244 



rupted longitudinal lines of darker green 



longitudinal lines at 



from base to apex; 

 the base only and 



beneath, with a few 



faintly marked when young with irregular transverse rows of 



blotches or broken bands of paler green, which disappear with 



age. 



Flower-stem 12-20 in. high^ ^ in. thick, greyish-green, 

 suffused with dull purple and marked with minute paler specks ; 

 basal part with 4-5 distant sub-membranous pale brownish 



sheaths 



3i in. long, gradually tapering from the base to a 

 very acute point; upper part with a rather compact spike-like 



H 



Fig. 19. 



S. 



conspicua, 



tion at middle 



Kew. 



Figs. 



N.E.Br, Plant i nat 

 of leaf blade; C, 

 ■C nat. size. 



size. 

 flower, 



A 



A, section of petiole; B, sec- 

 From a plant cultivated at 



raceme 10-12 in. long. 



1 



Bracts membranous . 



h 



in. long, linear- 



lanceolate, subacute^ reflexed 



in the upper clusters; pedicels 2-3 (when dried 1-2^) lin. long 



articulated close to the base of the perianth, with no deciduous 



part; tube 1^-1| in. long, rather slender, about ^ in. diani., 



but swoll 



lobes 1-1 



about 



4^ in. long, linear, obtuse, revolute, white. 

 British East Africa, Near Mazeraa. scarce, i 



