538 CXL. LiLiACEiE (baker). [Urginca. 



ser. iii. 160 ! Abu Guroon's Seriba, Sckweinfurth, ser. iii. 161 ! Mittu ; at Reggo, 

 Schioeinfurth, 2789 ! Madi ; on rocky ground, Speke Sf Grant, 702 ! 



Xiower Guinea. French Congo ; between Brouse and Zenze, Laurent ! 



IMEozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Karague : on dry hill sides, 4000- 

 5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 8148 ! 



5. U. simensis, Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. ^Ethiop. 294. Bulb globose, 

 3-4 in. diam.; outer tunics pale brown, membranous. Leaves not seen, 

 not contemporary with the flowers. Peduncle short, stiffly erect, |-2 ft. 

 long. Kaceme dense, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels ascending ; lower \-\ in. 

 long; bracts small, linear; lower ^-\ in. long, obscurely spurred. 

 Perianth campanulate, \ in. long ; segments linear-oblong, white, with 

 a 1 -nerved pale brown keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; 

 anthers small ; filaments linear ; style not exserted. Capsule globose, 

 J- J in. diam. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 222; Engl. Hoch- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 166. Scilla simensis, Hochst. ex A. Kich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 327. 



Wile Iiaud. Abyssinia : Samen ; on monntain sides, near Abbu Mekanna and 

 Debra Joa, Schimjyer ! Shoa ; mountains of Touglete District, Petit. 



Very near the well-known U. maritima, Baker, which is widely spread in the 

 Mediterranean region, and occurs also at the Cape. 



6. U. sanguinea, Schinz in Verhand. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenh.xxxi. 

 219. Bulb oblong, 3 in. long, 2 in. diam.; tunics brown, coriaceous. 

 Leaves not seen, not developed till after the flowers. Peduncle long, 

 moderately stout, stiffly erect. Raceme cylindrical, dense, 1 ft. long ; 

 pedicels short, erecto-patent ; lower finally J-J in. long ; bracts minute, 

 lanceolate, deciduous. Perianth ^ in. long; segments linear-oblong, 

 white, with a 1 -nerved brown keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth; 

 anthers minute, oblong ; filaments slightly flattened, style not exserted. 

 Capsule globose, J in. diam. 



JmO-wbt Guinea. German South-w^est Africa : Amboland ; near Olukonda, 

 " the first flower before the rains," Schinz, 8 ! 18 ! 25. Hereroland ; Horn Krantz, 

 Fleck, 136, and Omambonde, Schinz. 



7. U. viridula. Baker. Bulb globose, 3 in. diam. Leaves not 

 seen, not developed till after the flowers. Peduncle stout, stiffly erect, 

 3 ft. long. Raceme lax, cylindrical, nearly 1 ft. long; pedicels 

 ascending ; lower | in. long ; bracts membranous, white, minute, lanceo- 

 late from an ovate base. Perianth oblong, ^ in. long; segments linear- 

 oblong, whitish, with a 1 -nerved green keel. Stamens shorter than 

 the perianth ; anthers oblong, much shorter than the linear filaments. 

 Style not exserted. 



Ziower Guinea. Cong©, cultivated specimen. Sort. Bull ! 

 Flowered September 1886, 



8. U. altissima, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 221. Bulb 

 globose, 4-6 in. diam.; outer tunics brown, coriaceous. Leaves 5-6, 

 not contemporary with the leaves, lorate-lanceolate, glabrous, 1-1^ ft. 

 long. Peduncle stout, stiffly erect, 3-4 ft. long. Raceme cylindrical. 



