AEISTEA. 141 



Hab. Mountains of Masai-country, alt. 6000—8000 ft., Joseph Thoimon ! A 

 plant gathered by Mr. H. H. Johnston on Mount Kilimanjaro is probably a 

 dwarfed form of the same species. 



2. A. CLADOCARPA Baker in Journ. Linu. Soc. xx. 2G8. — Leaves 

 liuear, not very rigid, -J^-l ft. long, ^ in. broad. Peduncle as long 

 as the leaves, flattened and winged, bearing a large leaf from the 

 middle. Clusters few, forming a very lax, usually simple spike 

 with a flat racliis ; outer bracts ovate, ^ in. long, green with a 

 brown membranous edge ; inner not lacerated. Perianth-segments 

 oblong, \ in. long. Capsule oblong-cylindrical, obtusely angled, 

 i in. long, with a very short pedicel. 



Hab. Central Madagascar. Gathered by Baron, Parker, Humblot and 

 Hildebrandt 3709. 



3. A. ANGOLENsis Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, i. 270. — 

 Leaves linear, not very rigid, 6-9 in. long, ^-\ in. broad. Peduncle 

 simple, flattened, longer than the leaves, bearing 3-4 reduced 

 leaves. Inflorescence l—l ft. long, the upper clusters sessile, the 

 lower terminal on short ascending peduncles ; outer bracts ovate or 

 oblong, ^-^ in. long, green with a narrow membranous edge ; 

 inner not lacerated. Perianth-segments h in. long. Capsule oblong, 

 obtusely angled, sessile, ^ in long. 



Hab. Angola ; province of Huilla, alt. 4999—5000 ft., Welwitsch 1-550 I 



4. A. TORULosA Klatt. Erganz. 48. — Leaves linear, moderately 

 rigid, 3-12 in. long, |-|- in. broad. Peduncle 1^-2 ft. long, wmged 

 below the summit and furnished with several reduced leaves. 

 Clusters many, forming a long narrow panicle, the upper sessile, 

 the lower at the end or side or in the axis of short ascending 

 peduncles ; rachises subterete, slender ; outer bracts ovate, ^-^ in. 

 long, green with a broad white membranous border, inner more or 

 less lacerated. Perianth-segments -^ in. long. Capsule small, 

 oblong ; pedicel very short. 



Hab. Kaffraria, Natal and the Transvaal. First collected by Drege and 

 Krauss. 



5. A. scHizoLJENA Harv. ; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 267. — 

 Leaves ensiform, moderately firm, a foot or more long, ^-^ in. 

 broad. Peduncle 1^-2 ft. long, flattened and winged in the lower 

 half, bearing several reduced leaves. Clusters several forming a 

 lax spike 3-6 in. long with a subterete flexuose rachis ; outer bracts 

 ovate, ^-^ in. long, green with a membranous edge ; inner not 

 lacerated. Perianth-segments ^ in. long. Capsule oblong, sub- 

 sessile, obtusely angled, \ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony, Graham's Town, northward to Natal. 



6. A. cojipPvESSA Buching. in. Krauss, PI. Natal, Exsic. No. 358. 

 — Leaves linear, moderately firm, ^-1 ft. long, i-i in. broad. 

 Peduncle 1-1^ ft. long, compressed and winged throughout, bear- 

 ing 3-4 reduced leaves. Inflorescence rarely a spike, usually a 

 small rhomboid panicle ; lateral cluster usually sessile ; outer 

 bracts ovate, J in. long, green with a membranous edge ; inner not 

 lacerated. Perianth \ in. long. Capsule oblong, subsessilc, obtusely 

 angled, { in. long. 



