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MILLA* bifldra. 



Snow-white Milla 





HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat 

 Botany j p. 273.) 



{Introduction to the natural system of 



MILLA Cav. — Perianthium hypocrateriforme ; tubo elongato-campanu- 

 lato ; limbo piano sexpartito, laciniis obtusis 3 exterioribus duplo angus- 

 tioribus, sinubus rotundatis. Stamina exserta, in ipsa fauce tubi sessilia; 

 antherce lineares, glabrae, in conum conniventes. Ovarium superum, 

 elongatum, subpedicellatum, trigonum, triloculare, polyspermum, cum stylo 

 '""* " ' *• 3-lobum, fimbriato-papillosum. Capsula 



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induviata, 3-locularis, polysperma 

 latis. 



M. biflora. Cavan. ic. 2. 76. t. 196. Willd. sp. pi. 2. 62. Romer et 



Schult. syst. 7. 675. W 



Radices fasciculate , carnosce, Asphodeli modo. Folia cylindracea, apice 

 subulata y Jistulosa 9 glauca 9 scapis subcegualia. Scapi erecti 9 in cultd pedales f 

 in spontaned palmares. Flores in cultd umbellati 9 in spontaned solitarii v. 

 scepius gemini 9 involucri foliolis brevibus membranaceis . Pedunculi scaporum 

 sapZ longitudine, suberecti 9 paululum curvati. Perianthium intHs candidis- 



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A most welcome addition to our Gardens, procured by 

 Mr. Graham from the mountainous parts of Mexico, near 

 Tlalpuxahua. To the kindness of that gentleman we are 

 indebted for wild specimens, which agree well with the 

 indifferent figure of this plant in Cavanilles' work. 



Our drawing was made in August last from a specimen 

 that flowered beautifully in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society. It had been planted out in a cold pit facing the 

 south, from which the frost is just excluded in winter. 



Named by Cavanilles after Julian Milla, head Gardener in the Royal 

 Garden of Madrid. 



