Md'endera.] cxl. ltliace^ (baker). 559 



leaves. Perianth lilac, with a filiform claw about an inch long and a 

 lanceolate blade nearly or quite as long, not auricled at the base. 

 Stamens half as long as the blade of the perianth-segments ; anthers 

 linear, almost basitixed. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 440; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 159; 3f. schimperiana, Hochst, and M. Ion- 

 gispatha, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 837. 



srile Ziand. Abyssinia : Sameu ; on mountains between Enjedcap and Shoata, 

 2000 ft., below Enjedcap, Schimper, 1126 ! in dry plifces on mountains near Enjedcap, 

 Schimper, 1167! Shoa ; Ankober, Roth, 106 I ^nd without precise locality, Schimper, 

 306 ! Denabea ; at Chelga, Steudner, 495, and .Jenda, Steudner, 494 (ex Engler) ; 

 Gulla Highlands ; at Sebit, Steudner, 493 (ex Engler). 



Also at Aden. 



29. ANDROCYMBIUM, Willd.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. 



iii. ^'22. 



Perianth-segments distinct, equal, with narrow connivent claws 

 and spreading narrow blades, concave and nectariferous at the base. 

 Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the blade of the perianth -segments; 

 filaments filiform, thickesned towards the base; anthers oblong, slightly 

 versatile. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed; styles 3, 

 distinct, filiform, stigmatose at the apex. Capsule septicidally 3-valved. 

 Seeds subglobose; testa brown, opaque; albumen firm; embryo minute. 

 — Bootstock a tunicated corm. Stem usually not produced, so that the 

 flowers form a sessile cluster in the centre of a rosette of leaves. 



Species 20, two inhabiting the Mediterranean and Oriental regions, the others in 

 South Africa, 



Acaulesent, 



Stamens shorter than the blade . . . .1. A. roseum. 



Stamens longer than the blade . . . . 2. A. subulatum. 



Stem 2-3 in. long . . . . . . , 3. A. tnelanthioides, 



var. striatum. 



1. A. roseum, Engl. Jahrb. x. 282. Acaulescent. Corm globose, 

 under 1 in. diam. ; tunics rigid, dull brown; neck 1-2 in. long. 

 Proper leaves several, linear from an ovate base, 3-6 in. long; inner 

 (bracts) ovate, not pale and veined with green. Flowers many in a 

 cluster. Perianth-segments 1 in. long; blade lanceolate, pale red, 

 about as long as the claw. Filaments much shorter than the blade of 

 the perianth-segments ; anthers small, oblong. 



Iiower Guinea. Hereroland : Otyikango-Okatiti, and near the hot spring 

 "Barmen," Marloth 1360, Schinz 62, Gobabis, Schinz, 63! Angola: HuHIh ; Rt 

 Humpata, Johnston ! Camba Serreno, Newton ! 



2. A. subulatum. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 245. Acaulescent. 

 Corm ovoid, J in. diam.; outer tunics rigid, nearly black; neck under 

 an inch long. Proper leaves 2-3, linear-subulate, moderately firm, 

 glabrous, channelled down the face, 4-8 in. long ; bracts 3-6, much 

 overtopping the flowers, oblong or ovate-cuspidate, U-2 in. long, 



