Sansevieria.'] cxxxv. h^modoracele (baker). 335 



spreading acute edges, with a narrow line or red- brown and white. 

 Peduncle with panicle 5-6 ft, long. Inflorescence a deltoid panicle 

 with many ascending branches ; flowers many in a cluster ; pedicels 

 \-^ in. long, articulated at the apex ; bracts minute, deltoid, mem- 

 branous. Perianth J-| in. long, white, tinged with red ; lobes longer 

 than the tube. Stamens as long as the perianth-lobes. Style finally 

 exserted. — Schweinf. in Bull. Herb.'' Boiss. ii., App. ii. 78; Oliv. in 

 Hook. Ic. t. 2269 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. lJ-4, t. 6. 



wile Kand. Nubia : between Atbara and the Red Sea, Schweinfurth, 31 ! 

 Eritrea : Mount Alamkale, near Aidereso, Schweinfurth <Sf Siva, 1468 ! Aidereso, 

 Schweinfurth 8^ JRiva, 1835 ! Somaliland, Stace ! 



Also Arabia, in the province of Yemen, described as a doubtful Dracaena by 

 Deflers (Voy. Yemen, 211). 



For information as to its uses, see Kew Bulletin, 1892, 129, and Schweinf. Pianti 

 utili dell' Eritrea, 30. 



9. S. Schimperi, Baker. Leaves subcylindrical, very rigid, with 

 a clasping ovate base, 3 ft. long, ^J in. diam., narrowed gradually to 

 the apex, with a small rounded groove down the face, and fine smaller 

 grooves down the back and sides, the spaces between the grooves 

 rounded. Inflorescence and perianth unknown. Intermediate between 

 aS". cylindrica and S. Ehreiibergii. 



XTile land. Somaliland, Stace ! MacConkey ! 



10. S. cylindrica, Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 349 {name only). Rootstock 

 wide-creeping, as thick as a man's finger. Leaves 3-5 to a node, 

 terete, with an ovate concave clasping base, reaching sometimes a 

 length of 5-6 ft., about 1 in. in diam. at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to the point, marked with about five vertical grooves. Pri- 

 mordial leaves flat. Peduncle 1-1 J ft. long. Raceme moderately dense, 

 lJ-2 ft. long; bracts minute, scariose; flowers many in a cluster; 

 pedicels very short, articulated at the middle. Perianth white, l-l:j in. 

 long; lobes as long as the slender tube. Stamens as long as the 

 perianth-lobes. Style shortly exserted. — Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5093 ; 

 Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 549 ; Kew Bulletin, 1887, May, 9 and 

 3, fig. 6 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii., App. ii. 77 ; Engl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 144, t. 5, fig. P. aS'. angolensis, Welw. ex Baker in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xiv. 549. 



STile Iiand. Eritrea: below Geleb on the Upper Lawa River, 5200 ft., 

 Schweinfurth, 1833, 1886 ; Arbaroba, 5800 ft., Schweinfurth, 830. Aidereso, 4000 ft,, 

 Schweinfurth, 1468. British East Africa : Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, Taylor ! 



lio-wer Guinea. Lower Congo, Laurent ! Angola, Welwitsch, 3749 ! Ambo- 

 land, Schinz, 1009 ! 



niozamb. Bist. Matabeleland : Mangwe River, Bains ! 



11. S. sulcata, Bojer ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 549 

 (in syn.). Leaves few to a tuft, terete, 2-3 ft. long, nearly 1 in. 

 diam. at the middle, dull gi-een, not mottled, tapering gradually to an 

 almost pungent point, marked from the apex to the base with 5 distinct 



