540 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Urginea. 



Peduncle 2-2J times the length of the leaves, shortly pilose. Raceme 



dense, many-flowered, broadly conical ; pedicels slender, 1 J times 



longer than the perianth; bracts lanceolate. Perianth segments 

 oblong, white, 1-nerved. Stamens as long as the perianth; anthers 

 oblong. 



AXozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Beira, Braya ! 



No specimen at Kew. 



13. XJ. indica, Kunth, Enum. iv. 333. Bulb globose, 2-3 in. 

 diam. Leaves developed after the flowers, linear, glabrous, J-1 ft. 

 long. Peduncle fragile, slender, 1-2 ft. long. Raceme very lax, 

 J-1 ft. long ; pedicels ascending, the lower finally 1-2 in. long ; bracts 

 minute, deltoid, evanescent. Perianth funnel-shaped, J-J in. long; 

 segments oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, whitish, with a 2-3-nerved 

 brownish-green keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; anthers 

 linear-oblong,' -J in. long; filaments slightly flattened, \ in. long. 

 Capsule oblong, subacute, J-| in. long. — Wight, Ic. t. 2003; Baker in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 222; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 

 70, 111. U. senegalensis, Kunth, Enum. iv, 334. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia : near Kichard-Tol, Lelievre. Sierre Leone : 

 Wallia, Scott-miiot, 4572 ! Durunia, Scoit-Elliot, 4817 ! Lomaburn, Scoti-EUiot, 

 5019 ! and without precise locality, Morson ! Niger Territory : Nupe, Barter, 1099 ! 

 Dagouiba ; Salaga, Krause, 41 ! 



Iffile Xiand. Eritrea :»near Dessi, Schweinfurth Sf JRira, 1779 ; and near Saati, 

 1000 ft., Schweinfurth <^ Riva, 50. British East Africa : Ghazal River, at Meshra, 

 Schweinfurth, 1262 ! 1279 ! 



Also in India. 



14:. U. zambesiaca. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 223. Bulb 

 ovoid, 2 in. diam. Leaves narrowly linear, glabrous, not contemporary 

 with the flowers. Peduncle moderately stout, 2 ft. or more long. 

 Raceme very lax, above 1 ft. long; pedicels ascending, the lower |-1 in. 

 long ; bracts minute, deltoid, fugacious. Perianth funnel-shaped, J in. 

 long ; segments oblanceolate-oblong, whitish, with a 2-3-nerved greenish- 

 brown keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; anthers small, oblong ; 

 filaments linear. Capsule globose, J in. diam. 



lUCozaxnb. Slst. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; near Expedition 

 Island, Kirk, 128 ! 



15. U. petitiana, Solms in Schvmnf. Beitr. Fl. jEthiop. 294. 

 Bulb subglobose, 1-1 J in. diam. Leaves linear, glabrous, not contem- 

 porary with the flowers. Peduncle moderately stout, stiffly erect, 2 ft. 

 long. Raceme cylindrical, dense in the upper half, J ft. long ; pedicels 

 very short, ascending ; bracts linear-subulate, not spurred, \—^ in. long. 

 Perianth i-i in. long ; segments white, with a 2-3-nerved greenish- 

 brown keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers small, 

 oblong; filaments linear. Style not exserted. — Scilla petiiiana^ K. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 328. 



ITile Xiand. Galabat : Matamma, Schweinfurth, 21 ! Abyssinia : mountains of 

 Shoa, Petit. 



