550 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [SciUa. 



dense, oblong, 3-6 in. long, 1 in. diam. ; rhachis thick, rugose ; pedicels 

 J- J in. long; bracts linear. Perianth whitish, ^ in. long; segments 

 linear-oblong, spreading from the base. Stamens as long as the perianth ; 

 filaments linear. Style as long as the globose ovary ; ovules 5-6 in a 

 cell, superposed. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 242. S. hispidula^ 

 Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 248, and Fl. Cap. vi. 481 ; 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 167. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in open bushy places near Lopollo, 3800- 

 5500 ft., Welwitsch, 3830 ! 



IMCozaml). Dist. German East Africa : on the higher plateau. North of Lake 

 Nyasa, Thomson ! between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa, 6000-8000 ft., 

 Thomson ! Urundi, common on bare bills, Scott-JElliot, 8311 ! 



Also widely spread in South Africa. 



8. S. Berthelotii, Wehh, Phyt. Canar. iii. 337, t. 232. Bulb ovoid, 

 J-f in. diam. Leaves 5-6, spreading, lanceolate, sessile, ^-1 ft. long, 

 J-f in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base. Peduncle 

 slender, 6-8 in. long. Raceme 1-2 in. long, 12-20-flowered ; pedicels 

 short; bracts linear-subulate, minute. Perianth campanulate, -^ in. 

 long, pale lilac or white ; segments oblong, spreading from the base. 

 Stamens rather shorter than the perianth. Ovary globose; style 

 subulate, as long as the ovary ; ovules 2 in a cell, collateral. — Hook. fil. 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 5308 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 236. 



Upper Guinea. Cultivated specimen from a bulb sent to Kew from "West Africa 

 by Barter ! 



Also in the Canaries. 



4. S. spicata, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 323. Bulb ovoid, 1 in. 

 diam. Leaves 2, erect, lanceolate, acute, 2-5 in. long, J in. broad 

 below the middle. Peduncle 4-6 in. long. Flowers in a dense spike 

 1-2 in. long, -|-J in. diam.; bracts and pedicels obsolete. Perianth- 

 campanulate, bright purple, -^^ in. long. Stamens rather shorter than 

 the perianth ; filaments very short. 



Iffile Xiand. British East Africa : Jur ; east of the River Wau, Schweinfurth, 

 1641 ! by the Kiver Wau, Schweinfurth, 1652 ! 



5. S. oubanghiensis, Hua, Ccntr. FL Congo Franc;. Lil. 25. 

 Bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam. ; tunics blackish. Leaves 3-4, lorate, reaching 

 a length of 6 in., above J in. broad, narrowed to the base, obtuse, with 

 a minute cusp. Peduncle with raceme as long as the leaves. Raceme 

 lax, 25-30-flowered, 2-3 in. long; bracts very minute ; pedicels patent, 

 J-J in. long. Perianth purple or greenish, ^ in. long. Stamens as 

 long as the perianth. Style short. 



IiO-wer Guinea. French Congo : River Ogowe at Bangue, on rocks at the rapids 

 of Oubanghi, Dybowski I 

 No specimen at Kew. 



6. S. arenaria. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 249. 

 Bulb ovoid, J-j in. diam. Leaves 3-6, linear, erect, narrowed to 



