Scilla.] CLx. LiLiACE.E (baker) 5;,7 



reflexing in the upper half. Stamens as long as the perianth. Stvle 

 1 in. long. 



Mozamb. Blst. British East Africa: Kilimanjaro expeditioti, 40-6(> tnilen 

 from the coast, Johnston I 



34. S. lanceaefolia. Baker in .Saund. Ref. Hoi. t. \H1. Bulb 

 ovoid, 1 J-2 in. diam. Leaves 4-8, subpatent, ses.sile, oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, 4-() in. long, pale green spotted with darker green. 

 Peduncle curved, 2-4 in. long. Raceme dense, oblong, 2-?) in. long ; 

 pedicels longer than the flowers; bracts minute. Perianth campanu- 

 late, purplish green, i-J in. long; segments linear-oblong, sj.reading 

 from below the middle. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; filaments 

 bright mauve-purple. — Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 2.jl, and Fl. Cap. vi. 4M7. 

 Drimia lancecefolia^ Gawl. in Bot. Mag. sub t. l;WU. Lacheivdia 

 lancecefolia^ Jacq. Ic. t. 402; Bot. Mag. t. 043. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : temperate region of Huilla, Welwiisch, 3828 I 

 3829 ! Hereroland, Luderilz, 31 (ex Schinz). 

 Also widely spread in South Africa. 



35. S. Iicdieni, ^71^^. in GarUnfi. 1889, <. 1204. Bulb] globose. 



1 in. diam. Leaves 5-6, lanceolate, glaucous, \-\ ft. long, \-\ in. 

 broad, rooting at the tip, spotted with green and near the base on 

 the back with claret-brown. Peduncle spotted, | ft. long. Kaceme 

 moderately dense, 3 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts minute, 

 ovate. Perianth campanulate, greenish, \ in. long ; segments linear 

 from an ovate base, reflexing in the upper half. Stamens distinctly 

 shorter than the perianth. 



Iioxi^er Guinea* Southern bank of the River Congo, near Musumbi, on marshy 

 plains, 600 ft. above the river, Ledien. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



3(). S. congesta. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. l^K*. 

 Bulb globose, lJ-2 in. diam. Leaves 3-4, sessile, lanceolate, acute, 

 3-6 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad near the base. Peduncle 3-4 in. long. 

 Raceme subspicate, 2 in. long ; lower pedicels -j\ in. long ; bracts 

 minute, deltoid. Perianth campanulate, green, } in. long. Stamens 

 as long as the perianth. Ovary sessile. — Engl. Hochgebirgsti. Trop. 

 Afr. 167. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; on hills near LopoUo. 3800-5500 ft., U'el- 

 wifsch ! 



No specimen at Kew, 



37. S. somaliensis, Baker in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 476. Bulb globosp, 



2 in. diam. Leaves lanceolate, h ft- long, 1 in. hioad. Peduncle 

 rather longer than the leaves. Raceme oblong, modemtely dense, 2 in. 

 long ; pedicels very short ; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth gi-eenisli, 

 i-J in. long ; segments hnear-oblong. Stamens included ; filaments 

 pale. 



Wile X.and. Somaliland : Ahl mountains, near Maid, 3000 ft.. HUdebrandt, 

 1470! between Dolo and Malsare, in stony bushy places, Riva, 1226 (603) ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



