132 NEW AFRICAN PLANTS. 



formibus, pedicellos longos excedentibus ; floribus inter mediocre, 

 perianthii segmentis albidis oblongo-ligalatis, externis cum 5 

 internis cum 3 vittis viridibus notatis ; staminibus 6 fertilibus, 

 periantbio brevioribus, filameiitis triangulari-subulatis, antberis 

 oblongis, basi sagittatis ; stylo tenui, ovarium oblongum tri- 

 sulcatum tequante. 



Hab. Low-lying country east of Sbebeli River, Dec. 24th, 

 1894, Donaldson Smith. 



The plant, wbicli has been cut off above the bulb, is 13 in. high ; 

 the stout stem is sheathed below by the membranous bases of the 

 leaves, 4-5 in. long, f-1 in. broad, passing above into the long 

 (6 in.) tapering upper part, which is reflexed about the middle and 

 involute. The crowded raceme is nearly 6 in. long by 3^ in. at its 

 broadest. The slender bracts, which become rapidly filiform above 

 their greenish bases, are in the lower part of the raceme more than 

 2 in. long, exceeding the ascending pedicels, which are a little over 

 1^ in. long. The flower is 8 lines long ; the outer slightly broader 

 segments have a cucullate apex, less marked in the inner series, 

 and are 2 lines broad. The filaments are 4^ lines long, the 

 versatile anthers 3 lines long, the ovary a little over 3 lines. 



Its crowded inflorescence and long slender bracts recall A. 

 lonfiibracteata Engl., but it differs in its more condensed raceme of 

 larger differently coloured flowers, as well as in its leaf-characters. 

 In size the flowers approach those of A. ahyssinica Jacq., which, 

 however, are fewer in number and banded with red, while the leaf 

 above the base is linear, tapering, plicate, and suberect. 



Gloriosa minor, sp. nov. Herba minor erecta glabra, foliis 

 supra caulis flexuosi medium numerosis, inferioribus exceptis 

 verticillatis, sessilibus baud amplexicaulibus, lineari-falcatis acutis 

 baud cirrhiferis plicatis ; inflorescentia abortu unitlora, flore ter- 

 minali nutante ; petalis coccineis arete reflexis e basi tenui 

 anguste lanceolatis acutis ; stylo tenui reflexo ad medium trifido, 

 stamina excedente. 



Hab. A little west of Sbebeli Eiver, 2000 ft. alt., Dec. 6th, 

 1894, Donaldson Synith. 



A charming little plant, the largest specimen of which is not 

 8 in. high. The slender flexuose stem is rounded and striate, and 

 bears about 20 leaves just above its middle, covering a length of 

 about 1^ in. ; the lowest leaves are longest, reaching 2J in. in 

 length, with a breadth of 5 lines; the uppermost are only IJ in. in 

 length and 1 line broad. The peduncle bears above its base a bract, 

 resembling the uppermost leaves, which subtends a short aborted 

 branch. The flower-pedicel is 2 in. long. The crimson petals are 

 1^ in. long by ^ in. broad above the middle. The slender spreading 

 staminal filaments are 7 lines long, the arcuate versatile linear- 

 oblong anthers 3 lines. The slender style is bent back at its 

 origin, and about the middle separates into 3 filiform arms ; the 

 whole length is about 10 lines. 



Easily distinguished from the other species of the genus by its 

 small size, crowded linear leaves, and solitary flower. 



