494 LiLiacez (Baker), [Scilla, 
55. 8. floribunda (Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 188); bulb sub- 
globose, 2-3 in. diam. ; leaves 5-6, lanceolate, a foot long, 14—2 in. 
broad, spotted. with dark green on a pale green ground; peduncle 
nearly a foot long, unspotted; raceme dense, finally 6-8 in. long, 
2 in. diam. ; pedicels }—3 in. long, lower cernuous ; perianth oblong- 
campanulate, 2 in. long, green, tinged inside with purple ; filaments 
pale purple in the upper half ; ovary stipitate, much produced at the 
base. Journ. Linn. Soc, xiii. 254. 
SoutH Arzica: without locality, cultivated specimen, Cooper ! 
Described from a living plant flowered by Mr. Wilson Saunders at Reigate in 
1870, introduced by Mr. Thomas Cooper. 
56. 8. princeps (Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 189); bulb globose, 
2-3 in. diam.; leaves 5-6, lorate-lanceolate, 13-2 ft. long, 2-2} in. 
broad, spotted with dark green on a pale ground; peduncle rather 
stout, curved, under a foot long; raceme dense, sometimes a foot 
long, 3-3} in. diam. ; central pedicels patent, 1-1} in. long, lower 
cernuous; perianth oblong-campanulate, 4 in. long, green tinged with 
purple ; filaments tinged with lilac in the upper half; ovary stipitate, 
much produced at the base. Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 254. 
Sours Argioa: without locality, cultivated specimen ! 
XL, ORNITHOGALUM, Linn. 
 Perianth persistent, campanulate, polyphyllous; segments sub- 
equal, patent, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, with or without a distinct 
few-nerved keel. Stamens hypogynous; filaments usually more or 
less flattened, often unequal; anthers oblong, versatile, dehiscing 
introrsely. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; ovules many in acell, superposed; 
style short or elongated; stigma eapitate. Capsule membranous, 
loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds globose or angled by pressure; testa 
thin, black ; albumen firm ; embryo short. 
Rootstock a tunicated bulb; leaves various in shape and texture, all radical; 
peduncle leafless; inflorescence a simple elongated or corymbose raceme ; bracts 
scarious, persistent; flowers usually white or yellow, never blue or mauve- 
DisterB. Widely spread in the Old World. Species about 100, 
ee Canvetia, Perianth-segments not keeled; style very short and 
Few-flowered ; peduncle short : 
Outer segments spotted at the tip : 
nig 2 in, long bergian 
erian vos ewe (1) ‘thu am. 
Perianth A inch long eve eee } speciosum. 
et ate ee,  e 3) maculatum, 
Outer segments concolorous : 
Flowers white : 
Leaves linear, usually2 ...  .., (4) diphyllam. 
