428 MR. A. B. RENDLE ON THE 
six external divisions ; it is ? to 1 line long and bears a central 
style 1} line long. The membranous capsule splits into three 
1-seeded pieces ; the seeds are dark brown, ovoid or roundly ovoid 
in shape, and 13 line long. 
Near the Cape and Tropical African Scilla lanceefolia, Baker, 
but distinguished by its more ovate leaves, longer scape, and 
more slender less dense raceme. 
Scrzza (§ LEDEBOURIA) UYUIENSIS, sp. nov. Herba glabra, 
parva; bulbo pro planta magno; foliis 2 oppositis crassiusculis 
ovatis apice obtusis in basin vaginantem subito angustatis ; scapo 
erecto folia superante, a racemo brevidenso terminato; floribus ses- 
silibus breviter campanulatis ; petalis viridulis (?) basi in cupulam 
connatis, segmentis lineari-oblongis univittatis apice obtuso invo- 
lutis ; staminibus uniseriatis quam segmenta multo brevioribus ; 
filamentis brevibus triangularibus; antheris didymis versatilibus ; 
ovario rotundato, stylo erecto brevi. 
Hab. Uyui: W. E. Taylor, Dec. 1886. 
A small plant 34 inches above the rather large bulb, part of 
which is present in the specimen. The bulb is crowned by a 
pair of rather thick blunt ovate leaves suddenly narrowed at the 
base into a sheath about } inch long, the blade being 14 inch 
long by 1 inch broad, with about 15 well-marked nerves. The scape 
measures nearly 3 inches below the short, very crowded, oblong 
terminal raceme } inch long by 4 broad. There are about 20 
sessile, shortly campanulate flowers, the now greenish petals of 
which are connate at the base into a cup 3 line long, the free 
narrow segments being 1} line long by 3 line or a litile more 
broad ; the tip is rolled inwards, and there is a single central 
green line. The epipetalous stamens have very short, acutely 
triangular, now colourless filaments } line long, bearing yellowish 
anthers 3 line. The rounded ovary is sessile and without a disk, 
3 line long, and bears a short straight style 2 line. 
Near 8S. somaliensis, Baker, from Somaliland, but distinguished 
by the broader, blunter leaves, and the much shorter, very densely 
crowded raceme, the flowers of which are also smaller. 
Gioriosa virescens, Lindl. in Bot. Mag. t. 2539. 
Rabai Hills, Kisulutini, Oct. 1885, and Buni, Sept. 1885: W. E. 
Taylor. Lanjoro, Athi plains, April 22, and Guaso Laschau, 
Laikipia plateau: J. W. Gregory, June 13, 1893. 
Distrib, Tropical and South Africa. 
