412 cxxxvii. AMARYLLiDE^ (baker). [VeUozici. 



11. V. splendens, Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 49, 

 i. 8. A shrub 1 J ft. long, with thick branches, clothed with the truncate 

 closely imbricate glabrous bases of the old leaves. Leaves 6-8 in a 

 rosette, rigid, linear, glabrous, 1 ft. long, |-| in. broad low down, 

 denticulate on the edges when young. Peduncles 5-6 to a tuft, 6-9 in. 

 long, densely clothed upwards with raised black glands. Perianth- 

 segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2-2^ in. long, J in. broad. Anthers 

 linear^ sessile, j in. long. Ovary turbinate, J in. long, densely viscous. 

 — Barhacenia splendens, Harms in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 146. 



M[ozain1>« Sist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, Whyte ! 

 McClounie ! Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 



12. V. tomentosa. Baker. A shrub with branchlets \ in. diam., 

 clothed with the appressed deltoid tomentose bases of the fallen leaves. 

 Leaves few in a tuft, linear, rigid, 3-5 in. long, J in. broad, pubescent 

 on both surfaces. Peduncles 2-4 in. long, densely viscous. Perianth- 

 segments lanceolate, 1 in. long, J in. broad, obtuse or minutely cuspi- 

 date. Anthers linear, sessile, J in. long. Ovary clavate, densely viscous, 

 J in. long. — Barhacenia tomentosa^ Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 144. 



East Tropical Aft>lca. Asi, Fischer, 585 ! 



13. V. Spekei, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 156. A much- 

 branched shrub 6 ft. high, with trunk 6 in. in girth, and branchlets 

 J- J in. diam., clothed with the closely-imbricate appressed hairy deltoid 

 bases of the fallen leaves. Leaves 6-8 in a tuft, rigid, linear, acuminate, 

 6-9 in. long, J- J in. broad low down, slightly hairy on both surfaces, 

 closely ribb6d, spinous on the midrib beneath and slightly so on the 

 margin. Peduncle flexuose, 2-3 in. long, viscous in the upper half. 

 Perianth-segments lanceolate, 1 in. long. Stamens half as long as the 

 perianth-segments. Capsule globose, crustaceous, viscous, J in. diam.— ^. 

 Xerophyta Spekei, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1875, 234. Barhacenia Spekeij 

 Harms in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 146. 



IMCozamb. 3>lst. German East Africa: Uyanzi; at the Boss Rock, in the 

 Mgunda Mkhali, near Jiwa la Mkoa, 4068 ft., Speke ^ Grant, 782 ! 



14. V. velutina, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 

 i. 265. An erect shrub 1J-2J ft. high, with branches J-J in. diam., 

 clothed with the rigid appressed truncate mucronate bases of the fallen 

 leaves. Leaves 8-10 to a tuft, linear, coriaceous, finely pilose on both 

 sides, 6-10 in. long, J- J in. broad. Peduncle 1^-2 in. long, clothed 

 upwards with black glands. Perianth-segments lanceolate, acuminate, 

 blue, 1 in. long. Stamens half as long as the perianth ; filaments very 

 short. Ovary clavate, \ in. long, densely clothed with black glands. 

 — Xerophyta velutina, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 265. 

 Barhacenia velutina, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 145. 



ZiO^irer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; gregarious on rocks near the banks 

 of the River Cuanza, 2400-3800 ft., Welwitsch ! 



15. V. sequatorialis, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 409. A 

 dwarf shrub, with a caudex J ft. long, J in. diam., forked at the apex; 



