Oloriosa.] cxl. LiLiACEiE (baker). 565 



long, I in. broad above the middle. Filaments above J in. long; 

 anthers linear-oblong, J in. long. Style under 1 in. long, trifid to 

 the middle. 



# Wile Iiand. Somaliland : a little west of the Shebeli River, 2000 ft., Donaldton- 



■ Sniiih ! 



4. G. abyssinica, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 322. Stem erect, 



■ lJ-2 ft. long, simple or branched. Leaves oblong, acuminate, some- 

 times distinctly cirrhose at the apex, the lower verticillate or opposite, 

 5-G in. long, IJ in. broad, the upper smaller, alternate. Flowers 

 produced from the axils of several of the upper leaves; pedicels ;^>-4 in. 

 long, cernuous at the apex. Perianth -segments reflexed, not at all 

 crisped, oblong, unguiculate, cuspidate, 2-3 in. long, J-1 in. broad at 

 the middle. Filaments about 1 in. long; anthers linear, J-J in. 

 long. Style 1| in. long, trifid above the middle. — Baker in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xvii. 458. G. speciosa, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 158; 

 Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 59. Clinostylia sj}€Cio8a, 

 Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 26. 



irile Ziand. Eritrea : DonkoUo Heights, near Ginda, 3000 ft., Schiceinfur/h tf* 

 Miva, 127 ; Bogos, Steudner, 446 ! and near Keren, Hildehrandt, 379. Abyssinia : 

 Tigre ; near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1437 ! Shire Province, Quart in-DUlon t^* Petit, 

 48 ! Shoa ; Aliu Amba, near Ankober, Both, 182 ! and without precise locality, 

 ■Schimper, 346 ! 



Var. graminifolia, Franch. Sert. Somal. 67. Leaves and segments of the 

 perianth linear, the latter only \-^ in. broad. 



Wile I>and. Somaliland : Karoma Peak, Sevoil ! 



5. G. Carsoni, Baker in Kew Bulletin^ 1895, 74. Stem erect, 

 IJ ft. long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, sessile, 4-5 in. long, 1-1 J in. 

 broad below the middle, acute, not cirrhose at the apex; lower 

 opposite, upper alternate. Flowers 5-G in a lax terminal corymb, 

 on long ascending pedicels, cernuous at the apex. Perianth 2- 2 J in. 

 long, red, slightly tinged with yellow; segments strongly reflexed, 

 oblanceolate, acuminate, J in. broad above the middle. Filaments half 

 as long as the perianth; anthers linear. Ovary J in. long; style twice 

 as long as the ovary, branched in the upper third. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa: Urungu ;*Fwambo, Carson, 53 of 

 1894 collection! Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Wht^te ! a.ul Mount 

 Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 



34. LITTONIA, Hook.|; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, iii. 831. 



Perianth campanulate, cut down nearly or quite to the base; 

 segments equal, oblong-lanceolate, nectariferous and obscurely saccjite 

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

 filaments filiform; anthers linear-oblong, versatile. Ovaiy globose, 

 sessile, 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed; style entire in the lower 

 part, 3-forked upwards ; stigmas minute, Gipitate. Capsule coriaceous, 

 septicidally 3-valved. Seeds globose; testa brown; albumen tu in : 



