Scilla.} - LILacezZ (Baker). 481 
Coast Region: Albany Div. ; rocks near New Year River, 2200 ft., Mac- 
Owan, 461! 
Eastern ReGion: Tembuland; between Morley and Umtata River, 1000- 
2000 ft., Drége, 4492 ! 
3. 8. rigidifolia (Kunth, Enum. iv. 330); bulb ovoid, 13-1 in. 
diam., crowned with numerous persistent bristles; leaves 5-6, lan- 
ceolate, rigidly coriaceous, strongly ribbed, glabrous, 3~1 ft. long, 
2-1 in. broad ; peduncle about as long as the leaves; raceme dense, 
3-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad ; pedicels articulated at the apex, 
lower spreading, I-11 in. long; bracts linear, 3 in. long; perianth 
white, tinged with green, campanulate, 4-2 in. long; segments 
oblong ; filaments linear, shorter than the perianth-segments ; ovary 
globose, green, stipitate; ovules 6-8 in a cell; style rather longer 
than the ovary. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii, 242, 8S. pallidi- 
flora, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 179. 
Var. 8, nervosa (Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xiii, 242); more robust, with 
be ad leaves and longer pedicels. Ornithogalum nervosum, Burchell, Trav. i. 
Var. y, Gerrardi (Baker) ; dwarfer, with fewer flowers and hairy linear leaves, 
8. Gerrardi, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xiii. 237. 
Coast Recion: King Williamstown Div. ; Keiskamma, Mrs. Hutton! Var. y, 
Albany Div.; Grahamstown Flats, MacOwan, 214! King Williamstown Div. ; 
Keiskamma, Mrs. Hutton ! 
- on Region: Aliwal North Div.; Witte Bergen, 5000-6000 ft., Drége, 
Katanari Rea@ion: Transvaal ; Apies River, Burke ! Barberton, 2600-4000 ft., 
Galpin, 620! and without precise locality, Sanderson! Var. 8, Hopetown Div. ; 
by the Orange River, Burchell, 2663! Griqualand West ; between Griqua Town 
and Witte Water, Burchell, 1968! Orange Free State; near Nelsons Kop, 
Cooper, 882! Bechuanaland; Batlapin Territory, Holub! Chooi Desert, Burchell, 
2337/2! Var. y, Orange Free State, Cooper, 875! 2980! 
Eastrrn Reoion: Tembuland; Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 577! Griqualand 
East ; Mountains near Kokstad, 5000 ft. Tyson, 1480! Natal, Buchanan / Plant! 
Var. 8, Natal; Inanda, Wood, 458! Clairmont, Wood, 1944! Var. y, Tembu- 
land ; Tabase, near Bazeia, 2500 ft., Baur, 378! Natal; Weenen County, South 
Downs, 5000 ft., Wood, 4393! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1829! 
4. 8. versicolor (Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 305); bulb globose; 
leaves 6-8, lanceolate, 6-9 in. long ; peduncle terete, as long as the 
leaves ; raceme conical, moderately dense, 5-6 in. long, 3}—4 in. 
diam. ; lower pedicels patent, 1}-2 in. long; bracts small,. lan- 
ceolate ; perianth campanulate, 3 in. long, white, tinged with green ; 
filaments linear, shorter than the perianth-segments ; ovary globose, 
bright lilac; ovules about 6 in a cell; style rather longer than the 
od 
ovary, Baker in Journ. Linn, Soe, xiii. 243. 
Sours A¥rica: without locality. No specimen at Kew. 
Described and figured from a living plant in the collection of Mr. Wilson 
Saunders at Reigate in 1871, introduced by Mr. Thos, Cooper. 
5. 8. Kraussii (Baker in. Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 243); bulb 
globose, 11-2 in. diam., not crowned with bristles ; leaves about 4, 
spreading, lanceolate, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, densely 
pubescent, 2-3 in. long; peduncle slender, 6-9 in. long; raceme 
