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HYACINTHUS amethystinus. 



Spanish Hyacinth. 



Nat 



Urotvn 



HEXANDRIA M0N0GYNL4. 



* 



Asphodeli. Jussieu gen. 51. Div. III. Flores spicati. Ra- 

 dix bulbosa. Corolla basi tubulosa. 

 AspiiODELEiE (includentes Asparagos plerosque Jussieuii). 



HYACINTHUS. Cor. infera, tubulosa, cis medium sexfida, fauce 

 soluta, laciniis patentibus. Stam. inclusa txxho ; Jil. ex toto ferme adnata. 

 Stylus triquetro-subulatus; stigma apex obtusus. Caps, ovato-trigona, 

 triloc. Sem. plura, subrotunda. 



Bulbus tunicatus, indusiis membranaceis. Folia radicalia, subcarnosa, 

 varfe lorata. Scapus teres, camosus. In H. oriental! germen poris tribus 



magaz. 937, et 1185, vers. fol. 



perforatum. Nob. in Curtis s 



H. amethystinus, corollis basi cylindricis. 

 Hyacinthus amethystinus. Lin. sp. pi. ed. 2. 1. 451*. 

 Hort. Kew. 1 . 458. ed. 2. 2. 282. Willd. sn. nL 



Mill 



Willd. sp.pl. 2. 167; ( 



it.) ejusd. enum. 1. 377. Redoute liliac. 14. 



A 



Hyacinthus hispanicus. Lamarck encyc. 3. 191. 

 Hyacinthus angustifolius. Usteri ann. st. 2. 18. 

 H. oblongo cseruleo flore minor. Rudb. elys. 2. -.-^-c 

 H. hispanicus minor, orientalis facie. Park. par. 120. 

 H. minor hispanicus. Clus. app. alt. 



Bulbus magnitudine Olivce. Fol. plurima (6-7) (Bquantia scapum v. brc- 

 viora, i v. j uncice lata, ligidata, attenuata, canaliculata, subtus striata, 

 sub anthesin laxata, recumbentia. Scapus 9-uncialis ad pedalem; racemo 

 multifioro, laxo, sparso, erectiusculo Jloribus vutantibus, cceruleis: pedicelli 

 recurvati, longitudine Jlorum v . breviores: bracteae membranacecc, subcoloratce, 

 lineari-lanceolatce, angustce, cequantes pedicellos. Cor. oblongo-campanulata, 

 subsemuncialis, teres diametro pennce corvince satis majore, nccfundo tumida 

 ac in H. orientali, superne obsolete hexagona angulis saturatijls ccerulcis, pro 

 \fere longitudinis suce sexfda ; limbus pallidior tubo, (Equalis, recurvo-diva- 

 ricatus, lac. obovato-rotundis, exterioribus incrassato-apiculatis, interioribus 

 retusis. Stam. immersa tubo, dimidio fere brcviora corolla, alterne longiora ; 

 fil. pro I partibus adnata, subulata, conniventia : anth. erectce, a dorso ap- 

 pensce, subrotunda:, polline sidphureo. Pist. staminibus 3 brevionbus sub- 

 cequale ; germ, subrotundum, obsolete 3-lobum, 6-lineatum, Sinapeos granum 

 vix ccqunns: stylus subulato-continuus, str ictus, subtriquetcr, ad lentem 6-5/n- 

 atus : stig. punctum simplex obtusum. 



Cultivated by Miller, in 1759, in the Chelsea Garden; but 



believe long 



having 



met with a specimen of it in any, till favoured with the pre- 

 sent by Mr. Sabine, secretary to the Horticultural Society 

 in whose warden it flowered in May last. Native of Spain. 



