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HESPEROSCORDUM* Mcteum 



Milk-white Hesperoscordum. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Asphodeleje Jut*. (Introduction to the natural system of 



Botany, p . 273.) 



HESPEROSCORDUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub tab. 1293.— Perianthium 

 subcampanulato-rotatum, 6-adum, cum pedicello articulatum. Stamina 6, 

 ertiha, fiJamentis dilatatis membranaceis aequalibus e fauce exortis, basi 

 subconnatis. Squama hypogynge 0. Ovarium sessile, 3-IocuIare, polysper- 

 mia, apice triglandulosum ; stylus teres, cum ovario articulatus; stigma 

 simplex. Capsula trilocularis, trivalvis, polysperma, valvis medio septiferis. 



zemina nigra, angulata, subcrustacea. Herba (Boreali- Americana) cormis 



mduviatis. Flores umbellati. 



lacteum 



v^ormi nucis avellance majoris, v. Croci magnitudine, induviis nitidis 



ar 9 u te reticulatis vestiti. Folia debilia, linearia, canaliculata, scapi longi- 



udme. Scapus sesguipedalis, debilis, teres. Umbella multiflora ; involucri 



polyphylli foliolis linearibus subulatis. Flores albi. Sepala ovata, acuta, 



cartnata, petala emarginata, omnia lined brevi viridi in axi. 



Found by Mr. Douglas in California, whence its roots 

 were sent to the Horticultural Society in J 833. Our draw- 

 ing was made in July last, at which time it flowered for the 

 nrst time in Europe. 



, It proves a hardy perennial plant, of but little beauty, 

 with very much the aspect of some white-flowered Allium. 

 Jt seems to grow freely in any sort of soil, and will probably 

 thrive if left to its fate in the open border all winter. Being 

 a * present rare, this experiment has not been tried ; but the 

 r oots have been taken up, and treated as Tulips, in order 

 that no risk may be run of losing them. 



Literally " onion of the west;" so named from its resemblance to an 

 '"um, and its origin in the western world. 









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