Refugium Botanicum. ] [ November, 1871. 
TAB. 305. 
Natural Order LiniAcez. 
Tribe ScmuLEx. 
Genus Scinua, Linn. 
Sub-genus Huscrua, Baker. 
S. versicotor (Baker). Foliis 6—8 synanthiis lineari-loratis pedem 
longitudine vix attingentibus carnoso-herbaceis utrinque viri- 
dibus venis immersis, scapis foliis subequantibus, racemis 
conicis modice densis 50—80-floris, pedicellis inferioribus 
patulis 13—2 poll. longis bracteis solitariis linearibus 6—8- 
plo superantibus, floribus mediocribus albidis extrorsum viridi 
tinctis, filamentis filiformibus segmentis distincte brevioribus, 
antheris ceruleis, ovarii cerulei loculis 5—6 ovulatis, stylo 
filiformi ovario equilongo. 
A native of Cape Colony, gathered by Mr. Cooper. 
Bulb roundish, immersed. Leaves six to eight to a bulb, 
cotemporary with the flowers, suberect, linear-lorate, six to nine 
inches long at the flowering time, four to six lines broad at the 
middle, narrowed gradually to the point, green on both sides, 
fleshy in texture, the veins not prominent. Scape green, terete, 
nearly as long as the leaves. Raceme conical, moderately close, 
fifty- to eighty-flowered, half a foot long when expanded, three 
and a half to four inches broad, the axis incrassated and irregu- 
larly furrowed. Bracts linear, solitary, a quarter of an inch long. 
Pedicels finally patent, the lower ones an inch and a half to two 
inches long. Perianth scarcely a quarter of an inch deep, white 
tinged externally with green, broadly funnel-shaped when ex- 
panded. Filaments filiform, distinctly shorter than the segments ; 
anthers blue before the pollen is shed. Ovary bright blue, deeply 
grooved, its cells with five or six ovules in each. Style filiform. 
Allied to S. pallidiflora (tabula nostra 179), and to S. natalensis 
of Planchon. 
Tas. 805.—1, a single flower; 2, pistil; 8, horizontal section of 
ovary: all magnified.—J. G. B. 
Another of the numerous species of Scilla, from South Africa, 
formerly placed in the genus Drimia. The leaves have few, 
if any, markings on the under side. It requires the same treat- 
ment as other Scillas, from the same country, previously figured 
in the Rerucium.—W. W. S. 
