486 LiLiackz (Baker). [ Scilla, 
_ 28. 8. concinna (Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 285); bulb ovoid, 
middle-sized ; leaves 3-4, erect, lanceolate, 8-9 in. long, under an 
inch broad, barred transversely all over the back with purple blotches ; 
peduncle moderately stout, stiffly erect, } ft. long; raceme dense, 
oblong, 14-2 in. long, 1-14 in. diam. ; pedicels erecto-patent, 1-4 in. 
long; perianth campanulate, bright mauve-purple inside, 4-} in. 
long; stamens shorter than the perianth; filaments dark purple; 
ovary stipitate, discoid at the base. Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xiii. 
252. 
Sovurn Arnica: without locality, Cooper. No specimen at Kew. 
Described from a living plant in the garden of Mr. Wilson Saunders at Reigate 
about 1870, introduced by Mr. Thos, Cooper, 
24. 8, Cooperi (Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5580) ; bulb subglobose, 
1 in. diam. ; leaves 4-5, erect, lanceolate, 8-10 in. long, under an 
inch broad, striated on the back with purple and spotted towards the 
base ; peduncle curved, 4-6 in. long; raceme moderately dense, 
oblong, 2-3 in. long, 1-14 in. diam. ; central pedicels 33 in. long, 
lower cernuous; perianth campanulate, } in. long, green outside, 
bright mauve-purple inside; filaments filiform, dark purple; ovary 
stipitate, discoid at the base. Baker in Sauwnd. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 
7; Journ, Linn. Soc. xiii. 247. 
South Arica: without locality, cultivated specimen, Cooper ! 
Karauart Reeion: Orange River, cultivated specimen, Hort. Bull! 
25. 8. pusilla (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 183); bulb ovoid or 
oblong, about 1 in. diam., 1 in. long; tunics many, brown, firm in 
texture ; leaves 5-6, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 1}—2 in. 
long; peduncle as long as the leaves ; raceme dense, oblong, 1-1} in. 
Jong, ; in. diam, ; central pedicels 3-3 in. long, lower cernuous; 
perianth campanulate, } in. long, mauve-purple; stamens as long a8 
the perianth ; filaments bright purple; ovary sessile, globose. 
Easteen Reaion ; Tembuland ; hill sides, Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 293! 
26. 8. Rogersii (Baker); bulb globose, 1 in, diam.; leaves 5-6, 
sessile, lanceolate, 23-3 in. long,}1 in. broad at the middle, 
narrowed gradually to the base and apex; peduncles 2 to a bulb, 
slender, curved, as long as the leaves ; raceme dense, subglobose, $ in. 
long and broad ; central pedicels 4 in, long, lower cernuous ; perianth 
me agg $ in, long, sa purple inside and out; filaments dark 
purple orm, nearly as long as th ianth ; lobose 
stipitate, discoid at the base. « so ae 
SourH A¥Eica: without locality, Rogers / 
27. 8. Leichtlinii (Baker) ; bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam. ; leaves 2-3, 
spreading, oblong, acute, 2-8 in. long, 1-11 in. broad at the middle, 
copiously marbled with black protuberant spots on a bright greeD 
groundwork ; : peduncle slender, under an inch long ; raceme dense, 
globose, $-% in. long and broad; central pedicels } in. long, lower 
