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mucli more recurved; they have no very distinct petiole, and 

 their subulate points are usually much shorter; also the colour 



is of a much darkei 



spicuous 



paler markings. In S. ^arva the green is rather bright and 

 the paler bars quite conspicuous on the younger leaves. 



33. S. parva, TV. E. Brown [Fig. 13, c-F).—RootstocJc creep- 

 ing, 1 in. thick, brownish-orange. Stem usually evident and 

 often rising 1-5 in. above the ground, sometimes concealed by 

 the leaf-bases. Leaves 6-14 to a growth, the inner ascending or 

 suberect and slightly recurved-spreading at the upper part, 

 smooth, 8-18 in. long, 4 7 lin. broad, the outer gradually 

 shorter, more spreading and up to 14 lin. broad, all subfleshy or 

 firmly coriaceous, not very flexible, linear or linear-lanceolate 

 to la'nceolate, concave or deeply channelled down the face or 

 folded longitudinally, rounded or obtusely keeled on the back, 

 tapering at the apex into a stout subulate soft green point, 

 mostly l|-3 in. long, narrowed into a petiole up to 2 in. long, 

 flat on the face and very rounded on the back, or sometimes only 

 broadly clasping at the base, the younger marked on both sides 

 with very distinct irregular transverse bands of dark bright 

 green and paler green, becoming with age of a nearly uniform 

 green or the markings very obscure; margins green, not 

 hardened nor reddish. Flower-stem about 1 ft. high, scarcely 

 i in. thick at the base, smooth, light green, bearing a lax raceme 

 of flower-clusters at the upper third, and on the lower two-thirds 

 3 membranous distant clasping sheaths |-1 in. long, tapering 

 to a finely pointed apex. Bracts spreading, membranous, l-| m. 

 long, narrowly lanceolate, acute. Flowers in pairs or the upper 

 .solitary, ascending; pedicels 2-2^ lin. long, jointed above the 

 middle, the upper or deciduous part being thickened upwards; 

 tube 5-5i lin. long, f lin. in diameter, swollen at the base, pale 

 l)inkish-white ; lobes 4-41 Hn. long, linear obtuse, more or less 

 tinted with mauve within, dull mauve or purplish on the back. 



BiiiTisn East Africa. Near the Gilgil Eiver, scarce, Powell 

 15. Uganda : Semliki Yalley, Dawe, 687. 



Described from living plants sent by Mr. H. Powell in 1906 

 to Kew, where it flowered in January, 1910. The flowers open 

 in the morning and close between 1 and 2 p.m. 



34. S. concinna, N. E. Brown (Fig. 14). — Stemless. RootstocJc 

 creeping, about | in. thick. Leaves, about 5 to a growth, ascend- 

 ino--spreading and slightly recurving, coriaceous, smooth, 6-10 

 in?" long, l-il in. broad, narrowly lanceolate,^ acute, with a green 

 subulate point 2-4 lin. long, shortly narrowing at the base into 

 a channelled petiole ^-^ in. long and 2-3 lin. broad; blade 

 apparently somewhat folded longitudinally, with the margins 

 green and scarcely hardened, apparently transversely bonded on 

 both sides with pale green and the bands much broader 

 on the upper surface than on the lower, but on dried specimens 

 often entirely obliterated on both sides. Flower-stem |-1 ft. high, 

 with a compact raceme of flowers on the upper half and 4 lanceo- 

 late acuminate sheaths 1-1| in. long on the lower half, 

 apparently tinged and dotted with purple. Bracts spreading 



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