410 cxxxvii. AMARYLLIDE.E (baker). [Vellozia. 



Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 31. Hypoo'is Schnitzleinia, Hochst. in Flora, 

 1844, 31. Barhacenia Schnitzlemia, Pax in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Afr. 171. 



irile Ziand. Abyssinia : near Sabra, on rooks at the foot of mountains, Schimper, 

 1365 ! on rocks of slopes towards the River Tacazze, Schimper, 1693 ! and without 

 precise locality, Schimper, 253 ! 



Var. somalensis, Terrac. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1892, 425. Leaves reclining, 

 rigid. Flower solitary, pedunculate. Peduncle geniculate at the apex, strigose- 

 pilose from the middle to the apex. 



TSile Xiand. Somaliland : fields of Gerar-Amaden, Candeo Sf Baudi di Vesnie. 



No specimen at Kew. 



4. V. acuminata. Baker in Keio Bulletin, 1895, 228. Acaulescent. 

 Leaves very rigid. Linear, acuminate, glabrous, 1 ft. long, \ in. broad 

 low down, tapering gradually to the point. Peduncle slender, 4-5 in. 

 long, viscous upwards. Perianth -segments lanceolate, f in. long, \ in. 

 broad. Antliers linear, half as long as the perianth -segments. Ovary 

 turbinate, viscous, ^ in. long. 



irile Iiand. Somaliland : Golis Kange, near Woob, Miss Edith Cole ! Mrs, 

 Lort-Phillips ! 



5. V. stenophylla, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. i. 265. A shrub, with branches i-f in. diam., clothed with the 

 rigid appressed dentate base of the fallen leaves. Leaves 6-8 to a tuft, 

 very rigid, triquetrous, channelled down the face, 6-8 in. long, yV— | in. 

 broad, glabrous, acuminate, closely nerved, scabrous on the back. Flowers 

 not seen. — Xerophyta stenophylla, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. i. 265. 



liovtrer Guinea. Angola : Mossamedes; densely gregarious in rocky hills, near 

 Cazemba, Welwitsch ! 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



6. V. squarrosa, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 

 i. 264. A shrub 3-4, rarely 5 ft. high ; trunk 1 J-2 in. diam. at the base ; 

 branches clothed with the squarrose bases of the old leaves. Leaves 

 coriaceous, linear, acuminate, glabrous, 5-6 in. long, nearly J in. broad, 

 the edges denticulate upwards. Peduncle 4-5 in. long, densely viscous 

 upwards. Perianth-segments lanceolate, blue-white, f-1 in. long. 

 Ovary clavate, J-f in. long, densely clothed with black glands. Anthers 

 linear, subsessile, half as long as the perianth-segments. Capsule oblong, 

 crustaceous, h in. diam., densely clothed with black glands. — X&rophyta 

 squarrosa,'^BkeY in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 264. Barhacenia 

 squarrosa, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 144. 



IiO'wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; gregarious on the high rocky 

 slopes at the Fore, Welwitsch ! 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



7. V. scabrida. Baker. Leaves rigid, linear, acuminate, glabrous, 

 \—\ in. broad, denticulate on the midrib on both surfaces and the ed^es. 

 Peduncles viscous upwards, 4 in. long. Perianth-segments lanceolate, 



