Vellozia. 



CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDE.« (bAKEr). 



409 



Leaves moderately firm 

 Leaves very rigid 

 Caudex produced. 



Leaves triquetrous .... 

 Leaves linear, glabrous. 

 Perianth |-1 in. long . 

 Perianth 1-2 in. long. 



Leaves denticulate on the edge . 

 Leaves ciliate with minute spines 

 Leaves not ciliate or denticulate. 

 Ovary viscous, not hispid 

 Ovary viscous and hispid 

 Perianth 2-3 in. long . 

 Leaves linear, hairy. 

 Perianth 1 in. long. 

 Leaves 3-5 in. long 

 Leaves 6-12 in. long. 



Branchlets ^\ in. diiiin. 

 Branchlets stouter 

 Perianth 1^-2 in. long 



3. V. Schnitzleinia. 



4. V. acuminata. 



5. V. stenophylla. 



6. V. squarroaa. 



7. V. scahrida. 



8. V. hereroensis. 



9. V. ca^yillaris. 



10. V. equisetoides. 



11. V. splendens. 



12. V, tomentosa. 



13. V. SpeJcei. 



14. V. velutina. 



15. F. cequatorialis. 



1. V. humilis. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 4. Acaulescent. 

 Persistent bases of old leaves formed of thick close fibres connected by 

 fine cross-bars. Rosettes of leaves densely cwspitose. Leaves rigidly 

 coriaceous, linear, glabrous, prominently nerved, 1-2 in. long. Peduncles 

 very slender, 1-2 in. long, rough with glands throughout. Perianth- 

 segments oblong-lanceolate, | in. long. Anthers linear, \ in. long ; 

 filaments very short. Ovary turbinate, viscous, yV in. long and broad. 



nXozamb. Blst, British Central Africa: Matabeleland, Elliot! Portuguese 

 East Africa : Tete, on the Lower Zambesi, Kirk I 



Also in the Transvaal and eastern districts of Cape Colony. 



2. V. Hildebrandtiiy Baker. Caudex very short, clothed with 

 copious fibrous relics of old leaves. Leaves narrowly linear, glaucescent, 

 glabrous, convolute, 4-5 in. long. Peduncle 2 in. long, densely hispid 

 upwards. Perianth-segments linear, much smaller than in V. Schnitz- 

 leinia. Anthers linear, J-J in. long ; filaments very short. Ovary 

 ovoid, densely hispid. — Barhacenia Hildebrandtii^ Pax in Engl. Hochge- 

 birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 171. 



Wile Ziand. Somaliland : Serut mountains near Maid, 5000-6000 ft., Hildebrandf, 

 1466. 



No specimen at Kew. 



3. V. Schnitzleinia, Baker. Caudex very short, densely clothed 

 with the fibrous bases of the old leaves. Leaves r»-6 to a rosette, 

 linear, subcoriaceous, glabrous, moderately firm, J-1 ft. long, \-\ in. 

 broad, obscurely serrulate on the margin. Peduncles o-lJ in. long, 

 hispid in the upper part Perianth-segments lanceolate, J-1 in. long. 

 Anthers linear, subsessile, half as long as the perianth-segments. 

 Ovary turbinate, densely hispid. Capsule gXoho&e. —XerophyUi Schnitz- 

 leinia, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1875, 235. Schnitzleinia arnica, Steud. ex 



