540 CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). [ Urginea. 
Peduncle 2-23 times the length of the leaves, shortly pilose. Raceme 
dense, many-flowered, broadly conical; pedicels slender, 1} times 
longer than the perianth; bracts lanceolate. Perianth segments 
oblong, white, 1-nerved. Stamens as long as the perianth; anthers 
oblong. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Beira, Braga! 
No specimen at Kew, 
13. U. indica, Kunth, Enum. iv. 333. Bulb globose, 2-3 in. 
diam. Leaves developed after the flowers, linear, glabrous, 4—1 ft. 
long. Peduncle fragile, slender, 1-2 ft. long. Raceme very lax, 
3-1 ft. long; pedicels ascending, the lower finally 1-2 in. long; bracts 
minute, deltoid, evanescent. Perianth funnel-shaped, 4-4 in. long; 
segments oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, whitish, with a 2~3-nerved 
brownish-green keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth; anthers 
linear-oblong, 4 in. long; filaments slightly flattened, } in. long. 
Capsule oblong, subacute, 4—3 in. long.— Wight, Ic. t. 2063; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 222; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. 1. 
76,111. U. senegalensis, Kunth, Enum. iv. 334. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia: near Richard-Tol, Lelievre. Sierre Leone: 
Wallia, Scott-Elliot, 4572! Durunia, Scott-Elliot, 4817! Lomaburn, Scott-Elliot, 
5019! and without precise locality, Morson ! Niger Territory: Nupe, Barter, 1099! 
Dagomba ; Salaga, Krause, 41! 
Nile Land. Eritrea: near Dessi, Schweinfurth & Riva, 1779 ; and near Saati, 
1000 ft., Schweinfurth § Riva, 50. British East Africa: Ghazal River, at Meshra. 
Schweinfurth, 1262! 1279! 
Also in India. 
14. U. zambesiaca, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 223. Bulb 
ovoid, 2 in. diam. Leaves narrowly linear, glabrous, not contemporary 
with the flowers. Peduncle moderately stout, 2 ft. or more long. 
Raceme very lax, above 1 ft. long; pedicels ascending, the lower ł-1 in. 
long; bracts minute, deltoid, fugacious. Perianth funnel-shaped, } in. 
long ; segments oblanceolate-oblong, whitish, with a 2—3-nerved greenish- 
brown keel, Stamens shorter than the perianth ; anthers small, oblong ; 
filaments linear. Capsule globose, } in. diam. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; near Expedition 
Island, Kirk, 128! 
15. U. petitiana, Solms in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. dithiop. 294. 
- Bulb subglobose, 1-14 in. diam. Leaves linear, glabrous, not contem- 
porary with the flowers. Peduncle moderately stout, stiffly erect, 2 ft. 
long. Raceme cylindrical, dense in the upper half, 4 ft. long; pedicels 
very short, ascending ; bracts linear-subulate, not spurred, }—} in. long. 
Perianth 4—4 in. long; segments white, with a 2—3-nerved greenish- 
brown keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth; anthers small, 
oblong; filaments linear. Style not exserted.—Scilla petitiana, A. Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 328. 
Wile Land. Galabat: Matamma, Schweinfurth, 21! Abyssinia: mountains of 
Shoa, Petit. 
