556 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Scilla. 



peduncle. Peduncle slender, lJ-2 in. long. Raceme moderately- 

 dense, oblong, J -J— 2 in. long; pedicels cernuous, ^— J in. long; bracts 

 minute. Perianth campanulate, greenish, J in. long; segments linear- 

 oblong. Stamens as long as the perianth ; filaments pale. Style as 

 long as the ovaiy. 



Mozamb. X>ist. British Central Africa: I's j asaland ; Shire Highlands, 

 Buchanan, 194 ! 



oO. S. tayloriana, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 42G. Bulb 

 ovoid, 1 in. diam. Leaves 3, very thin, oblong-lanceolate, acute, G in. 

 long, 15-20 lin. broad, narrowed into a long sheathing petiole. 

 Peduncle under a foot long. Raceme 5-11 in. long ; pedicels longer 

 than the flowers, the upper tinged with purple. Perianth campanu- 

 late, -J in. long ; segments ligulate, lilac-purple passing upwards into 

 green. Filaments and style bright purple. 



Mozamb. I>ist. British East Africa : on the Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, 

 Taylor. 



Xo specimen at Kew. 



31. S. Hildebrandtii, Baker. Bulb ovoid, under 1 in. diam.; 

 outer tunics brown, membranous. Leaves 3, contemporary with the 

 flowers, ovate or oblong, 3—4 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, rounded to a 

 cuneate base, nearly sessile, very thin and membranous. Peduncle 

 slender, as long as the leaves. Raceme very lax, 3 in. long; many 

 lower flowers imperfect and deciduous ; pedicels patent or erecto-patent, 

 \-\ in. long ; bracts minute. Perianth bright purple, \-\ in. long ; 

 segments linear-complicate from a lanceolate base. Stamens as long as 

 the perianth ; filaments bright purple ; anthers minute, oblong, yellow. 

 Capsule ^ in. diam., deeply emarginate at the apex. 



srile Kand. British East Africa : Ukamba ; Kitui, Hildehrandt, 2644 ! 



32. S. lilacina, Balcer in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 13. Bulb 

 ovoid, IJ in. diam. Leaves 0-8, thin, suberect, oblong -lanceolate, 

 acute, 3-4 in. long, \-l\ in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually 

 into a channelled petiole as long as the blade. Peduncle 4-G in. long. 

 Raceme lax, cylindrical, 3-5 in. long ; pedicels \-\ in. long ; bracts 

 minute. Perianth tubuloso-campanulate, pale purple, \ in. long ; seg- 

 ments ligulate. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; filaments 

 bright mauve-purple. — Eratohotrys lilaci7ia, Fenzl ex Kunth, Enum. iv. 

 G7J). Drimia lilacina, Schweinf. Beitr. FL -^thiop. 294. 



Wile Xiand. Kordofan, Kotschy^ 391 ! Tfund, 299 ! 



33. S. Johnstoni, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 351. 

 Bulb globose, H in. diam. Leaves ovate or oblong, shortly petiolate, 

 obscurely cuspidate, 4-5 in. long by half as broad. Peduncles 4 to a 

 bulb, 8-9 in. long. Racemes moderately dense, 5-G in. long; central 

 pedicels J-J in. long; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth cylindrical, 

 green upwards, mauve-purple in the lower half; segments linear, 



