478 Litiacez (Baker). [Eucomis. 
than in FZ. undulata, and not undulated towards the edge, finally 
1-1: ft. long, 3-4 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually from 
the middle to the base ; peduncle clavate, 3-6 in. long ; raceme dense, 
oblong, 3-6 in. long, 14-2 in. diam.; leaves of the coma 12-20, 
oblong, acute, membranous, crisped, 13-2 in. long; upper flowers 
patent ; lower cernuous; pedicels very short; perianth green; } in. 
long ; segments oblong ; stamens half as long as the perianth. Wild. 
Sp. Plant. ii. 93; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 623; Kunth, 
Enum. iv. 802; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xiii. 225. £. clavata, a 
Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 238. 4 
SouTH AFRIcA: without locality, Masson ! . 
Katauanzi Reoion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 1194! 1196! 
9. E. nana (Ait. Hort. Kew. i, 432; edit. 2, ii. 245); bulb 
globose, 2 in. cliam.; leaves about 8, lingulate, obtuse, firmer in 
texture than in EZ. punctata and Z. undulata, suffused with purple on 
the back towards the base, not undulated, finally 13-2 ft. long, 
8-4 in. broad above the middle, narrowed gradually from the middle 
to the base ; peduncle short, clavate, an inch thick at the top, spotted 
with purple; raceme dense, oblong, 3-4 in. long, 2-2} in. diam. ; 
pedicels scarcely any; leaves of the coma 12-20, oblong, acute; 
perianth green, } in. long; segments oblong ; filaments } in. long, 
lanceolate in the lower half. Jacq. Collect. iv. 213; Hort. Schoenbr. 
i. 47, t. 92; Thunb. Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 316; Gawl. in Bot. 
Mag. t. 1495 ; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 623. Ornithogalum 
nanum, Thunb. Prodr. 62. Basilea nana, Zuccagn. in Roem, Coll. 
136 ; Poir. Encyc. Suppl. i. 590. 
Var. purpureocaulis (Baker); peduncle coloured purple ; leaves of the coma 
a with purple. E. purpureocaulis, Andr. Bot, Rep.t. 369; Tratt. Thes. 
Soutn Arrica: without locality, Masson! 
Easteen REGION: Natal ; South Downs, 5000-6000 ft., Evans, 401! Tugela 
Valley, Boyle! : 
Mainly described from a plant that flowered at Kew in 1878. 
XXXIX. SCILLA, Linn. 
Perianth polyphyllous, persistent, campanulate or oblong ; segments 
subequal, l-nerved, spreading from the base or a short space above 
it. Stamens 6, attached to the base of the perianth-segments; 
filaments filiform, or slightly flattened; anthers oblong, versatile, 
dehiscing introrsely. Ovary sessile, or shortly stipitate, 3-celled ; 
ovules 2, collateral, or several, superposed ; style filiform ; stigm® 
capitate. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds globose, or anglet 
by pressure ; testa black ; albumen firm, : 
Rootstock a tunicated bulb ; leaves all radical, subterete or flat ; inflorescence 
a simple raceme ; bracts small; flowers generally blue or mauve-purple. ; 
