221 



from base to apex, having acute edg^es, but with hardened 

 red-brown margins at the apical part onl}-, rather abruptly acute 

 or tapering from 2-3 in. below the apex into a subulate point 

 \—^ in. long, dark green, marked with subparallel transverse 

 pale green bands i-| in. apart. 



Adult plnnfs Avith 1-2 or rarely 3 leaves to a growth, stiffly 

 erect, cylindric or nearly so, with a concave channel liaA'ing acute 

 green edges extending from the base quite to the apex on the 

 face, nearly smooth or ver3' slightly rough, 4-9 ft. long, 1|-2| 

 in. in diameter at the base, gradually tapering to an acute 

 hardened pale brown apex with a short stout subulate point; the 

 larger leaves are as much as 11 in. in diameter at 1 ft. below the 

 apex, and the channel is \-\ m^ deep and ^-1| in. broad at the 

 base, becoming |-f in. broad near the ai)ex; the sides and back 

 are marked with 6-20 continuous or interrupted impressed dark 

 longitudinal lines or slight grooves, and there are 2-5 in the 

 channel, dull green, transversely and usually obliquely banded 

 with paler green, slightly glaucous, the bands nearly or quite 

 disapj)ear with age. Flowers unknown.— Gerome & Labroy in 

 Bull. ilus. Hist. !s"at. 1003, pp. 1T1-1T3, fig. 14; Be AYildeman, 

 Notices PL Utiles du Congo, pp. 623, 624, 625, fig. 14, and 632, 



with fig, .Jc t. 31-32 (not i. 30). S. Andradae Godefroj'-Lebeuf, 

 Les Sansevierias Gigantesques de TAfr. Orient, pp. 17 & 33, with 

 fig. of a leaf-section. Gerome & Labroy in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 

 1903, pp. 171 173, fig. 15; De Wildeman, ^"otices Tl. Utiles dm 

 Congo, ])p. 623, 624, 625 (fig. 15), & 633, with fig. Sansevleria 

 .^peciesy Juurn. d'Agric. Tr<q). 1901, p. 64. 



Po'RTrGT'KSE East Aft^ica. Bcua & Enhanibara, according 

 to Godefrov-Lebeuf, & Boror, accordino- to JJc Wildcnnui. 



Described from living jdants, one of which is derived from the 

 type. In the original place of publication only a very vague 

 account of S. Stuckyi and S. Andradae is giA'en ; beyond stating 

 that thoy came from Eastern Africa, tlnne is no indication of 

 their native country, and j^roctically no description of ^itber. 

 l^oth are stated to have c^'lindric leaves 6 ft. and more long, 

 chiefly differing in the number of slight grooves on the sides and 

 back. These grooves, however, are not s])ecific characters, they 

 vary with the age of the leaf in many species; when voung, none 

 (ir few may be present, but as the leaf grows older slight shrinkage 

 along certain lines takes jdace and more and more grooves are 

 formed. I very much doubt if the two illustrations of S, Stuclnji 

 given l^y Godefroy-Lebeuf (and repeatftd by De AVildemaii) 

 represent the same jdant, tliat of the frontispiece (repeated by 

 De Wildeman at t. 30) is evidently a jdant with 8-12 leaves to a 

 growth iti two ranks, whilst that on the back o£ the cover 

 (repeated l)y Dv Wildeman at t. 31) appears to me to represent 

 about three growths, with 1-3 leaves to a groAvth and irreo'ularlv 

 placed, not strictly 2-rnnkod. This latter agrees in habit with 

 the phmt I understand as S. Sfh'rljp\ and with the Doror plant 

 figured by De Wildeman in 7^L Utiles de la Flore du Congo, 

 t, 32, but it never has nearly so many leaves to a growth nor so 

 decidedly 2-ranked as represented on the plant of the frontispiece. 



With regard to S, Andradae, T believe there is no difference 



