Refugium Botanicwn.| (January, 1870. 
TAB, 184. 
Natural Order Liniace2. 
Tribe ScILLEe®. 
Genus Scitua, Linn. 
Sub-genus Leprpourta, Roth. (See Appendix). 
S. LINEARIFOLIA, Baker. Bulbo ovoideo subhypogeo tunicato, foliis 
4—5 erectis, carnoso-herbaceis synanthiis subpedalibus anguste 
linearibus acutis pallide viridibus basi dorso paullulum purpureo 
maculatis, scapo arcuato foliis subtriplo breviore, racemo oblongo 
subdenso 830—40-floro, pedicellis patentibus floribus duplo longiori- 
bus, laciniis livide purpureis 38 lin. longis, filamentis laciniis triente 
brevioribus, dimidio superiore purpureo, ovario distincte stipitato 
basi discoideo ampliato. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, introduced by Mr. Cooper. 
Bulb ovoid, an inch and a half to two inches thick, almost 
entirely immersed. eaves four or five from a bulb, contem- 
‘poraneous with the flowers, linear, erect, nine to twelve inches 
long, half to five-eighths of an inch broad, narrowed gradually to 
an acute point and slightly at the base, fleshy in texture, a bright 
pale not glaucous green, a little blotched with purple at the base 
on the outside. Scape arcuate, three to four inches long, terete, 
hot maculate. taceme oblong, two to three inches long by an 
inch and a half broad whilst still in flower, thirty- to forty- 
flowered. Pedicels patent, slender, the lower ones twice as long 
as the flowers. Perianth a quarter of an inch deep, the divisions 
lurid purple, spreading from two-thirds of the way down when 
expanded. Jilaments, ovary and style as in S. lanceefolia. 
Tab. 184.— 1, separate flower; 2, pistil; 8, horizontal section of 
ovary: all magnified.—J. G. B. 
For treatment see Tab. 179.—W. W. S. 
