Scilla.} LILIACEZ (Baker). 483 
9. 8. leptophylla (Baker) ; bulb small, ovoid; leaves 5-6, tirm, 
subterete, glabrous, arcuate, 2 in. long, } lin. diam.; peduncle 
1-1} in. long; raceme dense, subglobose, }—3 in. long and broad ; 
pedicels 3-4 in. long, the lower cernuous; bracts minute, linear; 
perianth campanulate, bright mauve-purple, 3 in, long ; stamens as 
long as the perianth ; filaments bright purple. 
Katanazi Reaion ;: Transvaal ; Drakensberg Range, near the Devils Kantoor 
5200 ft., Bolus, 7628 ! : jes : ; 
10, 8. Barberi (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 247); bulb 
small; leaves linear, 2-3 in. long, } in. broad; peduncle: slender, 
2-23 in. long; raceme lax, oblong, 1-14 in. long, $ in. diam.; 
pedicels patent, 3-1 in. long, lower cernuous; perianth campanulate, 
bright purple inside, the base green outside; stamens nearly as long 
as the perianth; filaments filiform, bright purple; ovary stipitate, 
discoid ut the base. 
Eastern Reoion : Transkei; near the Tsomo River, Mrs. Barber, 805! Not 
in the Kew Herbarium. 
11. 8. minima (Baker in Saund, Ref. Bot. iii, App. 6); bulb 
ovoid, 3-1 in. diam. ; leaves 2-3, linear, suberect, 1-13 in. long; 
peduncle very slender, rather longer than the leaves; raceme 
moderately dense, oblong, 3~1 in. long, } in. diam. ; pedicels 3-2 in. 
long, lower cernuous; perianth campanulate, 2, in. long, green, 
more or less tinged with purple; stamens as long as the perianth ; 
filaments green, linear; ovary globose, stipitate. Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. xiii. 246. 
Crentrat Ree@ion: Aliwal North ; rocky heights near Kraai River, 4500 ft., 
Drege, 3510! : 
Katawart Recion: Transvaal: Magalies Berg, Burke ! 
12, 8. exigua (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xiii. 247); bulb small, 
ovoid ; leaves lanceolate, 1}-2 in. long, } in. ad, striped and 
spotted on the back with purple; peduncle slender, erect, 2-3 in. 
long ; raceme moderately dense, oblong, an inch long, } in. diam. ; 
pedicels 3-1 in, long, lower cernuous ; perianth campanulate, } in. 
long, bright mauve-purple inside, green at the base outside ; stamens 
shorter than the perianth ; filaments filiform, bright purple; ovary 
globose, stipitate, diseoid at the base. 
Eastern Region: Natal; near Camperdown, Sanderson, 670! Not in the 
Kew Herbarium. : 
13. S. inandensis (Baker); bulb ovoid, 3-2 in. diam.; leaves 
2-3, sessile, lanceolate, 3 in. long, 3-} in. broad at the middle, 
narrowed gradually to the base and apex; peduncle slender, curved, 
3-6 in. long ; raceme moderately dense, oblong, 1-1} in. long, 1 in. 
diam. ; central pedicels 1} in. long, lower cernuous ; perianth cam- 
panulate, 3-1 in. long, greenish outside, mauve-purple inside ; 
filaments filiform, bright purple, nearly as long as the perianth ; 
ovary globose, stipitate, discoid at the base. 
ae ee? Natal; Inanda, Wood, 680! near Tongaati River, Mrs. 
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