Aloe.] CXL. LiLiACEiE (baker). 457 



wile Xiand. British East Africa : Taveta, 2000 ft., Johnston ! 



Nearly allied to the South African A. Cooperi, Baker (Bot. Mag. t. 6377). 



2. A, "BxichK-nziii^ Baker in Keiv Bulletin, 1895, 110. Acaulescent, 

 Leaves 8-10, distichous, erect, linear, Ij ft. long, J in. broad low down^ 

 thin for the genus, deeply channelled down the face, with a few white 

 spots in the lower part ; marginal prickles very minute. Peduncle 

 simple, l|-2 ft. long, with many ovate empty bracts. Raceme dense, 

 3-4 in. long; pedicels ascending, the lower 1 in. long; bracts green,, 

 ovate-cuspidate, J in. long. Perianth pale-red with a green tip, \-l in. 

 long ; tube very short. Stamens as long as the perianth. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, culti- 

 vated specimen, Buchanan ! 



Described froin a plant that flowered at Kew, December 1894. 



3. A. Nuttiiy Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2513. Acaulescent. Leaves 

 erect, linear, not fleshy, unspotted, channelled down the face, 1| ft. long, 

 \ in. broad low down ; marginal teeth obsolete. Peduncle simple, H ft. 

 long. Raceme moderately dense, cylindrical, 6-9 in. long; pedicels 

 ascending, cernuous at the tip, the lower 1 in. long; bracts ovate, \-\ 

 in. long. Perianth pale-red, 14-15 lin. long; tube half as long as the 

 segments. Stamens included. 



nCozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, 5200 ft., Carson, 

 29 ! Nutt ! North Nyaealand : between Kondowe and Karonga, Whyte ! 



4. A. secundiflora, Engl. Ffl. Ost-Afr. C. 140. Caudex very 

 short. Leaves very thick, lanceolate-deltoid, 1 ft. long, 3 in. broad low 

 down ; marginal teeth distant, small, deltoid, with a horny-brown tip. 

 Inflorescence much-branched ; branches ascending ; racemes lax, secuiid, 

 J ft. long ; bracts minute, deltoid -cuspidate, pedicels spreading, \-\ in. 

 long. Perianth 1 in. long; tube short; segments linear, red with yellow 

 edge. Stamens included. Style exserted. 



nxozaxub. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, at the foot of Nuslioni 

 Hill, 2000-2500 ft., Volkens, 530 ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



5. A. andongensis. Baker in Trans. Linn. Sac. ser. 2, Bot. i. 203. 

 Caudex 1-2 ft. long, with 2-3 ascending branches. Leaves densely 

 rosulate, lanceolate, glaucous, unspotted, 8-9 in. long, 1^-H in. brrad 

 low down ; teeth small, horny, deltoid-cuspidate. Panicle deltoid ; 

 racemes dense, capitate, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels ;J-J in. long, the cential 

 spreading, the lower deflexed ; bracts lanceolate, as long as the pedicels. 

 Perianth yellowish-red, 7-8 lin. long; tube short, campanuhite. 

 Stamens as long as the perianth. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. x\iii. 

 173. 



Xower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Aiidorgo ; frequent in rocky place?, li'el- 

 u'itsch, 3729 ! 



6. A. Stuhlmanni, Baker. Leaves lanceolate, 1 ft. or more lorg, 

 2 in. broad low down, tapering gradually to the point, moderately thii k ; 



