Aristea.] cxxxvi. iriue^ (baker). 347 



large, oblong, not lacerated Perianth -segments narrowly oblong, 

 J- J in. long. Capsule oblong, obtusely angled, subsessile. 



X^ozainb. I>lst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba, 4000- 

 6000 ft., JFhyie ! 



3. A. angolensis. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i 270. 

 Basal leaves many in a rosette, linear, not very rigid, flat, C-9 in. long, 

 ^-^ in. broad. Peduncle 2 ft. long, compressed, not winged, bearing 

 several reduced leaves. Inflorescence |-1 ft. long ; upper clusters 

 sessile, lower 1-2 on short ascending peduncles. Spathes oblong, 'I in. 

 long ; outer valves oblong, obtuse, firm in the lower bract, membranous 

 at the tip. Perianth J in. long. Capsule oblong, obtusely angled, 

 sessile, J in. long. — Handb. Irid. 141 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Afr. 174. 



IiO'wer Guinea. Angola : HuiHa ; in mendows on the banks of the Lopollo 

 Brook, 4000-5000 ft., Welwitsch, 1550 ! 



4. A. nandiensis. Baker. Leaves linear, ri^id, erect, 1 foot or 

 more long, \ in. broad. Stem erect, 2 ft. long, narrowly winged, bearing 

 1-2 reduced leaves. Clusters of flowers about 4 ; peduncle ascending, 

 J-l|^ in. long ; bracts with broad scariose edges, not lacerated. Perianth- 

 segments \ in. long, twisting spirally. Capsule oblong, obtusely angled, 

 as long as the perianth. 



Nile Iiand. British East Africa: Kaviromlo; Nandi Range, 7000-8000 ft., 

 Scotf-FJUot, 6935 ! 



5. A. nyikensis. Baker. Stem 1 foot long, flattened and narrowly 

 winged upwards, bearing about 5 distant flat linear glabrous ascending 

 leaves, the lowest 8-9 in. long, \-\ in. broad. Inflorescence a small 

 thyrsoid panicle with a flattened narrowly-winged peduncle ; branches 

 erecto-patent ; lower 1 in. long; upper 3 clusters sessile. Flowers not 

 seen. Capsule oblong, obtusely angled, torulose, | in. long; pedicel 

 nearly as long as the capsule. 



nxozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Nyika Plateau, 6000- 

 7000 ft., Whyte, 230 ! between Mpata and the commencement of the Tanganyika 

 Platean, 2000-3000 ft., Whyte ! 



6. A. alata, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 405. Leaves many 

 in a basal rosette, linear, rigid, -^-1 ft. long, J-J in. broad. Peduncle 

 flat and broadly winged throughout, longer than the leaves, usually 

 leafless, rarely bearing 1-2 reduced leaves. Clusters 1-2, the side one 

 smaller than the terminal, nearly sessile or distinctly peduncled. Spat he 

 J-| in. long ; outer valves firm in the centre, with a membranous edge 

 and tip. Perianth J-| in. long. Capsule oblong, obtusely angled, 

 distinctly stipitate, £-1 in. long.— Handb. Irid. 140. A. abyssinica, 

 Pax in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 173. A. tayloriana, Rendle in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 48. 



Wile Iiand. Abyssinia, Schimper, 279 ! British East Africa : Lykipia, 6000- 

 8000 ft., Thomson ! 



XMCozarab. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Kwa :\Ishuza (Handci), 

 Hoist, 9140! Kihmanjaro, 7000-10,000 ft., Johnston, 11 ! Volkens, 7791 Taylor! 



