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plant being P. araneosa Mez could not but unite it with P. 
araneosa. 
Having the types of both P. araneosa and megasepala in my 
hands, I will give a short account of their differential characters: 
P. MEGASEPALA P. ARANEOSA 
Sac ee aie simple. Inflorescence r. 
Inferior part of shaft glabrons, Shaft, oe pee and calyx 
peers part as well as bracts mi- | covered with a whitish, dense arach- 
nutely puberulous with a rather | noid tomentum. 
lor. 
Bracts bearing flowers 2.5 0.5- Bracts bearing flowers 1.5 X0.2~ 
and wide at base ; ong and wide at base; 
bracts of the terminal bud 1.5 Xo. 4 bracts of the terminal bud almost 
cm. long and wide. indistinguishable on account of the 
pubescence, 1 0.25 cm. long and 
° 
wide. 
Calyx-lobes 4X 0.3 cm. long and Calyx-lobes 3-3.2 cm. long by 0.2- 
wide, brownish with a _ scattered .25 cm. wide at base, dark, nearly 
brownish pubescence. oe colored, with a white pubes- 
cence 
Petals about 5.5 cm. long. Petals 4.5-5 cm. long. 
hen the flowers open the calyx When the ae open the calyx 
spreads. remains tightly closed and the petals 
must force their way between the 
sepals 
LILIacEAE 
Scilla Griffithii Hochr. sp. nov. 
Bulbi ovati, tunica scariosa -E argentea pallida. Folia linearia, 
elongata, longe attenuata, acuta, basi vaginantia et scapi longitu- 
inem superantia. Racemus 9-15- us; bracteae minimae scari- 
osae ; pedicelli longi, -— erecti, ut scapus glaberrimi; perigonii 
phyla uninervia, elliptico-linearia, subacuta; stamina phyllis paulo 
breviora, aimee: basi dilatata; stylus teres, staminibus vix aequi- 
longus; ovarium subglobosum. Capsula obovata, pyriformis. 
ulbus ca. 2.5 cm. longus, folia 16-25 cm. longa, 0,2-0.3 cm. 
lata. Scapus 15-20 cm. longus; pedicelli o.5-1.2 cm. gi; 
petala ca.0.9 x 0.25 cm. longa et lata; stamina ca.o.7 cm. longa. 
Capsula 0.5 cm. longa et 0.6 cm. lata. 
Afghanistan (Griffith no. 5805) in Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard. et 
Kew. 
This species stands close to S. Hohenackerz, with which it has 
the closest relationship; but S. AMohenackeré differs in having a 
dark bulb, a 4-7-tlowered inflorescence, somewhat smaller flowers 
