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the base, 2 in, long, $ in. broad. Peduncle slender, erect, 3 in. 
long. Raceme lax, oblong, 1 in. long; pedicels 4—4 in. long, lower 
cernuous; bracts minute, deltoid. Perianth campanulate, purple, 54, in. 
long; segments oblong, reflexed from below the middle. Stamens as 
long as the perianth ; filaments bright purple. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, in sandy wooded pastures, Wel- 
witsch, 3823 ! 
T. S. edulis, Zngl. Jahrb. xv. 475. Bulb globose, 4—4 in. diam. 
Leaves 4-6, erect, sessile, linear, 14-3 in. long, ;4,—} in. broad at the 
middle, narrowed gradually to the apex and base. Peduncle very 
slender, 2-3 in. long. Raceme moderately dense, oblong, cylindrical, 
13-2 in. long; lower pedicels -4—4 in. long; bracts minute. Perianth 
campanulate, mauve-purple, 4 in. long ; segments linear-oblong. Stamens 
nearly as long as the perianth ; filaments mauve-purple. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, ser, iii., 
159! Uganda: in grassy places on the shore of Lake Nyasa, Wilson, 31! 
8. S. benguellensis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 
249. Bulb globose, 1-2 in. diam. Leaves 2-6, sessile, linear, suberect, 
4—6 in. long, 4—4 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to both ends. 
Peduncle flexuose, 2—3 in. long. Raceme dense, oblong, 1-14 in. long ; 
pedicels {—} in. long, lower cernuous ; bracts deltoid, minute. Perianth 
campanulate, 4 in. long; segments oblong, purple with a green keel. 
Stamens as long as the perianth—Eng]. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 
167. 
Lower Guinea. 
Welwitsch, 3831! 
Angola; Huilla, in dry pastures near Lopollo, 3800-5500 ft., 
9. S. polyphylla, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 249. 
Bulb globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 10-12, subterete, erect, 3 in. long, 
scarcely 4 in. diam. Peduncle as long as the leaves. Raceme lax, 
few-flowered, 4 in. long; pedicels as long as the perianth ; bracts 
minute, deltoid. Perianth purple, 4 in. long; segments reflexed from 
below the middle. Stamens as long as the perianth. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo and Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 
3832 ! 3833 ! 
10. S. indica, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 12. Bulb 
globose, 14-2 in. diam. Leaves 5-6, erect, lanceolate, sessile, 4 ft. long, 
clasping the base of peduncle. Peduncle about as long as the leaves. 
Raceme lax, oblong-cylindrical, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels {-4 in. long, the 
lower cernuous; bracts minute. Perianth campanulate, greenish- 
purple, 4 in. long; segments linear-oblong, spreading from the middle. 
Stamens rather shorter than the perianth ; filaments purple.—Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 250. Ledebouria hyacinthina, Roth ex Wight, 
Ie. t. 2040. 
Wile Land. Galabat: near Matamma, Schweinfurth, 13! 
