4 NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN CAPSULAR GAMOPHYLLOUS LILIACE®. 
has been so fully dealt with lately by Dr. Hooker that it is quite 
needless to do more than mention it here. It was discovered by Mr. 
ee Cooper, in the Baza tater Mountains, in the province of 
ented a plant to Kew, which may now be seen in the New Temperate 
House. It is the most distinct of all the species of this intricate genus, 
ery gla 
cous, and the stamens and style are exserted from the perianth from 
a quarter to half an inch. 
Scuimprnt, Baker, n.sp.—Folia 1-1}-pedalia arun- 
dinacea, levia, supra basin 4-6 lin. lata, venis tenuibus immersis 
obscuris utrinque costam 6-8, marginibus levibus. Scapus 1-1}- 
P cemus laxissi omnium 4 alis, expansus 21- 
lin. latus, 15-30-florus. Pedicelli 1-14 lin. longi. Bractese 
lanceola acu -4 lin. Perianthium valde 
—— sepissime flavum, interdum rubellum, 12-15 lin. longum, 
Genitalia diutine inclusa. Abyssinia, prov. Tigré vel Begember. 
Schimper, 1200 of his recently distributed gatherings of 1863-8! 
Marked at a glance from all the other species by its long lax raceme. 
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—Foliaignota. Racemus densissimus ad pede longus, expansus 14-2 
poll. longus, floribus néithis valde deflexis. Pedicelli 14-2 lin. longi. 
ramen sc ae A ai hater lin. longe. Perianthium 
flavu rubellum, 9-11 lin. lon supra ovarium constrictum, 
posters ore 24-3 lin. latum, aendis deltoideis 1 lin. longis. 
enitalia omnia exserta. Stylus ex perianthio demum 5-6 lin. exsertus. 
Abyssinia. Schimper in Herb. Candollei! May perhaps prove to be 
— with A. Quartiniana, A Rich. 
K. comosa, Hochst., in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exsic., no. 401.—., 
Folia pedals vel sesquipedalia, supra basin 4-6 lin. lata, ’ arundinacea 
levia, venis utrinque costam 10- 12, marginibus inte egris. Scapus 13-2- 
peda alis, Racemus densissim , 3- 6 poll. longus, floriferus expansus 
18-21 lin. latus, floribus inferioribus valde deflexis. Pedicelli $-1 lin. 
longi. Bractese lanceolate acute: 2-3 lin. longe. Perianthium flavum 
distincte constrictum, ore exsiecatum 2-24 lin. latum. Genitalia 
omnia exserta, staminibus longioribus vel stylo demum perianthio vix 
brevioribus. Abyssinia. Schimper, 401 in Herb. mag ee ~ nos. 
1146 and 1192 of 1863-8, sent from the provinces of T Be- 
gember. Very near pumila of the eRe from which it differs mmaculy ; 
by its SONS leaves and smaller bracts 
K. A, Baker, n.sp. —Folia 1-1}-pedalia, arun 
6-8, Sauer ‘egris Scapus 14-2-pedalis cemus 
preeceeee bipollicaris, expansus 21-24 lin. latus, floribus deflexis. 
icelli brevissimi acteze albz lanceolate acumina - 
onge. Perianthium purpureum, nullo modo rubellum, tubulosum, 
12-15 lin. longum, supra ovarium haud constrictum, or e exsiccatum 
14 lin. latum. Genitalia diutine inclusa. C.B.S. in eae “ Orange 
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