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Scilla (To the species described on pp)

To the species described on pp. 388-91, Vol. III., the following should now be added:

S. Bellii (Bell's). fl., perianth brownish-blue, campanulate, 1/3in. long, the segments oblong-spathulate; bracts white; raceme short, ten to twelve-flowered; scape slender, terete, 3in. to 4in. long. Spring. l., produced ones two or three, oblong-lanceolate, 3in. to 4in. long, acute, erect, fleshy. Laristan, Central Persia, 1884.

S. lingulata (tongue-shaped). fl., perianth blue, campanulate, star-like, about 1/4in. long; raceme oblong, rather dense, six to fifteen-flowered; scape 2in. to 4in. long. Spring. l. six to eight, fleshy-herbaceous, glabrous, ascending, lingulate-lorate, embracing the scape at base, 2in. to 3in. long, four to six lines broad. Bulb six to eight lines thick. Algeria, Morocco, 1887. (R. G. 1261, f. 2.) The variety alba (R. G. 1261, f. 4) has white, and lilacina (R. G. 1261, f. 3) lilac, flowers.