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Chlorophytum Haygarthii, Wood & Evans, n. sp. 



Root fibres cylindrical, fleshy, 3-4 inches long. Radical 

 leaves 4-8, broadly linear, very firm in textnre, old ones break- 

 ing up into numerous fibres at base ; 8-12 inches long, 4-7 lines 

 wide, narrowing gradually to both ends, finely ciliate, other- 

 wise glabrous ; with 30 to 40 close prominent ribs. Stem 

 leaves much smaller, gradually decreasing in size upwards 

 sheathing at base. Peduncle stout, terete, simple, 4-6 inches 

 long to base of inflorescence, pubescent in upper portion, 

 glabrous below. Raceme 6-9 inches long, many flowered. 

 Bracts 2 to each flower, outer broad based, long acuminate, 

 scarious, 10-13 lines long, 4-5 lines broad ; inner much shorter, 

 lacerate at apex. Pedicels erecto-patent, 1-line long, solitary. 

 Perianth white with green stripe, 7 lines long, oblong, segments 

 narrowing to apex, keels 3-ribbed. Stamens 6, a little shorter 

 than the perianth. Capsule ovoid, triquetrous with obtuse 

 angles. Seeds numerous. 



Habitat : Zululand ; near 'Nkandhla Mountains, 4-5,000 

 feet alt, Legit, W. J. Haygarth (J. Medley Wood, No. 7448). 



Amongst South African species this comes nearest to 0. 

 vaginatum. Baker, is more robust, but not so tall, the racemes 

 are longer, the bracts and perianth much larger, leaves are 

 distinctly ribbed and firmer in texture, and the flowers different 

 in colour. 



Alepidea natalensis, Wood & Evans, n. sp. 



Herbaceous. Stem erect, striate, 12- 15 inches high. Radi- 

 cal leaves entire, petiolate, elliptic-oblong, mucronate, gradually 

 tapering to a winged and flattened petiole, edge ciliate with 

 bristles which reach up to 3-lines long, and which are con- 

 tinued to base of petiole ; 3 inches long, including petiole which 

 varies from half as long to fully as long as lamina. Cauline 

 leaves narrow oblong, acuminate, amplexicaul, ciliate, becoming 

 rapidly smaller upwards, and with more numerous and longer 

 bristles at base. Umbels forming a loose panicle, lower 

 branches of panicles 3-4 inches long, upper pedicels 1 inch or 

 less long. Involucre 6-7 lines diameter, the leaflets obovoid, 

 mucronate, the alternate smaller, all 3-5 veined. Mowers 

 pink. Fruit not seen. 



Habitat : Karkloof, range 4-5,000 feet alt. February, 1894. 

 Legit, J. Wylie, (Wood, No. 6243). 



This plant appears to come nearest to A. longifolia, E.M., 

 but differs in the following particulars : — Leaves are petiolate 

 not sessile, cilia of radical leaves are much more numerous, and 

 generally shorter ; segments of involucre are broader, obovate 

 and mucronate, not lanceolate, and flowers are pink, not white. 



