334 cxxxv. H.EMODORACE.E (baker). [Sausevieria. 



5. S. longiflora, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2634. Leaves 4-6 to a node, 

 nearly flat, lanceolate, 3-5 ft. long, 3-5 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to a concave base 1 in. diam., more or less mottled, distinctly 

 bordered with red. Peduncle 1 ft. or more long, with several ascending 

 scariose bract-leaves. Raceme dense, 1 ft. or more long, 8-9 in. diam. ; 

 bracts scariose, lanceolate, i-f in. long ; pedicels J-J in. long, densely 

 fascicled, articulated at the middle. Perianth greenish-white, 4-5 in. 

 long; lobes about 1 in. long. Stamens as long as the perianth-lobes. 

 Style much exserted. — Schult. f . Syst. Veg. vii. 357 ; Kunth, Enum. 

 V. 17; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 548 ; Kew Bulletin, 1887, May, 

 7 and 3, fig. 2; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 144, t. 5, figs. G-H. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 1169 ! 



M'lle Iiand. Britisli East Africa : Niamuiam ; Damvo Hill, Schweinfurthj 

 3831! 



ItO'wer Guinea. Congo, Smith ! Angola : Ambriz, Monteiro ! 

 nXozamb. I>ist. Usambara, Zanzibar and the Zambesi Region (ex Engler). 



6. S. Kirkii, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1887, May, 8 and 3, fig. 3. 

 Leaves not more than 3-4 to a tuft, oblanceolate, 3 ft. long. 3 in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to 1 in. at the base, very 

 rigid, flat in the upper half when mature, channelled in the lower half, 

 1 in. thick, and subterete with a rounded facial groove at the base, 

 obscurely mottled with white, with a narrow red-brown marginal line. 

 Peduncle much shorter than the leaves ; lower empty bracts large, ovate. 

 Raceme short, dense ; flowers about 6 to a bract ; pedicels J- J in. long. 

 Perianth 5—6 in. long; lobes 1| in. long. Stamens as long as the 

 perianth-lobes. Style considerably exserted^ — Bot. Mag. t. 7357. 



IVIozaml}* I>ist< British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, 

 Buchanan, 105 ! 



Introduced into cultivation by Sir John Kirk in 1881. It flowered at Kew for the 

 first time in 1893. 



There are in the Kew Herbarium leaves of the same or a nearly allied plant 

 collected by Sir John Kirk at Lupata in 1860. 



7. S. Volkensii, Gurke in E?igl. PJl. Ost-A/r. B. 367; C. 144. 

 Rootstock wide-creeping, much-branched. Leaves semiterete, rigid, 1 J 

 ft. long, J- J in. diam., channelled down the face, rounded on the back, 

 green, sometimes blotched with white, narrowed gradually to the semi- 

 pungent apex. Peduncle as long as or shorter than the leaves. In- 

 florescence a simple raceme. Perianth white, at most 1 in. long. 



DXozaml)* I>lst. German East Africa : Usambara, Solst, 4080 ; Kilimanjaro ; 

 at Lake Chala, 3700 ft., Volkens, 1779 ! 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



8. S. Ehrenbergii, Schweinf. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 

 549. Rootstock woody, wide-creeping. Leaves 12-15 in a distichous 

 rosette ; rudimentary outer ones small, ovate ; central subterete, very 

 rigid, reaching a length of 5-6 ft., 1-^ in. broad and thick, with an acute 

 groove down the face, many slight grooves down the rounded back and 



