Refugium Botanicum. | [January, 1870. 
TAB. 181. 
Natural Order LiniacE&. 
Tribe ScILLE&. 
Genus Scinua, Linn. 
Sub-genus Leprespouria, Roth. (See Appendix). 
S. pauciroutia, Baker. Bulbis ovoideis gregariis dimidio superiore epigseo 
subsquamoso, foliis 2 vel raro 8 synanthiis carnoso-herbaceis hori- 
zontaliter patulis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis 2—3-pollicaribus pallide 
glauco-viridibus maculis saturatioribus notatis, scapo flexuoso foliis 
excedente, racemo laxo oblongo 20—30-floro, pedicellis substricte 
patentibus floribus cernuis duplo longioribus, laciniis 8 lin. longis 
albido-viridibus extrorsum basi haud vel wegre purpureo tinctis, 
filamentis tresquadrantes longitudinis laciniarum attingentibus di- 
midio superiore purpureo, ovario latiore quam alto, basi paullulum 
ampliato. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, discovered by Mr. Cooper. 
Bulbs ovoid, densely clustered, fifteen to eighteen lines thick, 
the coats gray, the upper half emergent and subsquamose. Leaves 
two or rarely three to a scape, contemporaneous with the flower, 
fleshy in texture, spreading horizontally, but the base rolled 
tightly round the base of the scape, oblong-lanceolate acute, two 
to three inches long, pale bright glaucous-green mottled with 
deeper green. Scape terete, arcuate, pale green, not maculate, 
slightly exceeding the leaves. Raceme lax, oblong, twenty- to 
thirty-flowered, three to four inches long by an inch and a half 
broad when fully expanded, the pedicels rigid, horizontal, three- 
eighths to half an inch long. Flowers cernuous, three lines deep, 
the divisions pale green, whitish towards the edges on the out- 
side, not at all tinged with purple or with the faintest possible 
tinge outside at the bottom of the cup, spreading from half-way 
down when fully expanded. Filaments erect, filiform, two lines 
long, the upper half bright purple. Ovary distinctly stipitate, 
less dilated at the base than in most of its allies, deeply six- 
grooved, the filiform purple style exceeding the stamens. 
Tab. 181.—1, separate flower; 2, pistil: both magnified—J. G. B. 
For treatment see Tab. 179.—W. W. S. 
