2dQ cxxxiv. sciTAMiNE.E (baker). [KcempfeoHa. 



4. K. C&rsoniy Baker. Leaves not fully developed till after the 

 flowers ; blade oblong, acute, moderately firm, glabrous. Flowers many 

 on a short slender peduncle, with two large, sheathing, membranous 

 bracts ; pedicels short, ascending ; proper bracts oblong- navicular, 

 membranous, |-1 in. long. Calyx funnel-shaped, J in. long, shortly 

 o-toothed. Corolla-tube not much longer than the calyx ; lobes oblong, 

 ^ in. long. Staminodia bright lilac, 2-2 J in. long ; lateral J in. broad ; 

 Up twice as broad, scarcely emarginate ; fertile stamen shorter than 

 the corolla-lobes; anther 1;^ in. long. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Karonga, Carson ! 

 Intermediate between K. cBthiopica and K. rosea. \ 



5. K. pleiantha, Schumann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 425. Leafy 

 stem a foot or more long. Leaves lanceolate, acute, complicate^ 

 glabrous, 4-8 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad at the middle. Flowers 4-G, on 

 a peduncle nearly or quite as long as the leafy stem ; bracts oblong- 

 navicular, membranous, lJ-2 in. long. Calyx turbinate, J in. long, 

 shortly 3-lobed. Corolla-tube twice as long as ^the calyx ; lobes lanceo- 

 late, IJ-lJ in. long. Staminodia 3 in. long; lip emarginate; fertile 

 stamen much shorter ; anther \ in. long. 



ItO'wer Guinea. Angola, Bttchner, 694, Mechow, 559b. 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



6. K, brachystemon, Schumann in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 149. 

 Leaves unknown. Flowers produced before the leaves, many on a 

 slender peduncle. Calyx obliquely truncate, l|-2 in. long. Corolla- 

 lobes linear-lanceolate, acuminate. ^ Lip violet ; anther scarcely -J- in. 

 long, with a recurved crest. 



Mozaml). Bist. German East Africa : Usambara, Hoist, 3100 ! Mukulumussi,. 

 Volkens, 201. 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



7. K. macrosiphon. Baker. Leaves contemporary with the 

 flowers, furnished with short free petioles ; blade oblong, acuminate, 

 4-G in. long, 2-^2^ in. broad at the middle, moderately firm, glabrous. 

 Flowers many on a short peduncle ; bracts oblong-navicular, scariose, 

 ?>-^ in. long. Calyx cylindrical, \\ in. long, distinctly toothed. 

 Corolla-tube very slender, 1 in. longer than the calyx ; lobes linear^ 

 :^-l in. long. Staminodia pale uniform blue, slightly longer than the 

 corolla-lobes ; lip rounded at the apex, 1 in. broad ; fertile stamen 

 not seen. 



JTlle Ziand. British East Africa : Nyika country, near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 



2. CADALVENA, Fenzl in Sitz. Akad. Wissen. Wien, Math. 

 Nat. li. Abth. ii. 139. 



Calyx membranous, cylindrical, shortly toothed at the apex. 

 Corolla-tube shortly exserted from the calyx ; lobes large, membranous^ 

 equal, lanceolate. Lateral staminodia not produced ; lip large, petaloid^ 



