235 



Fig. 15. 



S. subspicata, Baker. Plant ^ nat. size. A-T), sections of petioles of four 

 different leaves ; E and F, sections at middle of two different leaves ; 

 G, flower. Figs. A-G, nat. size. From the type cultivated at Kew. 



base of the flower, witli no deciduous 



long, 



greenish-wliite; 



lobes 



2 3 



3 4 



in. 



part; 

 long, 



tube 11-14 lin. 

 linear, obtuse, 



revolute. — Baker in Flora Capensis, vol. vi. p. 5. 



South Africa. Delagoa Bay (cultivated specimens), Mrs. 



Alonteiro ! 



Described from tlie type plant, still in cultivation at Kew, 

 originally sent from Delagoa Bay by Mrs. Monteiro in 1866. 



in. 



36. S. senegambica, Balder in Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xiv. p. 

 548 (Fig. 16). StemlesSy with a creeping rootstock \-^ 

 thick, bright red, changing to very pale brownish where exposed 



Leaves 3-4 to a 



to the light. 



rowth, coriaceous, smooth, X-2\ 



ft, long, 1^2\ in. broad, 1-2| lip. thick at the middle, suberect 

 at the basal third or half, then recurved-spreading, linear- 

 lanceolate to lanceolate, gradually tapering from the middle 



upwards into an acute subulate soft green point 



1 1 



6 2 



m. 



lonff, 



and downwards into a stout, flattened concave-channelled petiole 

 1-3 in. long, or, in juvenile forms, scarcely petiolate, concave to 

 almost flat, scarcely or not at all wavy; upper surface entirely 

 dark green or somewhat indistinctlv marked with transverse bars 

 of paler green, 

 the transverse 



under surface slightly paler than the upper, with 

 bars much more distinct, but often becoming 



nearly obliterated with age; margins green, like the rest of the 

 leaf, not becoming whitish or reddish. Flower-stem 12-20 in. 



D 2 



