Xi/ris.] cxLii. XYRiDE.E (browx). 17 



sepals '2-l--2}f lin. long, i- lin. broad,linear-obl^i]iceolate, somewhat obtuse, 

 but shortly ari.state, golden-brown along the keel, colourless and mem- 

 branous on the sides ; keel broadly winged (about J as broad as the 

 .sides), distinctly ciliate from the base to the apex. Petals 2 lin. long 

 and the same in breadth, broadly obovate, denticulate, bright yellow. 

 Arms of the siaminodes with brush-like tufts of long yellow hairs, half 

 as long as the petals. Anthers linear-oblong, 1 lin. long. 



Mozaznb. Bist. Hritish Central Africa : Mashonaland, at Six-mile Spruit, 

 near Salisbury, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 152a ! 



14. X. makuensis, JSf. E. Br. Much branched and densely 

 tufted at the base. Leaves IJ-S in. long, including the j-H in. long 

 sheath, J-J lin. thick, filiform-subulate, very slightly compressed. 

 Peduncular-sheath f-4 in. long, with a subulate point J-j in. long. 

 Peduncles numerous, 3-12 in. long, ^-| lin. thick, filiform, subterete 

 or slightly compressed, with a raised line down one side, solid, glabrous. 

 Spike 3-4 lin. long, li-2|^ lin. thick, ovoid, becoming somewhat flat- 

 topped and obovoid in fruit, 3-6-flowered. Outer bracts 2-3 lin. long, 

 1-J| lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, keeled, entire, rigidly coriaceous, con- 

 cave, 3-nerved, blackish -brown, fading to dark olive-brown on the 

 margins, shining ; inner bracts similar to the outer, but complicate- 

 acute, more distinctly keeled, I -nerved, and of a rather ligliter olive- 

 brown ic the lower part, 2J-3J lin. long. Lateral sepals 2-'^^\ lin. long, 

 \ lin. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute, boat-shaped, nearly straight, olive- 

 brown, darker along the back ; keel with a moderately broad entire 

 wing, neither ciliate nor scabrid, not produced at the apex. Corolla- 

 lobes about 2^ lin. long, 2 lin. broad, cuneate-obovate, toothed, yellow. 

 Arms of the staminodes very short, with large dense brush-like tufts of 

 long yellow hairs. Anthers oblong. 



lM[ozam1>. Bist. Kast Equatorial Africa, Taylor ! Portuguese East Africa : 

 Miikua ; Namuli Mountains, Last! British East Africa: Xyasaland ; Mount 

 Mlanji, Whyte I Mlanji Plateau, McClounie ! and without precise locality, Buchanan^ 

 999! 



The subulate-filiform leaves and numerous blackish shining spikes readily distin- 

 gj:ish this from the other species. 



15. X. humilis, Kunth, Enum. iv. 15. Leaves 1J-2J in. long, 

 very narrowly linear, acute, membranous, striate, glabrous. Peduncles 

 2-5 in. long, filiform, slightly compressed, glabrous. Spike small, aboXit 

 2 lin. long, obovate-turbinate, about 3-flowered. Bracts about 7, 

 orbicular-obovate, emarginate, carinate above, with the apex slightly 

 recurved, fuscous on the back, with paler sides and green on the keel 

 in the upper part, subcoriaceous, shining. Lateral sepals narrow, 

 keeled, acute, glabrous. Capsule oblong, umbonate, 1 -celled, fuscous, 

 slightly shorter than the bracts. Seeds ellipsoid, ribbed, pointed at 

 each end, pale fuscous. — Nilss. in Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handl. xxiv. 

 no. 14, 40; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 133. 



Mozamb. Blst. Zanzibar, ex JSngler. 



Also in Madagascar and Mauritius. I have not seen a specimen from Zanzibar, 

 and therefore give a translation of Kunth's original description. 



