Scilla.] CXL. LiLiACEiE (baker). 553 



1-2 in. long ; lower pedicels cernuous, J-J in. long ; bracts minute. 

 Perianth campanulate, green, J in. long; segments linear-oblong, 

 spreading from below the middle. Stamens rather shorter than the 

 perianth. — Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 249. 



Nile Xiand. . British East Africa : at Tsavo, Scott -Elliot, 6500 ! 



Mozamb. Dlst. Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta ; Luabo River, Kirk .' 

 British ('antral Africa : Boruraa, on the Zambesi, Menyharth, 1101 ! Fort Youn(j, 

 Nicholson ! 



16. S. Buchanani, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1803, xiii. .OC.S. Bulb 

 globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 8, lanceolate, sessile, erect, unspotted, the 

 largest 1 ft. long, under 1 in. broad. Peduncle green, flexuose, 

 G-8 in. long. Raceme dense, oblong, 2 in. long; pedicels spreading, 

 ^-^ in. long, the lower cernuous ; bracts minute, lanceolate. Periantii 

 oblong, green, ^ in. long; segments linear-oblong, spreading from below 

 the middle. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth. 



Mozamb. 3>i8t. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, 

 Buchanan, 193 ! 



Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in May 1893. 



17. S. pallidiflora, Enyl.Jahrh.xv. '470. Bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam. 

 Leaves 2-4, lanceolate, obtuse, 10-14 in. long, about 1 in. broad. 

 Peduncle 8-10 in. long. Raceme cylindrical, 4-6 in. long; pedicels as 

 long as the flowers; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth campanulate, ^ in. 

 long; segments oblong, greenish. Stamens long as the perianth. 



Nile I>anda British East Africa : Jur ; at Abu Guroon's Seriba, Schweinfurth, 

 1848, Agad Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1908, 

 No specimen at Kew. 



18. S. flaccidula. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 240. 

 Bulb globose, J in. diam. Leaves 2-4, flaccid, lanceolate, J-1 ft. long, 

 4-8 lin. broad. Peduncle weak, as long as the leaves. Raceme lax, 

 oblong, finally 3-4 in. long; central pedicels J- J in. long; bracts 

 minute, deltoid. Perianth campanulate, greenish, ^ in. long ; segments 

 linear-oblong, spreading from below the middle. Stamens as long as 

 the perianth ; filaments pale. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 3820 ! 



19. S. Petersii, Engl. PJl. Ost-Afr. C. 142. Leiives several, 

 narrowly lanceolate. Peduncle slender, rather longer than the leaves. 

 Raceme conical, 30-flowered; pedicels spreading, half as long again 

 as the flowers. Perianth campanulate, jV ^^- ^^^g> segments green 

 upwards, white with a purple centre towards the base. Filaments 

 purple. 



DXozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; at Tetc, and at 

 Beira, at the mouth of the River Pungue (ex Engler), collector not stated, probably 

 Peters. 



20. S. Fischeri, Engl. Pfl.. Ost-Afr. C. 142. Bulb large. 

 Leaves lanceolate from a broad base, 3-4 in. long. Peduncle 1 ft. or 



