394 



MUSCARI cOiatum. 



Clusius'a Grape- Hyacinth. 



HEXANDRIA MOXOGTXM. 



Nat* ord* Asphooem. Jussieu gen. 51. Div* III* Flores tpicati. 



Radix bulbosa* Corolla baai tubulosa* 



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Asphodeleje (includentes Asparagot plerotque Junieuii). 

 Brown prod* 1 . 274. 



MuSCARI. Cor* ▼entrico80-tubulosa, 4 /&«ce coarctata crenis sex bre- 

 Tis^imts marginata* Nobis in Curtti* mag* Jbl* vers* 1185. C&Ura omnia ut 

 in Htacintho; [vide infrhfd* 398.] 



M. ciltaturn corollis carnpanulato-cylindricis, semisexfidis, pedunculis fmctt- 

 feris longissimta honzontalibus, foliis ciliatts* Marsch* Bub. taur* caw* 

 1. 284; (sub Hyacintho ciHato). 

 Hyacinthus ciliatus, Marsch. Bkb* foe* cit* CyrUL neap. 2. 22. £. 10. 

 Hyacinthus sarmaticus. Pall* ind* taur* (Jide Marsch. Bicb*J* 

 Hyacinthus romanus. 0. Lamarck encyc* S. 102. n. 8. 

 Hyacinthus coraosus byzantinus. Clus* hist. 1. 180. 



Qftatema, quina. aut sena interdum habet folia\ humi ut plurimumjusa et 

 expansa. nonnunquam procumbenlia duntaxat, oblonga. Hyactnthi primi 

 Mathioli (Muse art comosi. Nob.JJblik valde similia. latiore tatnen mucrone 

 preedita^ et in later ibus velutitenui lanugine obsita, praserlim infimii parte f 

 circd eorum exortutn, ingrati gustus et nauseam Jactle exdtaturi: ex norum 

 medio, pedalis y nonnunquam major, nascitur caulis, teres et rotundus. nudus. 

 intusjungosus, Jbris viridis l<zvt$que> quern <5 medio ad summum sexageniple* 

 rumque aut plures ambiunt flores oblongiusculi, oris in sex laciniolas divisis, sex 

 stamintdts purpureis intus praditi. inodori, initio candkantes, deinde cum 

 marcescere incipiunt, fusci et inelegantis colons: pediculi quibus flores nitun* 

 tur f initio brevissimi sunt, deinde paulatim marcescentious floribus excres- 

 centes. 4 unciarum aut ampliorem longitudinem adquirunt* sic ut totus caulk 

 suk floribus ita expansis onustus> aspergillum non minus referre videatur, quam 

 Hippuris quoddam genus* Caulis suprema pars cumflorum pedictdis pur* 

 purascil: tncipit florere ab imis: trigona deinde capitula Jert, exigua.pro 

 planta ampfitudine, in quibus paucum semen, interdum in singulis capitulis 

 unkum duniaxat, rotnndum nigrum Muscari comosi semine minus continC' 

 tur. interdum nullum* nam ut plurimum capitula inania sunt 9 nee arbitror 

 unquam plura collegrsse ex unica f quam habeoam plant!** ternis seminibus f aut 

 quando plurima quinis aut scnis: radix rotunda, bulbosa, multis candkantibus 

 tunicis constat, exteriore subfusca, et basi multis fibr is albis fult&* CJu*. loc* 

 cit. 



We find no mention of the introduction of this rare 

 species into our collections in any of the botanical records; 

 nor do we believe any live specimen of it has been seen in 

 this country until the present was received by Mr. Griffin 

 from Moscow. The drawing was taken at the garden at 

 South Lambeth, in April last. It comes pretty near to 



