454 GXL. LiLiACEiE (bak.er). [Knipkojia, 



quartiniana, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 323 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xi. 3G2 ; Gard. Chron. 187C, v. 42 ; Kegel, Gartenfl. xxvi. 89, 196, 

 t. 907, excl. syn. ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 104. 



IVlle ]Lan(l. Abyssinia: Wodjerat, Quarlin-Dillon Sf Petit, 179! Tigre ; 

 Mount Kubbi, near Adowsi, Schimper, 1003 ! 



5, NOTOSCEPTRUM, Benth. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. 775. 



Perianth campanulate ; tube short ; segments G, oblong, obtuse. 

 Stamens (I, hypogynous ; filaments filiform ; anthers oblong, dorsifixed. 

 Ovary globose, 3-celled ; ovules 4-0 in a cell, superposed ; style filiform ; 

 stigma small, capitate. Capsule globose, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 

 angled ; testa black ; albumen fleshy ; embryo nearly as long as the 

 albumen. — Perennial herbs, with the habit, leaves and inflorescence 

 of Kniphqfia, from which they differ by their short campanulate 

 perianth. 



Species 3-4, the others in Natal and Transvaal. 



Biul globose . . . . . . . . 1. 2V. henguellense. 



liud oblong . . . . . . . . 2. N. andongense. 



1. N. benguellense, Benth. in Benth. d: Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 775, 

 Rootstock woody, vertical, with many cylindrical fibres. Leaves 

 numerous, linear, acutely keeled, 3-4 ft. long, J in. broad low down, 

 tapering gradually to a long point, smooth on the edge. Scape shorter 

 than the leaves. Raceme dense, subspicate, cylindrical, 1 ft. long, 

 under 1 in. diam. ; pedicels very short or obsolete ; bracts small, ovate, 

 membranous. Perianth campanulate, \ in. long; lobes rather longer 

 than the tube. Stamens and style shortly exserted. Capsule globose, 

 rugose, \ in. diam. — Kniphofia benguellensis, Baker in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 240. 



]Lo'wer Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in damp places, growing in masses, 

 Welwitsch, 3736 ! 



2. N. andongense, Benth. in Benth. d- Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 775 

 {by error N. angolense). Rootstock stout, with cylindrical fibres reaching 

 1-1 J ft. long. Leaves linear, reaching a length of 8-9 ft., J-| in. broad 

 low down, tapering gradually to a long point. Peduncle long and 

 stout. Raceme very dense, subspicate, cylindrical, 1 ft. long; pedicels 

 very short ; bracts minute, ovate-oblong, membranous. Perianth oblong, 

 reddish, \ in. long; lobes as long as the tube. — Engl. Jahrb. xv. 471. 

 Kniphofia andongensis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 240. 



]Lo-V7er Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in grassy thickets, Welwitsch, 

 3733 ! 



6. ALOE, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 776. 



Perianth cylindrical, straight or slightly curved ; segments subequal, 

 as long as or much longer than the tube, connivent except at the tip. 

 Stamens 0, hypogynous, rarely longer than the perianth ; filaments 



