550 CXL. LILIACE (BAKER). [Scilla. 
dense, oblong, 3-6 in. long, 1 in. diam. ; rhachis thick, rugose; pedicels 
4-1 in. long; bracts linear. Perianth whitish, $ in. long; segments 
linear-oblong, spreading from the base. Stamensas long as the perianth ; 
filaments linear. Style as long as the globose ovary; ovules 5-6 in a 
cell, superposed.—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 242. S. hispidula, 
Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 248, and Fl. Cap. vi. 481; 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 167. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in open bushy places near Lopollo, 3800- 
5500 ft., Welwitsch, 3830! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: on the higher plateau, North of Lake 
Nyasa, Thomson! between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa, 6000-8000 ft., 
Thomson! Urundi, common on bare hills, Scott-Elliot, 8311 ! 
Also widely spread in South Africa. 
3. S. Berthelotii, Webb, Phyt. Canar. iii. 337, t. 232. Bulb ovoid, 
4-3 in. diam. Leaves 5-6, spreading, lanceolate, sessile, 4—1 ft. long, 
4—2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base. Peduncle 
slender, 6-8 in. long. Raceme 1-2 in. long, 12—20-flowered ; pedicels 
short; bracts linear-subulate, minute. Perianth campanulate, e in. 
long, pale lilac or white; segments oblong, spreading from the base. 
Stamens rather shorter than the perianth. Ovary globose; style 
subulate, as long as the ovary ; ovules 2 in a cell, collateral.—H ook. fil. 
in Bot. Mag. t. 5308; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe, xiii. 236. 
Upper Guinea. Cultivated specimen from a bulb sent to Kew from West Africa 
by Barter ! 
Also in the Canaries. 
4. S. spicata, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 323. Bulb ovoid, 1 in. 
diam. Leaves 2, erect, lanceolate, acute, 2-5 in. long, 4 in. broad 
below the middle. Peduncle 4—6 in. long. Flowers in a dense spike 
1-2 in. long, 4-4 in. diam.; bracts and pedicels obsolete. Perianth 
campanulate, bright purple, 54, in. long. Stamens rather shorter than 
the perianth ; filaments very short. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Jur; east of the River Wau, Schweinfurth, 
1641! by the River Wau, Schweinfurth, 1652 ! 
5. S. oubanghiensis, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franç. Lil. 25. 
Bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam.; tunics blackish. Leaves 3—4, lorate, reaching 
a length of 6 in., above 4 in. broad, narrowed to the base, obtuse, with 
a minute cusp. Peduncle with raceme as long as the leaves. Raceme 
lax, 25-30-flowered, 2-3 in. long; bracts very minute ; pedicels patent, 
$-{ in. long. Perianth purple or greenish, } in. long. Stamens as 
long as the perianth. Style short. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: River Ogowe at Bangne, on rocks at the rapids 
of Oubanghi, Dybowski ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
6. S. arenaria, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 249. 
Bulb ovoid, 4-} in. diam. Leaves 3-6, linear, erect, narrowed to 
