Tab. 5379. 

 SCILLA Natalensis. 



Natal Squill. 



Nat. Ord.' Liliace.e. — Hexandria Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 5308.) 



Scilla Natalensis; bulbo crasso ovoideo-subgloboso squamoso, foliis subcoseta- 

 neis lineari-lanceolatis (potius lato-lanceolatis) acuminatis acutis, scapo 

 erecto tereti foliis longiore, racemo siroplici longo multifloro, bracteii ad 

 basin cujusvis subulatis pedicello plane evoluto subpollicari fere dimidio 

 brevioribus, floribus pallide et amoene caeruleis, perianthii sexpartiti stellato- 

 patentis laciniis ellipticis obtusis, staminum filamentis edentulis subulatis 

 albis perianthio brevioribus, ovario ovato triloculari, stylo acuto. Planch. 



Scilla Natalensis. Planch, in II. des Sevres, ser. 1. v. 10. 1. 1043. 



Introduced to Europe by Mr. Van Houtte, from Natal, and 

 published in the ' Flore des Serres,' above quoted. M. Planchon 

 justly notices its affinity with the Cape Scilla plumhea of Dr. 

 Lindley, in Bot. Reg. t. 1355; but, besides the differences 

 stated by M. Planchon, that species has very few flowers in the 

 raceme, while this is remarkable for its very numerous ones. It 

 is a graceful and elegant species ; the pedicels are of the same 

 pale-blue colour as the corollas. 



Fig. 1. Fully expanded flower. 2. Pistil -.—magnified. 



may 1st, 1863. ' 



