VeUozia.] cxxxvii. AMARYLLiDEiE (baker). 411 



acute, above 1 in. long, J in. broad. Anthers linear, sessile, } in. long, 

 Ovaiy turbinate, J-J in. long, densely viscous. — Barbacenia scahrida^ 

 Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 144. 



DLo-wer Guinea. Angola: near the Kuango River, Pogge, 123. 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



8. V. hereroensis. Baker. Leaves linear, 1 ft. long, -J in. broad, 

 ciliate with minute spines on the edges and keel. Peduncle 8 in. long, 

 viscous upwards. Perianth-segments blue, apiculate, above 1 in. long, 

 J in. broad. Stamens above J in. long ; filaments very short. — Barba- 

 cenia hereroensis, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 49. 



Xiower Guinea. Hereroland : granite hills of the Tebris Pass, Fleck, 80. 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



*9. V. capillaris, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 

 i. 264. A shrub, with woody branchlets, ^ in. diam., clothed with the 

 truncate bases of the old leaves. Leaves 4-8 in a rosette, Unear, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, aristate, 4-6 in. long, \ in. broad, closely ribbed. 

 Peduncles tufted, 2-3 in. long, densely clothed with black glands. 

 Perianth white ; segments lanceolate, acuminate, IJ-lJ in. long, J in. 

 broad low down. Anthers linear, J in. long ; filaments very short. 

 Ovary turbinate, \ in. long, densely clothed with black glands. Capsule 

 oblong, viscous, J in. diam. — Xerophyta capillaris, Baker in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 264, t. 36, fig. 1. BaYbacenia capillaris, Pax 

 in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 171. 



XiO'wer Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; Monino, in woods, and on the high plain of 

 Empalanca, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch ! 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



10. V. equisetoides,.6aA;6r. A shrub reaching a height of 4-;") ft.; 

 stems l-lj in. diam. ; persistent bases of old leaves densely imbricate, 

 resembling an Equisetum, appressed, deeply and narrowly plicate. 

 Leaves rigidly coriaceous, glabrous or slightly hairy, reaching a height 

 of 1 ft. or more, \-^ in. broad low down. Peduncle 3-6 in. long, 

 viscous upwards. Perianth-segments lanceolate, acute, more or less 

 tinged with purple, 1-2 in. long. Anthers linear, half as long as the 

 perianth-segments. Ovary clavate or turbinate, densely hispid and 

 viscous, \-\ in. long. Capsule crustaceous, globose. — Xerophyta equise- 

 toides, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1875, 233. 



Mozamb. I>lst. Nyasaland : Manganja Hills, Meller ! between Blaiityrc and 

 Matope, Scott ! Shire Highlands, Mount Ndurani, Scott-Elliot, 8524! Zomba and tlie 

 East end of Lake Shirwa, Meller ! Zomha, Kirk ! Matabelelaiid : Semokwe River 

 (" Old and Dry " or " Elephant's grass "), Baines ! and without precise locality, Scott- 

 Elliot ! 



Var. trichophylla. Baker. Leaves densely and persistently pubescent on botli 

 sides. 



nCozanib. I>i8t. Nyasaland: Shire Highlands, ^wrAawaw, 162 ! Zovaha^Whyte, 



92 ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 854 ! 



