554 CXL, LILIACEÆ (BAKER). [ Scilla. 
more long. Raceme cylindrical, 20—25-flowered ; pedicels rather shorter 
than the flowers, spreading or slightly recurved. Perianth campanulate, 
greenish. Anthers yellow. 
Mozamb., Dist. German East Africa, Fischer. 
No specimen at Kew. 
21. S. camerooniana, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 9. 
Bulb ovoid, ? in. diam. Leaves 3-4, erect, lorate, obtuse, minutely 
cuspidate, 4 ft. long, 4—3 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually 
into a long clasping petiole. Peduncle weak slender, 4—6 in. long. 
Raceme lax, 14-3 in. long, pedicels LA in. long; bracts minute. 
Perianth green, campanulate, 4-4 in. long; segments linear-oblong. 
Stamens rather shorter than the perianth; filaments tinged with mauve 
purple.—Journ. Linn. Soe. xiii. 248. 
Upper Guinea. Banks of the Cameroon River, Mann, 728! 2230! Buchholz ! 
Var, maculata, Hua, Contr, Fl. Congo Franç. Lil. 24, Leaves spotted. Flowers 
about 40 to a raceme. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: without precise locality, Thollon ! 
I cannot separate from this S. edulis, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Frang. Lil. 24, not 
Engl. (S. utilis, Hua, l.c. 25, under S. oubanghiensis, Hua), which is cultivated about 
Franceville and Brazzaville in French Congo, Thollon, 311! 886! 
22. S. Dybowskii, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franç. Lil. 25. Bulb 
globose, 14 in diam.; tunics brown. Leaves very unequal, lorate, 
6-10 in. long, above 1 in. broad, acute or obtuse, spotted at the base. 
Peduncle scarcely 4 ft. long. Raceme dense, oblong, 1-14 in. long; 
bracts minute; pedicels } in. long. Perianth campanulate, green, } in. 
long. Stamensas long as the perianth ; filaments purple. Ovary shortly 
stipitate ; style short. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: near the Kemo River, a tributary of the Dua 
or Mobange River, Dybowski, 762! 
No specimen at Kew, Very near S. camerooniana. 
23. S. zambesiaca, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 8. Bulb 
globose, 4 in. diam. Leaves usually 2, rarely 3, oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, 2—4 in. long, ł—1 in. broad, with a long sheathing 
base. Peduncle slender, 2-3 in. long. Raceme lax, oblong-cylindrical, 
2-4 in. long; pedicels 4-4 in. long; bracts minute. Perianth green, 
campanulate, 4 in. long; segments linear-oblong. Stamens rather 
igs than the perianth; filaments pale-——Journ. Linn. Soc. xil. 
247. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi, near Tete, Kirk! 
British Central Africa: Northern Zambesi ; Boruma, under the shade of trees after 
the first rains, Menyharth, 1102! Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 136! 
24. S. modesta, Baker. Bulb globose, 1-1} in. diam. Leaves 2, 
erect, sessile, oblong or lanceolate, acute, 2-6 in. long, $-1 in. broad at 
the middle, narrowed gradually to the base. Peduncle as long as the 
leaves. Raceme lax, oblong-cylindrical, 2-3 in. long; pedicels 1-4 in. 
long; bracts minute. Perianth campanulate, green, A in. long; 
