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ORNITHOGALUM niveum. 
Snowy Star-of- Bethlehem. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNTA. 
Nat. ord.  Aspuopett, Jussieu gen. 53. Div. IV. Flores spicati. 
Radix bulbosa. Corolla sexpartita, basi staminifera. 
ORNITHOGALUM. Supra vol. 2. fol. 158. 
O. niveum; racemo paucifloro, petalis lanceolatis, foliis filiformibus cana» 
lieulatis, filamentis subulatis. Solander іп Hort. Kew. 1. 440. 
Ornithogalum niveum. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 115. Hort. Kew. ed. 9. 9, 957. 
Ornithogalum graminifolium. Thunb. prod. 61? 
№. 3367, Burchell catal. herb. afric. ined. 
Bulbus tunicatus, oblato-sphcericus, levis, virescens, diametro viz 4 pare 
tium ипсие. Fol. radicalia, раиса (subquaterna) filiformi-attenuata, cana- 
liculata, tenaciüs graminea, nec carnosa, erecto-recurva, тойд duplo longiora 
scapo, obscuré viridia, 2-8-uncialia, supernà viz setá crassiora, basi тете 
branaceo-dilatata. Scapus (тойд plures ) erectus, strictiusculus, 1-9-uncialis. 
Flores erecto-racemosi, 2-10, inodori, albi, viz adequantes $ partes uncie per 
transversum. Bracteæ membranose, lato-ovatee cum cariná fuscá, abrupt? se- 
faceo-cuspidate, а ppress@ pedicello paulo longiori. Pedicelli erecti, filiformes, 
subbreviores corolla Cor. intits nivea, patentissima, sezpartita з lacinise lanceo- 
lato-oblonga, 8 exteriores sublatiores concaviores dorso carinate cum maculä 
viridi oblon; d, interiores plane dorso parciüs vel mon omnind virescentes, 
Fil. alba, plane, corolla X vel ultra breviora, erecto-patentia, alterna lanceo- 
lata sublongiora, 3 subulata subsesquiangustiora + anth. Лазе, oblonge, 
breves, primo erecte, ind? incumbentes. erm. viride, oblongum, irisulco-3- 
gonum angulis rotundatis: stylus subbrevior germine, albus, strictus, S-queter, 
erectus : stig. apex concolor triqueter, puberulus, non crassior stylo. 
“ This species was found growing on the rocks in Zwart- 
“ water Poort, and in similar situations in other parts of 
“ the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. The cultivated 
* plant greatly exceeds іп size the wild one, which is re- 
“ markable for being one of the smallest of the natural 
* order. The bulbs produce an abundance of offsets, and 
“seem to prefer being partly out of ground, as in their 
“ natural state they are always exposed to the air, and they 
© exist for a great part of the year without any other nou- 
“ rishment than the moisture contained in their diminutive 
“ bulbs." 
We are obliged to Mr. Burchell for the preceding notice 
concerning our present subject; the drawing of which was 
s2 
Li 
