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rather inconspicuous irregular transverse bars of lighter green 

 on both sides, but more evident on the undersurface. Flower- 

 stem about 2 ft. high, 4-5 lin. thick below, the lower third with 

 4-5 distant sheathing membranous sheaths ^-f in. long and as 

 much in breadth, ovate obtuse; upper two-thirds a compact spike- 

 like raceme. Bracts -|-| in. long, membranous, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute. Flowers white; pedicels 1-22 lin. long, jointed 

 at the apex, with scarcely any deciduous part; tube f in. long, 



Fig. 21. 



«. arandis, Hook, /. var. zuluensis, ^.E.Br, Plant ^ nat size. A sec- 

 tion at middle of leaf, nat. size; B, flower, nat. size. From the type 

 plant cultivated at Kew. 



rounded at the base ; lobes f in. long, linear, obtuse, revolute. 

 De Wildeman, Notices PL Utiles du Congo, pp. G2T, 0^3; Holland 

 in Kew Bulletin 1907, p. 369. S. nohlUs, Godefroy-Lebcuf, Les 

 Sansevieiias Gigantesques, p. 12, name only. 



Origin rxKNOwx. Probably native in South Africa, since 

 the variety described below seems only to dif er in its flowers. 



Described from the type plant, cultivated at Kew, originally 

 obtained from Cuba, where it had been imported for cultivation. 



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