258 



hnrdeued retl-I)rowii edges. Flower-stem 1| ft. high, reddish, 

 with a flower-spilvc or head 6 in. in diani. Bracts small, lanceo- 

 late, acute, reddish. Flowers white; pedicels short, slender; tube 

 about 3i in. long; lobes about l-l^ in. long-. 



East Africa. Ujiji and Sigital, near Amaui, Draun, 19T6. 



liirERFECTLY KnOWN AND EXCLUDED SpECIES. 



S. Aubrytiana, Carriere in Eev. Hort. 18G1, pp. 448, 449. A 

 very vigorous plant, near S. longiflora, but distinguished from 

 that species by its greater vigour, usually larger leaves, more 

 tapering at the apex, of a lighter colour, very strongly banded 

 on both surfaces and more conspicuously than in S. longiflora. 



Gaboon. Sent to Paris Botanic Garden by Auhry-le-Comte, 

 when Governor of Gaboon. 



Plant not see, but S. bracteata. Baker, may possibly be the 

 same species. That which in 1909 was cultivated in the Paris 

 Botanic Garden under the name of S. Anhrytiana (doubtless of 

 Gerome and Lahroy) proves to be S. Kirldi, Baker, a native of 

 East Africa and Zanzibar. 



S. cannaefolia, Syreng. Syst. Yeg. vol. ii, p. 93, is Cordyline 

 cannaefoha, R. Br. ^ 



Australia. 



S. carnea, Andr. Bot. Eep. vol. vi, t. 3G1 (1804), is Reineckea 

 carnea, Kwith. ^ ' 



China and Japan. 



S. cylindrica, Schweinfurth in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vol. ii, 

 Append. Z, p 77, and Flori, Boschi e Piante Legn. Eritrea, 

 p. lOo, not of Bojer. 



Tropical Africa. Eritrea, Schweinfurth, 830, 14G8 ! 1833, 



1880. 



id 



possibly an undescnbed species. I have onlv seen No. 1468, 

 which is insufficient for a description. 



amere 



may possibly be included under the above name 



fnf Srhllrf-'^fl' ^''^'•" ^'r^'''^ ^^PP^' 1' P' 3T9, is an error 



lor bchiecltia flave.scens, Maury ^ ^ ' ^ 



^:2:.^\?^i'^:^ E^tL^f-^' -i- -. p.^i, exdudin^g 



angustifol 



:/ 



i;.' 1 "^ f,?,n^!;T ^^' P^^^* fo^l^^rly known in gardens as D. 



fi 



Dlint "Rnti. r.i , ~-ii"'7""" ^"''»- it was tne same as lilume s 



Willi i Blun/eVnl I'^f ^^^''■' Y'^ ^ paniculate inflorescence, 

 wmi.t mume s plant has a simple dense raceme 



lormerly cultivated in wardens in Tava ,. i 

 S fle\iift«a TT 7 7 . ^^.., ^^ ''^^-^' Pt'rhaps a native. 

 ^. nexuosa, //rt.v.v/j;r7rZ m Tiidschiift iM"n+,T,. n i • i t^i 

 vol. X, p 135 & PI T^^- T? '• no ^*^™i- Gesclued. en Phys. 



