Scilla.] 



CXL. LILIACILE (bAKEr). 



540 



"Raceme 2 in, long 

 Raceme 4-6 in. long . 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves 

 Peduncle rather longer than the leaves 

 Peduncle much longer than the leaves 

 Leaves lorate. 



Raceme long, lax . 

 Raceme short, dense 

 Leaves ohlong or oblong-lanceolate. 

 Leaves 2. 



Pedicels ^— i in. long. 



16. S. Buchanani. 



17. S. palUdiJiora. 



18. S.Jiaccidula. 



19. S. Peters a. 



20. S. Fischeri. 



21. *S'. camerooniana. 



22. S. Lybowskii. 



1. S. setifera. Baker. Bulb globose, lA in. diam., crowned witli 

 a dense ring of bristles. Leaves several to a bulb, erect, sessile, linear, 

 8-9 in. long, \-^ in. broad, tapering gradually to a long point, sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous, finely veined. Peduncle slender, glabrous, as long 

 as the leaves. Raceme dense, cylindrical, 3-4 in. long; pedicels 

 ascending, \-\ in. long ; bracts linear, as long as the pedicels. Perianth 

 campanulate, ^ in. long; segments oblong, white, with an obscure 

 brown keel, spreading from the base. Stamens nearly as long as the 

 perianth ; anthers oblong, minute. Ovary globose, sessile. 



Nile Iiand. German East Africa: Karagwe ; Ihangiro, iStuhlmann, 911a I 

 No specimen at Kew. 



2. S. rigidifolia, Kunth, Enum. iv. 3:30. Bulb ovoid, '2-'^ in. 

 diam. ; tunics bright brown, rigid. Leaves 5-0, lanceolate, sessile, erect, 

 |-1 ft. long, 1 in. broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, with thick straniin 

 eous ribs and edges. Peduncle about aij long as the leaves. Kaceme 



