Scilla,] Littacez (Baker). 487 
cernuous ; perianth campanulate, } in, long, bright mauve-purple both 
inside and out, down to the very base ; stamens nearly as long as the 
perianth ; filaments filiform, bright purple; ovary globose, stipitate, 
Sourg Arrica: without locality, cultivated specimen ! 
Described from a living plant that flowered with Max Leichtlin, at Baden- 
Baden, in Jene, 1878. 
28. 8. Galpini (Baker) ; bulb globose, 1 in. diam.; leaves 8-4, 
oblong-spathulate, sessile, 2~3 in. long, under an inch broad; peduncle 
slender, curved, 2-3 in. long ; raceme dense, subglobose, % in. diam. ; 
pedicels {1 in. long, bracts minute; perianth campanulate, bright 
mauve-purple, 3 in. long; stamens nearly as long as the perianth; 
filaments bright purple. 
Katanagi Recion: Transvaal; summit of Devil’s Kantoor, near Barberton, 
5600 ft., Galpin, 672 ! 
29. 8. oostachys (Baker) ; bulb 1 in. diam.; leaves 2, oblong or 
oblong-lanceolate, 3—4 in. long, an inch broad at the middle ; peduncle 
slender, 3~4 in. long; raceme dense, globose, an inch long and broad ; 
lower pedicels cernuous, 3—} in. long ; bracts minute ; perianth bright 
mauve-purple, 3-2 in. long; stamens as long as the perianth; filaments 
bright mauve-purple. 
Eastern Reeion: Natal; Upper Umkomaas, 5000-6000 ft., Wood, 4627! 
30. S. ovatifolia (Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 183) ; bulb globose 
2 in. diam. ; leaves 4, spreading, ovate, acute, 3-4 in. long, 2~3 in. 
broad, with a distinet cartilaginous margin and copious, round, green 
spots on a glaucous green ground ; peduncle stout, very short ; raceme 
dense, oblong, 2-3 in. long, 13-1} in. diam. ; central pedicels 3-} in. 
long, lower cernuous ; perianth campanulate, 3} in. long, bright 
mauve-purple inside, green outside at the base; filaments bright 
purple; ovary stipitate, globose, discoid at the base. S. lancea/folia 
var. ovatifolia, Baker in Journ. Linn, Sov. xiii. 252. 
Eastern Reotow: Griqualand East ; ragged mountain slopes around Clydes- 
dale, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1123! 
Described from a plant cultivated by Mr. W. W. Saunders between 1862 
and 1870, introduced by Cooper. 
31. 8S. lancesfolia (Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 182); bulb 
ovoid, 2-3 in. diam. ; leaves 6-8, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
finally 5-6 in. long, 14~2 in. broad at the middle, with blotches of 
dark green on a pale green ground ; peduncles 2-5 to a bulb, curved, 
2—4 in. long; raceme dense, oblong, 2-4 in. long, 13-1} in. diam. ; 
central pedicels 3-3 in. long, lower cernuous; perianth oblong-cam- 
panulate, green, more or less tinged with mauve-purple, ¢ in. long ; 
filaments bright purple; ovary globose, stipitate, Baker in Journ, 
Linn. Soc.xiii. 251. Lachenalia lanceafolia, Jacq. Collect. Suppl. 69 ; 
Je. ii, 17, t. 402; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 178; Red. Lil. i.t.59; Gaul. 
in Bot. Mag. t. 643. L. maculata, Tratt. Archiv. ii. 182, f, 168, 
Scilla maculata, Schrank. Fl. Monae. t. 100. Drimia lanceafolia, 
Gaul. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1380; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 
