora, i. 31 (1844) 



