5G6 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Littonia. 



embryo minute. — Rootstock a fleshy tuber. Stems erect in the 

 Tropical African species and leaves not cirrhose at the tip, as in the 

 original Cape type. Flowers solitary in the axils of many of the leaves, 

 bright-coloured. 



Tliifie additional species, 2 in Arabia, and 1 in South Africa. 



Leaves oblong. 



Perianth ^—^ in. long . . . . . . 1. i. Wehoitschii. 



Perianth 1-1^ in. lonj 

 Leaves, linear. 

 Leaves glabrous 

 Leaves hispid 



2. L. Lindeni. 



3. L. Hardeggeri. 



4. L. Revoili. 



1. L. Welwitschii, Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 831. Stem 1 ft. 

 long, very flexuose, leafy in the upper half. Leaves oblong, acute, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous, sometimes uncinate at the tip, the largest 

 2-4 in. long, '|— 1 in. broad. Flowers solitary from the axils of the 

 upper leaves; pedicels ascending, cernuous at the apex, 1-2 in. long. 

 Perianth purplish-orange, J-| in. long; segments linear-oblong, connate 

 at the base. Stamens much shorter than the perianth ; filaments J in. 

 long. Ovary oblong, \-\ in. long; style as long as the ovary, with 

 3 spreading branches ^ in. long. — Sandersonia littonioides, Welw. ex 

 Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 262. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in woods, 2400-3800 ft., Tfel- 

 witsch, 1747 ! 



2. L. Lindeni, Baker. Stem short, erect, leafy over only about 

 ?) in. Leaves oblong, acute, sessile, subcoriaceous, glabrous, the largest 

 8 in. long, under 1 in. broad, some obscurely uncinate at the tip. 

 Flowers 3, on ascending ebracteate pedicels 1-2 in. long, cernuous at 

 the apex, from the axils of the upper leaves. Perianth 1-1 -J in. long; 

 segments lanceolate, ^ in. broad. Stamens less than half as long as the 

 perianth ; anthers linear, J in. long. Style trifid to the base. 



Mozaznb. Sisto German East Africa : Ujiji, on Lake Tanganyika, " frequent 

 in the Ourambo," received at Kew through Mr. L, Linden, in 1884, from the Belgian 

 consul at Zanzibar ! 



South Central. Congo Free State ; at Mpvveto (?) on Lake Moero, Descawps I 



3. L. Hardeggeri, Beck in Paulitschk. Expedit. Harar. 4:bl,Jig. 8-1). 

 Stem -J-1 ft. long, erect, densely leafy in the upper half. Leaves 

 crowded, ascending, sessile, linear^ subcoriaceous, glabrous, strongly 

 ribbed, the lowest 3-4 in. long, ^-J in. broad, some uncinate at the 

 tip. Flowers 2-3 from the axils of the upper leaves, on short, erect 

 pedicels. Perianth l^-lj in. long; segments oblanceolate-unguiculate, 

 acute, with a linear nectary on the claw. Stamens nearly as long as the 

 perianth; anthers linear, J in. long. Style -J in. long, with 3 falcate 

 branches. 



irile Xiand. British Somaliland : near Agarweyna and Dadab, Paulitschke, 

 and w ithout precise locality, Mrs. E. Lort-PMllips ! 



