CXL. LILIACE^ (baker). 



[Ornithogalum. 



f>48 



long ; bracts scarioiis, acuminate. Perianth J- J in. long ; segments 

 Yi>~i i^- broad, yellow, 3-4-nerved. Filaments dilated at the base. 



Iiower Guinea. German South-west Africa 

 Fleck, 890. 



No specimen at Kew. 



Great Namaqualand ; Rehoboth, 



27. SCILLA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. 814. 



Perianth polyphyllous ; segments subequal, oblong or linear-oblong, 

 1 -nerved in the keel, spreading from the base or above it. Stamens 0, 

 not longer than the perianth, attached to the base of the segments ; 

 filaments filiform ; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary globose or oblong, 

 3 -celled, sessile or stipitate; ovules many, superposed, or 2 collateral ; 

 style subulate ; stigma minute, capitate. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. 

 Seeds turgid ; testa black or brown-black ; albumen fleshy ; embryo 

 straight, cylindrical. — Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves all basal, 

 contemporary with the flowers. Inflorescence racemose; pedicels not 

 articulated ; bracts scariose, persistent. Flowers blue varying to white, 

 mauve-purple or greenish. 



Species 100, spread throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa ; many in South Africa. 



*EusciLLA. Perianth-segments spreading from the 

 hiise. 



Leaves subcoriaceous, finely veined . . . . 1. S. setifera. 



Leaves rigid, strongly veined . . . . . 2. (S". rigidifolia. 



Leaves tleshy, finely veined . . . . . . ^. S. Berthelotii. 



**Ledeboui{T> Perianth-segments spreading from above 

 the base, 

 f Perianth t2-o '"• ^ong, campanulate. 

 Flowers mauve-purple. 



Intiorescence spicatp ...... 4. 



Inflorescence racemose. 

 Bulb small. 



Leaves lorate . . . . . .5. 



Leaves linear." 



Leaves 2-3 in. long. 



Perianth ^ in. long . . . .6. 



Perianth ^ in. long . . . .7. 



Leaves 4-6 in. long . . , . .8. 



Leaves subterete ...... 9. 



Bulb large 10. 



Flowers green. 

 Leaves linear. 



Leaves 2-3 in. long . . . . . .11. 



Leaves 6-7 in. long ..... 12. 



Leaves lanceolate. 

 Peduncle short. 



Raceme very lax . . . . . .13. 



Raceme rather lax .... . 14. 



Raceme dense . . . . . .15. 



Peduncle ^-1 ft. or more long. 

 Peduncle shorter than the leaves. 



S. spicata. 



S. onhanghiensis. 



S. arenaria. 

 S. edulis. 

 S. henguellensis. 

 S. polyphylla. 

 S. indica. 



S. Schiveinfurthii. 

 S. gahunensis. 



S. laxiflora. 

 S. Simiarum. 

 S. maesta. 



