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CXL. LILlACILfi (baker). 



[Alee: 



Pedicels short ..... 



Pedicels ^^ in. long .... 



Pedicels 1 in. or more long . 

 Perianth 1-1 1 in. long. 

 Bracts small. 



Pedicels short ..... 



Pedicels ^— f in. long. 

 Marginal teeth small 

 Marginal teeth large 

 Pedicels 1-1^ in. long 

 Bracts large ..... 



Leaves thin ....... 



Leaves lanceolate, laxly disposed on a long slender stem 

 Pedicels ^ in, long ...... 



Pedicels ^ in. long. 



Raceme short, simple . 



Racemes oblong, panicled . . . . . 



Caulescent. Leaves long, ensiform, densely rosulate, not 

 spotted. 

 Perianth-segments shorter than the tube. 

 Marginal teeth close .... 



Marginal teeth distant 

 Perianth-segments about as long as the tube. 

 Leaves about 2 in. broad 

 Leaves about 3 in. broad 

 Leaves about 4 in. broad 

 Leaves 6-7 in. broad .... 



Perianth-segments longer than the tube. 

 Perianth under 1 in. long. 

 Racemes short, globose 

 Racemes oblong .... 



Racemes cylindrical 

 Perianth about 1 in. long. 



Pedicels very short .... 



Pedicels |-i in. long. 



Bracts small .... 



Bracts large. 



Bracts ovate-lanceolate 



Bracts ovate .... 



Pedicels |— 1 in. long. 

 Leaves 3-4 in, broad . 

 Leaves 5-6 in. broad . 

 Perianth 1^ in. long .... 



Caudex arborescent, much branched 



22. A. concinna. 



23. A. zehrina. 



24. A. hereroensis. 



25. A. agavefoUa. 



26. A. macrocarpa. 



27. A. commutata. 



28. A. ohscura. 



29. A. platyphylla. 



30. A. tenuifolia. 



. 31. A. midehrandtii, 



. 32. A. pendulijlora. 

 33. A. confusa. 



34. A. Barteri. 



35. A. constricta. 



36. A, hrachystachys. 



37. A. Eivce. 



38. A. vera. 



39. A. percrassa. 



40. A. Volkensii. 



41. A. angolensis. 



42. A. palmiformis. 



43. A. Sclioelleri 



44. A. Schwemfurthii 



45. A. littoralis. 



46. A. crypt opoda. 



47. A. abyssinica. 



48. A. Camperii. 



49. A. crassipes. 



50. A. dichotoma. 



1- A, Johnstoniy Bake)" in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 351, 

 <. 63. Acaulescent. Rootstock globose. Leaves 8-12, linear from an. 

 ovate base, erect, 1-1 J ft. long, \ in. broad, thin for the genus, channelled 

 down the face, with a few minute spines on the margin and midrib 

 beneath. Peduncle simple, stiflSy erect, 15-18 in. long, with many 

 ovate scariose empty bracts. Raceme dense, capitate, few-flowered ; 

 pedicels ascending, lower |-1 in. long; bracts small, ovate-lanceolate. 

 Perianth pale pink, curved, J in. long; tube very short. Stamens as 

 long as the perianth. Capsule oblong, as long as the perianth. 



