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interioribus paulo breviora, antheris omnibus fertilibus, filamentis 
applanatis. Stylus‘ triqueter, trisulcatus, validus, ovario oblongo 
ior. 
TRANSVAAL. Adlam. Flowered at Kew, June, 1897. 
564. Albuca (Falconera) nyikensis, Baker [Liliaceæ - Scillex] ; 
ad A caudatam, Jacq., et A. fastigiatam, Dryand., magis accedit. 
Bulbus globosus, magnus. Folia linearia, glabra, deorsum 
9 lin. lata, ad apicem sensim attenuata. Palincubiss " elongatus, 
validus, teres. Racemus laxus, cylindricus, inc pedalis, 
pedicellis e ibus, infimis 11-2 poll. longis; bracteæ 
lanceolate, acuminate, pedicellis breviores. Per janthium oblon- 
m, poll. niii: segmenta lineari-oblonga, alba, dorso 
carinata, carina lete viridi multinervata. Stamina perianthio 
ulo breviora, antheris € fertilibus, Dioni tis linearibus. 
Ovarium oblongum; stylus validus, ovario paulo longior. 
Capsula ovoidea, 9 lin. oe, Semina multa, turgida, opaca, 
brunnea. 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. Nyika plateau, alt. 6000-7000 ft., 
Whyte, 246. 
565. MENU E tei africana, N. E. Brown [ Aroides]; R. Kunst- 
leri, Hook.” fil., oa differt venis magis ascendentibus 
et spatha mene ri 
Caulis alte Suppe. 80-100 wn der. parte florifera 6 lin. 
crassus. Foliorum petioli 6-10 lin longi; lamins 8-21 poll. 
longe, 24-4} poll pers dente IN speci bep acuminate, 
ale: 
sessilis, 34-4 poll. longus. Ovarium imperfecte 2-loculare, ovulis 
pluri 
Coan GUINEA. Fernando Po, Mann, 103. Sierra Leone, near 
Sakuru, Scott Elliot, 4940, and near Kurusu, Scott Elliot, 5524. 
Ashantee, Assin-yan-Coomassie, Cummins, 47 
566. Rhaphidophora pusilla, N. E. Brown [Aroidem]; species 
caule tenüissimo et spathis parvis facile distinguitur 
Caulis tenuissimus, 3-1 lin. crassus, radicans, gla bors Foliorum 
petioli 4—42 poll. longi ; laminæ 5-61 poll. longe, 11-14 poll. late, 
suboblique. FEDERE acuminate, "basi cuneato-acute, utrinque 
glabre, venis num s parallelis. Pedunculi 1}-2 poll longi, 
— quam petioli lee breviores. Spatha 1-9 lin. longa, 
a 3 lin. diam., dum convoluta cylindrica subulato-rostrata. 
Spadiz 4-5) lin. longus, sessilis. Ovarium imperfecte 2-loculare 
pluriovulatum. 
FRENCH CONGO TERRITORY. Gaboon: Sierra del Crystal 
Mann, 1700. 
567. Pennisetum rcr s pee SURE Stapf [Gramineæ- 
Paniceæ] ; P. uniseto, Benth., millima, sed gluma ii. magis 
evoluta 3-5-nervi, et glumis iii. e Á similibus distincta. 
