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ORNITHOGALUM thyrsoide»; ^, Jlavescem, 

 Pale yellow thyrse-Jiowering Star-of- Bethlehem, 



HEXANDRIA MONOGY!{I^. 



Nat. ord. Asphodeli, Jussieu gen. 53. 



AspHODELE^. Urowi prod. 2141. 

 ORNITHOGAL VM. Siipr^ vol. ^fol. \ 58. 



O. thyrsoides, corymbis multifloris racemirormibus, filamentis alterois fiir- 



catis, foliis lanceolatis. Hort. Kew, 1. 442. 

 Ornithogalum thyrsoides. J(icq. hort. vindob. 3. 17. t. 28; (mala). Sust. 



veg. Murr. 328. Thunb. prod. 62. Curlis*s magaz. 1164. Hort. Kew. 



ed.^.2.261. Redout^ lilUc. S33. JVilld. sp. pi. 2. 12^; (quoadjS.) 

 Ornithogalum arabicum. Redouti liliac, 63s (nee aliorum licet mali pro 



eo in edit. secundS Hort. Kew. citatum sit). 

 Ornithogalum stiiiopicutn. Clus. cur. post. 21. Park, par, 138. 

 (^)floribus nondum apertisaurantiis, inde albo-flavescentibus. 

 Ornithogatura aureum. y. WiUd, sp. pi. 2. 124. 

 Ornithogalum flavcscens. Jacg. ic. rar. 2. /. 437. coU. 3. 233. 



Bulbus tunicatus, subrotundus, Fol. plura (6?) ambientia^ recurco-re- 

 tumbentia, lorato-acuminata, planiuscuh, lucida, lanvgine subtiti ciliata, 

 'ubSuncialia, basi convoluto-complexa. Scapus tereSt gfaucus, sesquipedalis v, 

 vltrot Jlexuoso-erectus. Racemus multifiorus, corymboso-fasti^anst semi- 

 pedalis v. idtrd, prima aurantius inde Jlnvo-pallescetis. Bracteae singulares, 

 convoltito-ovateB cuspide elongata, dupto v. uUrh breviores pedicellis sybses- 

 ^iuncialibus. Cor. rotate-campanula tOt citiuspost anthesin connJvens, nee vn- 

 quhm explanata, vix sest/uiunctam transversa; laciniis elliptico-oblonets^ suba- 

 yualibus, concavis, utrinque invicem imbricato-contiguts. Stam. 3-plo breviora 

 corolla, erectO'patentia, siipr^ ijicurvata, cinerascentia ; fil. subulata, inferni 

 alata, alis alternorum latioribus profundioribus et utrinque unidentatis devtibut 

 conniventibus. Germ, cinerascens, oblongum, obtuse trigonum, mbsexsuU 

 cum; stylus continuus, brevis, crassiusculus, triqueter: stigma trilobo-capi- 

 latum, puberuluvi, brevius stylo. 



Native of the Cape oi Good Hope- Differs from aureum 

 in having segments of the corolla that lap over each other at 

 the sides, and with ends more shortly pointed; from revolu- 

 ium in having the same not divaricately outspread, and with 

 sides which do not become revolute; from lacteum by hav- 

 ing a corymbosely fastigiate inflorescence. The white 

 variety was received by Clusius out of a Dutch ship fi-om 

 the Cape ; and was cultivated by that learned naturalist, in 

 the Low Countries, as long ago as 1605. The present va- 

 riety was originaUy introduced by Mr. Masson. The speci- 

 men which afforded our drawing was imported by Mr. Gnt- 

 fin; and flowered in his conservatory at South Lambeth in 



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