Scilla. | CXL. LILIACEH (BAKER). 555 
segments linear-oblong. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth; 
filaments pale. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; at Wau Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1908 ! 
25. S. richardiana, Buching. ex Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. ii. 
App. 11. Bulb ovoid, }-? in. diam. Leaves 2, suberect, oblong or 
oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, 4-1 in. broad, with an entirely 
Sheathing petiole. Peduncle 2-3 in. long. Raceme lax, oblong, 
14-3 in. long; lower pedicels 4—4 in. long; bracts minute. Perianth 
campanulate, JL in. long, green or slightly tinged with purple; 
Segments oblong-lanceolate. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth.— 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xiii. 249; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 
168; Hratobotrys bifolia, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 326; 
Drimia bifolia, Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Æthiop. 294, name only. 
Nile Land, Abyssinia: Walcha Plateau, in the province of Sana, Schimper, 
1622! Tigre ; between Mai Gouagoua and Debra Sina, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 46 
(80)! Amba Sea, Schimper, 1855 (ex Engler), and without precise locality, 
Schimper, 572 ! 
26. S. chlorantha, Baker. Bulb globose, 14 in. diam. Leaves 3, 
erect, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, $ ft. long, 1-2 in. broad at the 
middle, narrowed gradually to an entirely clasping petiole. Peduncle 
4 in. long. Raceme cylindrical, moderately dense, 3—5 in. long; pedicels 
spreading, 4—4 in. long; bracts minute. Perianth campanulate, green, 
$ in. long; segments linear-oblong. Stamens rather shorter than the 
perianth ; filaments green. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; at Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1795! 
ser. iii. 162 ! 
27. S. platyphylla, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 250. 
Bulb large, subglobose, Leaves 4, erect, oblong, acute, 4 ft. long, 
13-2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the sessile base. 
Peduncle moderately stout, as long as the leaves. Raceme dense, 
oblong, 14-2 in. long; pedicels all ascending, $-{ in. Jong; bracts 
minute, deltoid. Perianth campanulate, green, 4 in. long; segments 
linear-oblong. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth.— Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 167. 
Lower Guinea. Angola; Huilla; among bushes on hilis between Lopollo and 
Catumba, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 3826! : 
28. S. uyuiensis, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 428. Bulb 
rather large. Leaves 2, ovate from a short sheath, rather thick in 
texture, 14 in. long, 1 in. broad. Peduncle 3 in. long. Flowers 
about 20, in a short dense spike. Perianth campanulate, greenish, } in. 
long. Filaments triangular, 4 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Uyui, Taylor. 
No specimen at Kew. 
29. S. cordifolia, Baker. Bulb not seen. Leaf thin, cordate- 
ovate, obtuse, 14-2 in. long; petiole entirely clasping the base of the 
