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XXV. On a New Genus of Liliacege from East Tropical Africa. 
By JOHN King M.D., F.L.S. 
(Plate LII.) 
Read May 5th, 1864. 
Genus WALLERIA, Kirk, nov. gen. 
Perigonium corollinum sex-partitum ; laciniis zequalibus, patentibus; tubo brevissimo, libero. Stamina 
sex, zqualia; filamenta brevissima, compressa, glabra, tubo perigonii unita. Anthere elongatz, 
mutice, basifixe, biloculares, discrete v. ad apices unite, basi exappendiculate, poro aperte. 
Ovarium liberum v. quasi immersum, triloculare, ovulis plurimis in loculis biseriatis. Stylus 
filiformis, erectus. Stigma simplex.—Herbx Africanz, foliaceæ, foliis lineari-lanceolatis; floribus 
pedicellatis, axillaribus, solitariis; pedicellis unibracteatis. 
WALLERIA NUTANS, Kirk, sp. nov. (Pl. LII. fig. I.) 
Diag. character.—Leaves alternate, linear ; flowers pendulous. Peduncles with a bract near the extremity 
next the flowers. Stamens united at the apex into a tube, opening by pores from partial dehiscence 
at the apex. Ovary quite free, on an expanded receptacle. 
Herbaceous, 2 feet in height ; stem rounded, with alternate linear leaves, the upper bearing solitary flowers 
in the axils at the end of long peduncles furnished with a small bract at the extremity. Flowers 
drooping. Perianth six-parted, having a short cup-shaped tube with rotate partly reflexed seg- 
ments, the outer three mucronate, having seven veins, inner acuminate, with five veins. Stamens six, 
equal, all fertile. Filaments short, triangular, united to the cup of the perianth and with each other 
by a membrane, glabrous. Anthers connivent into a tube, united at the upper part, without any 
prolongation at the apex, and equal at base, linear-lanceolate, opening by partial dehiscence of the 
extremities. Ovary trilocular, included in the tube of the perianth, with several ovules in the centre 
of each cell, quite free from the perianth. Style filiform, projecting slightly beyond the staminal 
tube. Stigma simple, undivided. 
Discovered in the Manganja Hills, at an altitude of 4000 feet above the sea, by Horace Waller, Esq. 
WaLrERIA Mackenzit, Kirk, sp. nov. (Pl. LII. fig. 11.) 
Diag. character.—Leaves lanceolate. Flowers erect, on axillary stalks bearing a bract at or below the 
middle. Stamens free ; opening by a single terminal pore. Ovary slightly immersed in the receptacle. 
Herbaceous, 2 feet in height. Leaves alternate, lanceolate. Flowers on axillary stalks having a bract 
under the middle. Perianth six-parted, rotate; tube very short, in form of a cup. Segments of 
perianth in double series, the outer with from seven to nine veins, inner with five. Stamens six, 
equal, all fertile, quite free ; filaments glabrous, arising from the tube, and united with each other by 
a membrane at base. Anthers opening by a terminal pore. Ovary trilocular, with several ovules in 
the angles of each, partly immersed in the extremity of the stalk. 
Native of the Manganja Mountains, at the late Bishop Mackenzie’s mission-station. Discovered by 
Horace Waller, Esq. 
Both species were discovered growing side by side in the mountains of East tropical 
