548 CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). [Ornithogalum. 
long ; bracts scarious, acuminate. Perianth ZA in. long; segments 
qz—} in. broad, yellow, 3-4-nerved. Filaments dilated at the base. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Great Namaqualand ; Rehoboth, 
Fleck, 890, 
No specimen at Kew. 
27. SCILLA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 814. 
Perianth polyphyllous ; segments subequal, oblong or linear-oblong, 
l-nerved in the keel, spreading from the base or above it. Stamens 6, 
not longer than the perianth, attached to the base of the segments; 
filaments filiform ; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary globose or oblong, 
3-celled, sessile or stipitate; ovules many, superposed, or 2 collateral ; 
style subulate ; stigma minute, capitate. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. 
Seeds turgid; testa black or brown-black; albumen fleshy; embryo 
straight, cylindrical.—Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves all basal, 
contemporary with the flowers. Inflorescence racemose; pedicels not 
articulated ; bracts scariose, persistent, Flowers blue varying to white, 
mauve-purple or greenish, 
Species 100, spread throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa ; many in South Africa, 
*EUSCILLA. Perianth-segments spreading from the 
base. 
Flowers green. 
Leaves linear. 
Leaves 2-3 in. long . 
Leaves 6-7 in. long 
Leaves lanceolate. 
Peduncle short. 
Leaves subcoriaceous, finely veined 1. S. setifera. 
Leaves rigid, strongly veined 2. S. rigidifolia. 
Leaves fleshy, finely veined . 3. S. Berthelotii. 
*“*LEDEBOURIA. Perianth-segments spreading from above 
the base. 
T Perianth 4,1 in. long, campanulate. 
Flowers mauve-purple. 
Inflorescence spicate . : ` S : . 4. S. spicata. 
Inflorescence racemose. 
Bulb small, 
Leaves lorate 5. S. oubanghiensis, 
Leaves linear. 
Leaves 2-3 in. long. 
Perianth +, in. long 6. S. arenaria. 
Perianth 4 in. long 7. S. edulis. 
Leaves 4—6 in, long . 8. S. benguellensis. 
Leaves subterete . . 9. S. polyphylla. 
Bulb large , 10. S. indica. 
. S. Schweinfurthii. 
. S. gabunensis. 
Raceme very lax . 18. S. laxiflora. 
Raceme rather lax 14. S. Simiarum. 
Raceme dense 15. S. maesta. 
Peduncle 4—1 ft. or more long. 
Peduncle shorter than the leaves. 
