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whitish, sub-globose-campanulate, sin. to $in. long ; lower i- 
a cels 4in. to lin. long; raceme equilateral, rather loosely six to 
$ twelve-flowered ; scape bin. to 9in. long. May. l five or six, 
glabrous, ascending, linear-lorate, żin. to ĝin., or in cultivated 
specimens lin., broad, sub-obtuse, convex at back. Spain and 
ay — 
Fic. 447. SCILLA HISPANICA; Showing Habit and detached Single 
Flower. 
ortugal, 1683. Hardy. See Fig. 447. Syns. S. campanulata 
(B. M. 127), S. patula, Agraphis paniculata, The variety figured 
in B. M. 1102 has spreading, rather smaller flowers. The follow- 
ing forms, quoted in nurserymen’s catalogues, differ in the 
colour of the flowers: alba, pure white; aperta, light blue; 
a. purpureo-striata, light blue, with deeper stripe; carnea, flesh- 
coloured; EMPEROR, porcela'n, lined blue, very large and 
beautiful. a ; 2 
S. Hughii (Hugh’s). A form of S. peruviana glabra. 
S. humifusa (prostrate). A. perianth reddish-green, small; 
edicels one line long ; raceme 3in. to Jin. long; scape din. to 4in. 
Oe , purple at base, green above. Spring. č% two or three, 
aP oblong. 3in. to 4in. long, 14in. to 2in. broad, pale n, 
- with a few blotches of a darker tint. Natal, 1881. reen- 
house. 
S. hyacinthoides (Hyacinth-like).* A., perianth bluish-lilac, 
about żin. long, the — ligulate, puberulous at apex ; bracts 
w , Minute, persistent; pedicels erecto-patent, the lower 
se lin. to lłin. long; racemes containing fifty to a hundred 
and fifty flowers, 6in. to 18in. long, 2in. to 2}in. broad; scape 
straight, lft. to 2ft. or more Jong. August. l, ten to twelve, 
spreading, lft. to 1}ft. long, tin. to ljin. broad, narrowed to 
both ends, — ciliate-denticulate on the margins. Medi- 
terranean region, 5. Hardy. (B. M. 1140.) 
S. indica (Indian). jl., perianth greenish-purple, Jin. to iin. long. 
Hed p late, the segments falcate ; pedicels 
somewhat spreading, three to four lines 1 = 
. 
ulate, nearly łin. long, the segments purple within, greenish 
tT back: —— ; pedicels five to six lines long, the 
oblong, 2in. to 3in. long, lin. to 14in. broad ; scapes one to three, 
firm, terete, 2in. to 4in. often decurved. May. l. six to 
eight, somewhat spreading, oblong, acute, 4in. to 6in. long, 14in. 
to 2in. broad, very slightly narrowed at base, pale green and 
— on the face. Cape of Good Hope, 1818. Greenhouse. 
; mai 
broad. dia, 1816. Stove. Syn. Ledebouria hyacintha (B. M. 
3226). 
Scilla—continued. f 
= pheno: saree ry shan l. shorter than in the 
roadly ovate, 2in. in. , ldin. to 2in. broad. 1862, 
S. ovalifolia (Ref. B. 133). s * 
S. lanceolata (lanceolate). A. perianth greenish-purple tubular 
campanulate, in. long; pedicels dotted with somewhat _ 
reading, the lower ones Sin. to 6in. long ; raceme very loose, — 
eight to twelve-fiowered, — to 2in. long, lin. 1 ; scape 
flexuous, 4in. to din. long. September. 1. five or six, lanceolate, 
acute, Jin. to 4in. long, eight to ten lines broad, green, unspotted. 
Cape of Good Hope, 1774. Greenhouse. SYNS. Drimia lanceo- 
lata, Lachenalia reflexa (AB. R. 299). 
S. latifolia (broad-leaved). fl., perianth lilac, campanulate, jin. 
long, the segments ligulate; pedicels spreading, the lower ones 
five to seven lines long; raceme dense, thirty to -flowered, 
Sin. to 4in. long, lin. to l4in. broad ; scape straight, lft. or more 
long. May. J. six to nine, enveloping the base of the scape. 
lanceolate, slender, 1ft. to 1}ft. long, Lyin. to 2in. broad, narrowed 
‘at base and apex, the margins glabrous. Canary Islands, 1777. 
Greenhouse. S. lusitanica (B. M. 1999) is only a robust garden 
form of this species, ` ` i 
S. linearifolia (linear-leaved). fl., perianth greenish outside, 
purple within, nearly or quite jin. long, oblong panulate, the 
segments falcate ; pedicels three to five lines long, the lower ones 
drooping ; raceme rather dense, thirty to forty-fowered, oblong, 
2in. to Sin. long, Hin. to lyin. broad; scape flexuous, din. to 4in. 
long. Spring. ¢. four to six, nearly erect, linear, 9in. to 12in. 
long, howe to eight — — —— — — at 
se, pale green, purple-spo al 5 Good w 
1862. Greenhouse. (Ref. B. 184.) e oe 
S. livida (livid). A. perianth green, tinged on the outside with 
— 
n 
very dull purple, tin. long, oblong; pal 
to in. long ; raceme dense, oblong: in. to 4in, long, 
sixteen lines broad ; scape terete, 4in. to 5in. long. — 
to eight in ar tte, ile, lanc late, 6in. to 8in. long, lin. to — 
lyin. broad, gradually narrowed to an acute point, green and O 
unspotted. Cape of Good Hope, 1883. Greenhouse. RYA 
S. lorata (lorate-leaved). f., perianth livid-purple, the ) 
tinged with green at back and on the margins, three to four 
lines long, oblong-campanulate ; pedicels four to five lines long, 
the lower ones drooping ; raceme rather dense, thirty to — 
flowered, oblong-cylindrical, 3in. to 4in. long, Hin. to Lin. d 
scape terete, erect, Bin. to 9in. long, spotted below. Spring. 
or six, nearly erect, lorate-lanceolate, 8in. to 9in. iong, ten to 
twelve lines broad, acute, slightly narrowed at —— 
purple-spotted at back. Cape of Good Hope, 1862. Gree 
SYN. Drimia apertiflora (Ref. B. 19).. : : 
S. lusitanica (Portugnese). A form of S. latifolia. 
S. Macowani (MacOwan’s). fl., perianth greenish both inside 
and out, campanulate; raceme dense, conical, twenty to thirty- 
flowered; scape equalling the leaves. May. l — or four, 
S. maritima (sea-loving). A synonym of Urginea maritima. — E 
5. microscypha (small-cupped). A., perianth green; racemes 
dense, 5in. to 6in. long; scape green, as as the leaves. 
Spring. l two or three, cordate-oblong, lft. long, 4in. to 
44in. broad, glaucous-green, marked near base benea 
purplish-brown bars, and with darker green 
up. Natal, 1881.. Greenhouse. 
(one-lea: 
long i 
to lin. long ; racemes loose, six to twenty-flowered, 
s 
long, lin. to 14in. broad ; scape T, flexi 
wie May. solii the 
ascendi I 
4 
th with 
higher 
ts . y > 
ascending, the lower ones jin. to lin. long; raceme 
ini Shy. toa. hundred or mora flowerk; Gin: 40 Iain. 
in. to 3im. broad; scape erect, terete, four to six lines t 
lft. to 14ft. long. April. l. four to six, loratelanceolate, 
glabrous, Yin. to 1Zin. long, Jin. to 4in. broad, ascending, 
rowed and acute at apex. Natal, 1862. Greenhouse, (B. M 
5379 ; F. d. S. 1043.) —— 
S. n. sordida (mean). A. smaller and fewer than in the type; 
scape slender. y l. tinged with brown, Tin, to 8in. long, ljin. to 
ljin. broad. J— 
* S. nonscripta (undescribed). A synonym of S. m Eni 
S. nutans (nodding).* Bluebell; Harebell; Wild Hyacinth. 
perianth blue, purple, white, or ; bracts in 
pedicels short, curved, erect in bud and fruit; racen 
twelve-flowered ; —* solitary, tall, stout. April to 
10in. | i in. broad, | as 
to 18in. lo > — 
rope (Britain). Syxs. S. i is nutans, H: 
pi eh y ~~ 448. Oy. En. B. 1528.) The foll 
— forms: į s > roseđ, TOSe | 
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