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fimbriatum, utrinque villoso-pubescens, angulis plumoso-fim- 
briatis. Ovar ium appresse pubescens ; styli ad medium bifidi, 
ramis filiformibus. 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. Nyasaland : Namasi, Cameron. 
742. Bobartia gracilis, Baker [Iridacee]; ad B. aphyllam, 
Ker-Gawl., accedit; differt caulibus gracilioribus brevioribus, 
spathis minoribus. 
Caulis gracilis, teres, pedalis vel sesquipedalis, ees virens, 
sulcatus, basi vaginatus. Folia propria nulla. Spathe 1-6, 
m d 
virides, exterior 5-6, interior 12-13 lin. longa. hese li spathze 
wequilongi. Perianthiuwm aurantiacum, segmentis oblanceolatis 
obtusis conformibus ascendentibus 6-7 lin. longis. Stamina 
perianthio triplo breviora, antheris post anthesin convolutis, 
Ovarium turbinatum, ae ; stylus brevis, ramis 3 subulatis 
erecto-patentibus 3 lin. lon ngis 
CAPE CoLony. Plains near Cove Rock, East London, alt. 50 ft., 
Galpin, 3254. 
743. Asparagus Le Baker (Liliacew-Asparages] ; habitus 
A. asiatici, Linn., et A. africani » Lam. ; recedit foliis haud pun- 
Sateen floribus semper geminis ad basin ramulorum solum 
produ 
Suffrutex sarmentosus, ramis copiose pinnatim ramulosis, 
Folia basi rere 1 pungentia Cladodia 9-12-na, subteretia, = 
viridia, 6-12 lin. longa. Flores hermaphroditi, per gemini, 
ad basin sea solum producti, pedicellis arcuatis 56 lin. 
longis. Perianthium 2% lin. longum, segmentis ligulatis albis 
viridi-brunneo-vittatis infra medium diu conniventibus, Stamina 
perianthio distincte breviory antheris oblongis parvis luteis. 
CAMEROON MOUNTAINS. Imported and presented to the Royal 
Gardens by Messrs. Saale of St. Albans. It flowered at Kew in 
November, 1898. 
744. Kniphofia gee —— [Liliacesee-Hemerocallidew] ; 
ad K. sarmentosam, Kunth, accedit; differt perianthio duplo 
longiore, stansint bus haud exse ri is. 
Folia Seley bipedalia, flaccida, Ro acute carinata, eee 
versus 9-10 ] - lata, ad apicem t 
gracile, luteo-rubrum, curvatum, 18 lin. um 
lobis ligula Man 2 lin. longis. Stamina Ddiseriata, ee ae 
NATAL, BESS Raised from seeds ; i 
October, 1897, by Mrs. Watkins, Euston Sq mesmo cates atid 
flowered at Kew under glass in Heveaiben 1898, 
