440 



Caul is gracilis, volubilis, pubescens. Folia manifeste petiolata, 

 ovata, acuta, argnte serrata, basi distincte cordata, 5-7 cm. longa, 

 2*5-4 cm. lata, membranacea, utrinque parce hirsuta. Racemi 

 densi, multiflori, axillares, breviter pedtmculati ; bracteae lineares ; 

 pedicelli alabastris breviores. Alabastra globosa, glabra, 1*25 cm. 

 longa. Seiala floris foeminei 3, ambitu orbicularia, demum 7-8 

 mm. longa lataqne, alte palmatim laciniata, laminae parte indivisa 

 orbicnlari, laciniis 12-15 lanceolatis hispid is. 



Tropical Africa. U gam b ara> Nquelo, Scheffler, 47 ! 



998. Gasteria Huttoniae, N. E. Brown [Liliaceae-Aloineae] ; 

 affinis (i. Croi'cheri, Baker, sed foliis duplo latioribus et floribus 

 duplo brevioribnfl conspicue differt. 



Folia laxe rosulata adscendente-patentia, 40-45 cm. longa, 

 basi 18-30 cm. lata, superne attenuata, ad apicem acutam vel 

 obtusam 2*5 cm. lata, oblique carinata, ad carinam 4-5 cm. crassa, 

 marginibus cartdagineo-denticulatis, utrinque viridia maculis 

 obscure alboviritlulis zonatim variegata. Pedunculi laxe panicu- 

 latim raniosi, 1-36-1-5 m. alti ; rami 40-90 cm. longi, racemosim 

 multiflori. Fl>>r/s penduli. Bracteae 4-18 mm. longae, mem- 

 branaceae, deltoideo-snbulatae vel e basi deltoideo-ovato subulato- 

 acuminatae albi.lae. Pedicelli 3 mm. longi. Perianthium 2-2*2 

 cm. longum, curvatum, tubulosum, basi ovoideo-inflatum, 5-5*5 

 mm. diam., roseo-miniatum, superne cylindricum, pallide roseum, 

 lobis viridi-carinatis. Stamina inclusa ; antherae luteae. 



Cape Colony. Stutterheim Div. ; Ripplemead, near Kabousie, 

 Mrs. G. Hut ton. 



Described from a living plant sent to Kew by Dr. Schonland in 

 June 1906, which flowered in August 1907 and 1908. 



999. Dasystachys leptoneura, C. H. Wright [Liliaceae-Asphode- 

 leae] • a D. nrrvata, C. H. Wright, pedunculo breviore, foliis 

 pedunculisqne pnbescentibus differt. 



RadieuUu anguste fusiformes. Folia oblonga, basi late vagin- 

 antia, acuta, 15 cm. longi. 10-15 mm. lata, membranacea, supra 

 minutisaune pubernla, subtus ad nervos dense pubescentia, 

 marginibus ciliatis. Racemm 12 cm. longus ; pedunculus 3 cm. 



longus ; bracteae scariosae, e basi late lanceolato longe cuspidatae, 



floribus superantes. Periunthii segmenta oblonga, obtusa, 4*5 



mm. longa, 1-5 mm. lata, membranacea, tenuiter unicostata. 



Filammta perianthio paullo longinra, tenues ; antherae oblongo- 



lanceolatao, basi cordatae, 3 mm. longae, prope basin dorsifixae. 



Ovarium 1*5 mm. longum, 2 mm. in diam., viride ; stylus 

 nlitormis. 



British Central Africa. Nyika Plateau ; Nacheri, 2380 m., 



UcC fou me, 89. 



lotiO. Spore-bolus Schweinfurthii, Stop/ [GramineaeJ ; affinis 

 8. ma,. >iat,> f Hochst. ex A. Rich., sed panicula haud divaricata, 

 gluma Buperiore tenuiter acuminata, caryopsi majore elliptico- 

 oolonga bumefacta mucilaginem exudentidistincta. 



Culmi s!ibrol)U8ti,erecti, 1cm. alti, 4-nodi, internodiis superiori- 

 ousexsertis butmrurn vaginae subaretae, glabrae, laeves; ligula 

 ad iin.am cdiolatam reducta ; laminae lineares, longe tenuiter- 

 que attenuatae, ad 25 cm. longae, 3-5-5 mm. latae, planae, glaucae, 



