96 cxLvi. juxcACE.« (baker). \^L^izula^ 



1. L. Johnstoni, Buchen.in Enyl. Jahrh. xii. 79. Nearly allied to 

 L. Forsteri, DC. Stoloniferous. Leaves many iu a basal rosette, linear^ 

 8-4 in. long, slightly hairy. Stem very slender, erect, a foot or more 

 long, bearing 2-8 remote reduced leaves. Panicle small, lax, terminal ; 

 branch- bracts subulate ; branches very slender, ascending ; flowers 

 solitary, sessile ; flower-bracts ovate, acuminate, bright brown, shorter 

 than the perianth. Perianth -segments lanceolate, acute, bright brown^ 

 •J in. long. Stamens (I, much shorter than the perianth. Capsule sub- 

 Sflobose, stramineous, much shorter than the perianth. — Engl. Hochge- 

 birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 157 ; Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 187. 



Mozamt). I>lst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 8000-9000 ft., Johnston, 

 28! 



2. L. campestris, DC, var. Mannii, Buchen. in Engl. Jahrh. xii. 

 159. Leaves many in a basal rosette, linear, 4-12 in. long, \ in. broad, 

 densely ciliated towards the base. Stem ^-1 ft. long, erect, bearing 1-2 

 reduced leaves. Panicle subumbellate, composed of several peduncied 

 clusters or congested by the suppression of the peduncles ; branch-bracts 

 linear-subulate, 1-8 in. long, densely ciliate towards the base ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, acuminate, scariose, pale green, as long as or shorter than 

 the flowers. Perianth- segments lanceolate, acuminate, dark brown, ^ in. 

 long. Stamens 6, rather shorter than the perianth. Capsule ovoid- 

 trigonous, rather shorter than the perianth. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 157. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, 10,000-13,500 ft,, Mann, 

 2108 ! Johnston I Fernando Po : summit of Clarence Peak, SOOO ft., Mann, 658 1 

 1467! 



Nearly allied to the European L. mullijlora, Lej. 



The species is almost cosmopolitan, concentrated in the North Temperate zone. 



3. L. spicata^ DC, var. simensis, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. 

 Exsicc. 1 1 54. Shortly stoloniferous. Basal leaves several, linear, 8-4 in. 

 long, glabrous when mature. Stem slender, J-1 ft. long, erect, bearing 

 2-d erect -reduced leaves. Inflorescence a small, oblong, erect, congested 

 panicle ; lower branch-bracts linear, denselj' ciliate at the base ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, acuminate, brown with stramineous tip and edges, shorter 

 than the perianth. Perianth-segments dark brown, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, yV in. long. Stamens 6, much shorter than the perianth. 

 Capsule ovoid -trigonous, about as long as the perianth. — Buchen. in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xii. 128 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 157; Pfl. Ost- 

 Afr. C. 137. L. ahyssinica, Pari. Fl. Ital. ii. 810. L. niacrotricha, 

 Steud. Syn. Fl. Glum. ii. 294. 



ISrile Iianda Abyssinia : Samen ; Demerki IVJountains, Schimper, 1154; Bege- 

 meder ; Mount Guna, 11,700 ft., Schimper, 1328. British East Africa : Mount 

 Kenia, in the Bamboo zone, 5000-6000 ft., Gregory. 



The type occurs on the mountains of the North Temperate zone in both hemi- 

 spheres. 



4. If. Volkensii, Buchen. in Enyl. Jahrh. xxi. 192. Leaves 6-8 to 

 a stem, erect, linear, 3-4 in. long, J in. broad, thick, firm, ciliate with 



