281 
Caules op tee pubescentes. Folia ie Pre acuta, brevite 
petiolata, 8-9 poll. longa, medio 21-3 poll. lata, ad basin doe 
angustata, bee en. facie glabrata, dorso ‘pubescentia, e basi 
ad medium triplinervia. Panicule axillares, monoice, foliis 
paulo breviores, ramis pubescentibus patulis vel reflexis, cymis 
ad apices ramulorum DONEC Perianthit segmenta ovata, 
acuta, pubescentia, # lin. peer Stamina perianthio equilonga, 
dd feminei et fructus i Mya 
ASCAR. Forest of Ambohimitombo, province of Tanala, 
Ea 1450-1560 ft., fois A Major, 270. 
546. Gymnosiphon squamatum, C. H. Wright [Burmanniaces] ; 
G. usambarico, Engl., proximum, sed perianthii lobis exterioribus 
eee diffe rt. 
a A cese Caulis ascendens, 3-4 poll. longus. 
Folia se squamas 1 lin. longas reducta. Inflorescentia terminalis, 
cymosa. Perian Aisa infundibuliforme, 3 lin. longum; lobi 
exteriores integri, ovati, interiores desunt. Stamina perianthii 
faucibus affixa. Ovarium globosum, uniloculare, multiovulatum ; 
stylus giesa Pb squilongus, stigmate trilobato. Capsula 
globos 2 lin. dia 
EST Tubi AFRICA. Sibange Farm, Gaboon, Soyauz, 
167 168; Efulen, Cameroons, Bates, 311, 
de PI godes luteo-nigra, Baker [Irides]; S. bicolorem 
Baker, mds ccedit : recedit segmentis st iie tubo paulo 
Tees ibus 
Cormus Sheen 9 lin. diam., tunicis membranaceis brunneis. 
Folia basalia 4-5, teretia, gracilia, rigida, glabra lo 
superantia, pedalia, 4 gut diam. Pedunculus brevis, strictus, 
erectus, uniflorus, 2 poll. longus ; Tian valvæ 2, lineares, 
æquilongæ, sursum rigidæ, deorsum mbranaceæ. Perianthii 
tubus gracilis, cylindricus, gr ‘dilatatus 14-15 lin. longus; 
segmenta oblonga, tubo lon aca, dorso PAgreson p MN 
15-18 lin. longa. Genitalia (Une distingte brevio 
CAPE COLONY. Queenstown division, on the summit of the 
Andries Berg, near Baileytown, alt. 6350 ft., and on the Hangklip 
Mountains, alt. 6600 ft., Galpin, 1516. 
Aristea nyikensis, nd A rama ad A. paniculatam, Pax, 
a pm , Baker) magis ace 
Caulis pedalis, rate ae alatus, foliis 4—5 remotis 
lia lin nde edi 
preditus. Fo earia, ascendentia, media 8-9 poll. longa 
3—1 lin. lata, Poparone sensim minora. Panicula laxa, thyrsoidea, 
capitulis flor 3-4 supremis sessilibus; pedunculi florum 
inferiorum hevo erecto-patentes ; pedicelli 2 lin. longi. Peri- 
anthium ignotum. Capsula oblongo-globosa, 23 lin. longa, obtuse 
angulata, valvis demum torulos 
sco CENTRAL Sede Nyika plateau, 6000-7000 ft., 
yte. : 
