556 CXL, LILIACEE (BAKER). [Scilla. 
peduncle. Peduncle slender, 14-2 in. long. Raceme moderately 
dense, oblong, 14-2 in. long; pedicels cernuous, 3-4 in. long; bracts 
minute. Perianth campanulate, greenish, } in. long; segments linear- 
oblong. Stamens as long as the perianth; filaments pale. Style as 
long as the ovary. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan, 194! 
30. S. tayloriana, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc, xxx. 426. Bulb 
ovoid, 1 in. diam. Leaves 3, very thin, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 6 in. 
long, 15-20 lin. broad, narrowed into a long sheathing petiole. 
Peduncle under a foot long. Raceme 5-11 in. long; pedicels longer 
than the flowers, the upper tinged with purple. Perianth campanu- 
late, 4 in. long; segments ligulate, lilac-purple passing upwards into 
green, Filaments and style bright purple. 
Mozamb. Dist. British East Africa: on the Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, 
Taylor, 
No specimen at Kew. 
31. S. Hildebrandtii, Baker. Bulb ovoid, under 1 in. diam.; 
outer tunics brown, membranous. Leaves 3, contemporary with the 
flowers, ovate or oblong, 3—4 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, rounded to a 
cuneate base, nearly sessile, very thin and membranous. Peduncle 
slender, as long as the leaves. Raceme very lax, 3 in. long; many 
lower flowers imperfect and deciduous ; pedicels patent or erecto-patent, 
4-3 in. long; bracts minute. Perianth bright purple, }-} in. long; 
segments linear-complicate from a lanceolate base. Stamens as long as 
the perianth ; filaments bright purple; anthers minute, oblong, yellow. 
Capsule 4 in. diam., deeply emarginate at the apex. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba ; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2644! 
32. S. lilacina, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 13. Bulb 
ovoid, 14 in. diam. Leaves 6-8, thin, suberect, cblong-lanceolate, 
acute, 3-4 in. long, 1-1} in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually 
into a channelled petiole as long as the blade. Peduncle 4-6 in. long. 
Raceme lax, cylindrical, 3-5 in. long; pedicels 4-4 in. long ; bracts 
minute. Perianth tubuloso-campanulate, pale purple, } in. long; seg- 
ments ligulate. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth; filaments 
bright mauve-purple.—Lratobotrys lilacina, Fenzl ex Kunth, Enum. iv. 
679. Drimia lilacina, Schweinf. Beitr. Fl, Æthiop. 294. 
Nile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy, 391! Pfund, 299! 
33. S. Johnstoni, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 351. 
Bulb globose, 14 in, diam. Leaves ovate or oblong, shortly petiolate, 
obscurely cuspidate, 4—5 in. long by half as broad. Peduncles 4 to a 
bulb, 8-9 in. long. Racemes moderately dense, 5-6 in. long; central 
pedicels 4-4 in. long; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth cylindrical, 
green upwards, mauve-purple in the lower half; segments linear, 
