WEVV AEISXEa AND SISTKINCHIA. 267 



NEW ARISTEiE AND SISTRINCHIA. 

 By J. G. Bakee, F.L.S. 



Aeistea madagascaeiensis, Baker. — Csespites foliorum aggregati. 

 Folii radicales graciles duri. Polia dura, anguste linearia, erecta 

 4-6 poll, longa, 1-1^ lin. lata, crebre nervata. Caulis gracilis, anceps, 

 pedalia et ultra, foliis paucis reductis praeditus. Inflorescentia laxe 

 epicata, 2-5 poll, longa, spathis alternis 3-8, valvis exterioribus 

 viridulis lanceolatis, reliquis brunneis lanceolatis 3-4 lin. longis. 

 Perianthii limbus 5-6 lin. longus, segmentis lanceolatis. Stamina 

 limbo triplo breviora, antheris luteis H lin. longis. Capsula 

 obovoideo-oblonga, 3 lin. longa, sessilis, lateralibus rotundatis. Mada- 

 gascaria in montibus ; Lyall, 197 ! 224! Herb. Blackburn ! Agrees 

 in capsule with the Cape A. anceps and A. scliizolcena, Harv. MSS. A 

 plant in Schimper's Abyssinian collection of 1863-8, numbered 279, 

 of which I have only seen an indifferent example in fruit, is not dis- 

 tinguishable from A. anceps. 



A. scHizoiiEKA, Harv. MSS. — Folia radicalia dense csespitosa, 

 linearia, pedalia, 3-4 lin. lata, crebre striata. Caulis anceps, pedalis 

 vel sesquipedalis, foliis pluribus plus minus reductis praeditus. In- 

 florescentia, spicata, 3-5 poll, longa, spathis 4-8 alternis multifloris, 

 valvis exterioribus viridulis, 3-4 lin. longis, interioribus multis 

 brunneis scariosis. Perianthium ca3ruleum, 5-6 lin. longum. Cap- 

 sula sessilis, obovoideo-oblonga, 2^-3 lin. longa, obtusa, lateribus 

 rotundatis. C.B. Spei in clivis umlrosis prope Grahamstown ; McOwan, 

 195 ! Kaffraria translceiana in clivis montis Baziya, alt. 2500 pedes ; 

 Rev. E. Baur, 447 ! This, with A. ayiceps and madagascariensis, con- 

 stitute a section of the genus well-marked by a small sessile turgid 

 capsule and globose seeds. 



A. JUKCiFOLiA, Baker. — Dense csespitosa, fibris radicalibus duris 

 copiosis gracilibus. Folia subteretia, rigida, erecta, semipedalia, li 

 lin. lata, griseo-viridia, apice subpungentia, crebre striolata. Caulis 

 simplex anceps, flexuosus, semipedalis et ultra, spathis pluribus 

 alternis, valvis exterioribus oblongo-navicularibus, 6-9 lin. longis, 

 firmis, apice tan turn scariosis. Perianthii limbus caBruleus, 6 lin. 

 longus. Capsula immatura cylindrica, acute angulata, 6 lin. longa, 

 pedicello 6 lin. longo. C. B. Spei; Admiral Sir. J. Grey! Dr. 

 Than, 1005 ! A well-marked species, allied to A. capitata, Ker, Bot. 

 Mag., t. 605. 



A. EACEMOSA, Balcer. — Folia radicalia dura, teretia, 9-12 poll, longa, 

 \ lin. lata, griseo-viridia. Caulis pedalis et ultra, anceps, foliis 3-4 

 parvis, superioribus bracteiformibus et ramis pluribus brevibus 

 erecto-patentibus praeditus. Spathae valvae oblongae, 3-4 lin. longae, 

 omnis plus vel minus membranaceae, pallidas. Perianthium cajruleum, 

 4 lin. longum. Capsula 6 lin. longa oblonga, dura, acute triquetra, 

 pedicello circiter 1 lin. longo. C. B. Spei; Drege ! (sub nomine 

 Witsenia spicatcB, E. Meyer) ; Burchell, 7883 ! Group of A. cyanea, 

 Gawl. 



SisYEiNCHiTTM TEiNEEVE, BaJccT. — Perenue, fibris radicalibus 

 gracilibus dense caespitosis, collo radicis fibris setosis densis coronata. 



