Puate 2269. 
SANSEVIERIA EHRENBERGII, Schuyf. 
Hamoporacez. Tribe OpHiopocone2. 
S. Ehrenbergii, ieate alee in Herb. Nub. Ezsice. (1865) No. 31; 
aker in Journ. Linn. 8 . 549; foliis snbeylindricis vy. semi- 
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prominentibus oe gehianeng dorso rotundato leviter 5—7-canaliculato, 
foliis exterior ‘is ovatis ato-deltoideis av 
cuspidatis, scapo folts benaiiaie: panicula ampla multiflora, floribus in 
racemis sublaxis adscendentibus dispositis, pedicellis raph (3-6) 
apicem versus articulatis, periantbio albido icello -plo longiore, 
segmentis lineari-oblongis obtusis tubo gracili supra ovarium leviter 
war Ne longioribus, staminibus perianthio sequilongis ae 
gracilibus antheris oblongis dorsifixis, stylo breviter exserto.—S. 
Khrenbergiana, Schwf. Piante utili dell’ Eritrea, 30. 
Has. Nubia and Italian territory west of the southern portion of 
the Red Sea, Schweinfurth; Yemen, widely spread in the lower region 
to the east of Hodeidah, Schweinfurth ; Somali-land, Stace. 
Folia longiora 4-5 ped. longa, medio 14~1} poll. crassa. Flores 2-4 
poll. longi. 
This are bir first published by Mr. Baker (/.c.), under the name 
given to it in Dr. Schweinfurth’s herbarium, in 1875, bis description 
in referring it to S. Ehrenbergii. Onr plate is chiefly based upon 
careful drawings supplied Dr. Schweinfu pre- 
eon: also of t af sections of the fresh leaf (from the Somali 
plant at Kew), which are those described above, as well a of the 
ined leaf, the latter copied from Dr. Schweinfurth.—D. Ottver. 
lant. 2. x of leaf. 3. Transverse section of 
leaf, about rie. ee baegraitg 4 and i Tranrere se! of dried leaf. 
7, Reduced outer (cataphyllary) <i 8. — a of panicle, 
>. "Detached flower. 10. Same, laid ope nt vi 
12. Stigma. 9 to 12. Enlarged (floral Pactails, po taf sections re and 5, Phi i 
from Dr. Schweinfurth’s drawings). 
