Scilla. | CLX, LILIACE# (BAKER) 557 
reflexing in the upper half. Stamens as long as the perianth. Style 
4 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British East Africa: Kilimanjaro expedition, 40-60 miles 
from the coast, Johnston ! 
34. S. lancezefolia, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 182. Bulb 
ovoid, 14—2 in. diam. Leaves 4-8, subpatent, sessile, oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, 4-6 in. long, pale green spotted with darker green. 
Peduncle curved, 2—4 in. long. Raceme dense, oblong, 2-3 in. long; 
pedicels longer than the flowers; bracts minute. Perianth campanu- 
late, purplish green, LA in. long; segments linear-oblong, spreading 
from below the middle. Stamens shorter than the perianth; filaments 
bright mauve-purple.—Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 251, and Fl. Cap. vi. 487. 
Drimia lanceefolia, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1380. Lachenalia 
lanceefolia, Jacq. Ic. t. 402; Bot, Mag. t. 643. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: temperate region of Huilla, Welwitsch, 3828 ! 
3829! Hereroland, Luderitz, 31 (ex Schinz), 
Also widely spread in South Africa, 
35. S. Ledieni, Zngl. in Gartenfl. 1889, t. 1294. Bulb’ globose, 
1 in. diam. Leaves 5-6, lanceolate, glaucous, 4—1 ft. long, 4—1 in. 
broad, rooting at the tip, spotted with green and near the base on 
the back with claret-brown. Peduncle spotted, 4 ft. long. Raceme 
moderately dense, 3 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts minute, 
ovate. Perianth campanulate, greenish, 4 in. long; segments linear 
from an ovate base, reflexing in the upper half. Stamens distinctly 
shorter than the perianth. 
Lower Guinea. Southern bank of the River Congo, near Musumbi, on marshy 
plains, 600 ft. above the river, Ledien. 
No specimen at Kew. 
36. S. congesta, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 250. 
Bulb globose, 14-2 in. diam. Leaves 3-4, sessile, lanceolate, acute, 
3-6 in. long, 1-1} in. broad near the base. Peduncle 3—4 in. long. 
Raceme subspicate, 2 in. long; lower pedicels yz in. long; bracts 
minute, deltoid. Perianth campanulate, green, } in. long. Stamens 
as long as the perianth. Ovary sessile—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr, 167. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; on hills near Lopollo, 3800-5500 ft., Wel- 
witsch ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
37. S. somaliensis, Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 476. Bulb globose, 
2 in. diam. Leaves lanceolate, } ft. long, 1 in. broad. Peduncle 
rather longer than the leaves. Raceme oblong, moderately dense, 2 in. 
long ; pedicels very short; bracts minute, ovate. ` Perianth greenish, 
1-1 in. long; segments linear-oblong. Stamens included ; filaments 
ale. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Ahl mountains, near Maid, 3000 ft., Hildebrandt, 
1470! between Dolo and Malsare, in stony bushy places, Riva, 1226 (£03) ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
