Scilla. | CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). 553 
1-2 in. long; lower pedicels cernuous, }-} in. long; bracts minute. 
Perianth campanulate, green, } in. long; segments linear-oblong, 
spreading from below the middle. Stamens rather shorter than the 
perianth.—Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 249. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: at Tsavo, Scott-Elliot, 6500! 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Zambesi Delta; Luabo River, Kirk ! 
British Central Africa: Boruma, on the Zambesi, Menyharth, 1101! Fort Young, 
Nicholson ! 
16. S. Buchanani, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1893, xiii. 568. Bulb 
globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 3, lanceolate, sessile, erect, unspotted, the 
largest 1 ft. long, under 1 in. broad. Peduncle green, flexuose, 
6-8 in. long. Raceme dense, oblong, 2 in. long; pedicels spreading, 
4-4 in. long, the lower cernuous; bracts minute, lanceolate. Perianth 
oblong, green, 4 in. long; segments linear-oblong, spreading from below 
the middle. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan, 193 ! 
Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in May 1893. 
17. S. pallidiflora, Engl. Jahrb. xv. 476. Bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam. 
Leaves 2—4, lanceolate, obtuse, 10-14 in. long, about 1 in. broad. 
Peduncle 8-10 in. long. Raceme cylindrical, 4—6 in. long; pedicels as 
long as the flowers; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth campanulate, } in. 
long; segments oblong, greenish. Stamens long as the perianth. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; at Abu Guroon’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, 
1848, Agad Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1908. 
No specimen at Kew. 
18. S. flaccidula, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 249. 
Bulb globose, 3 in. diam. Leaves 2-4, flaccid, lanceolate, 4—1 ft. long, 
4-8 lin. broad. Peduncle weak, as long as the leaves. Raceme lax, 
oblong, finally 3—4 in. long; central pedicels LA in. long; bracts 
minute, deltoid. Perianth campanulate, greenish, Z in. long ` segments 
linear-oblong, spreading from below the middle. Stamens as long as 
the perianth ; filaments pale. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 3820! 
19. S. Petersii, Zngl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 142. Leaves several, 
narrowly lanceolate. Peduncle slender, rather longer than the leaves. 
_Raceme conical, 30-flowered; pedicels spreading, half as long again 
as the flowers. Perianth campanulate, ae in. long; segments green 
upwards, white with a purple centre towards the base. Filaments 
purple. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi ; at Tete, and at 
Beira, at the mouth of the River Pungue (ex Engler), collector not stated, probably 
Peters. 
20. S. Fischeri, Engl. Pf. Ost.-Afr. C. 142. Bulb large. 
Leaves lanceolate from a broad base, 3—4 in. long. Peduncle 1 ft. or 
