554 CXL. LiLiACE*: (baker). [SciUa. 



more long. Raceme cylindrical, 20-25-flowered ; pedicels rather shorter 

 than the flowers, spreading or slightly recurved. Perianth campanulate, 

 greenish. Anthers yellow. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa, Fischer. 



No specimen at Kew. 



21. S. caxnerooniana. Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 9. 

 Bulb ovoid, J in. diam. Leaves 3-4, erect, lorate, obtuse, minutely 

 cuspidate, J ft. long, J-f in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually 

 into a long clasping petiole. Peduncle weak slender, 4-6 in. long. 

 Raceme lax, lJ-3 in. long, pedicels \-\ in. long; bracts minute. 

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

 Stamens rather shorter than the perianth; filaments tinged with mauve 

 purple. — Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 248. 



Upper Guinea. Banks of the Cameroon River, Mann, 728 ! 2230 ! Buchholz ! 



Var. maculata, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Fran9. Lil. 24. Leaves spotted. Flowers 

 about 40 to a raceme. 



jMOvrer Guinea. French Congo : without precise locality, Thollon ! 



I cannot separate from this S. edulis, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Fran^. Lil. 24, not 

 Engl. {S. utilis, Hua, I.e. 25, under S. ouhanghiensis, Hua), which is cultivated about 

 Franceville and Brazzaville in French Congo, Thollon, 311 ! 886 ! 



22. S. Dybowskii, Hua, Cont7\ Fl. Congo Fran^. Lil. 25. Bulb 

 globose, IJ in diam.; tunics brown. Leaves very unequal, lorate, 

 6-10 in. long, above 1 in. broad, acute or obtuse, spotted at the base. 

 Peduncle scarcely J ft. long. Raceme dense, oblong, 1-1 J in. long; 

 bracts minute ; pedicels ^ in. long. Perianth campanulate, gi-een, J in. 

 long. Stamens as long as the perianth ; filaments purple. Ovary shortly 

 stipitate ; style short. 



ILo-wer Guinea. French Congo : near the Kemo River, a tributary of the Dua 

 or Mobange River, Dyhowski, 762 ! 



No specimen at Kew. Very near S. camerooniana. 



23. S. zambesiaca. Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 8. Bulb 

 globose, J in. diam. Leaves usually 2, rarely 3, oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, 2-4 in. long, |— 1 in. broad, with a long sheathing 

 base. Peduncle slender, 2-3 in. long. Raceme lax, oblong-cylindrical, 

 2-4 in. long ; pedicels -J-J in. long ; bracts minute. Perianth green, 

 campanulatCj \ in. long; segments linear-oblong. Stamens rather 

 shorter than the perianth ; filaments pale. — Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 

 247. 



Mozamb. Sist. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi, near Tete, KirJc ! 

 British Central Africa : Northern Zambesi ; Boruma, under the shade of trees after 

 the first rains, Menyharth, 1102 ! Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 136 ! 



24. S. modesta, Baher. Bulb globose, 1-lJ in. diam. Leaves 2, 

 erect, sessile, oblong or lanceolate, acute, 2-6 in. long, J-1 in. broad at 

 the middle, narrowed gradually to the base. Peduncle as long as the 

 leaves. Raceme lax, oblong-cylindrical, 2-3 in. long; pedicels \-\ in. 

 long; bracts minute. Perianth campanulate, green, ^ in. long; 



