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* STERNBÉRGIA colchiciflóra. 
Meadow Saffron-flowered Sternbergia. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDACE£. 
STERNBERGIA, W. & K. Spatha hypogea, apice petaloidea. Peri- 
anthium semisubterraneum, regulare, infundibulare, revoluto-patens. Stamina 
distincta, alternè longiora; filamenta conniventia, basi dilatata; anthera ob- 
longe, innate. Stigma trilobum, bilabiatum : lobis duobus deflexis, altero erecto. 
Capsula epigea, pericarpio molli succulento lateraliter dehiscente; semina nigra, 
nitida, punctis elevatis scabra, hilo carnoso tumido albo. Flores autumnales; 
folia verna. 
S. colchiciflora ; foliis linearibus viridibus obtusis, limbo tubi longitudine, petalis 
quam sepala angustioribus et brevioribus, floribus suaveolentibus. 
S. colchiciflora. Waldst. et Kit. 2. 172. t. 159. Bieb. fi. taur. cauc. 1. 261. 
Herbert Amaryllid. ed. 2. 187. 
Narcissus autumnalis minor. Clus. hist. 1. 164. 
Mi dii A e RE 
A charming little autumn-flowering bulbous plant, re- 
cently introduced by the Hon. W. F. Strangways, who cul- 
tivates it without difficulty in his rich garden at Abbotsbury, 
in Dorsetshire. 
Marschall v. Bieberstein describes it as perfuming the 
fields of the Crimea, especially about the Bosphorus, with 
its fragrant jasmine-scented flowers, in the months of Sep- 
tember and October. Waldstein and Kitaibel speak of it as 
inhabiti calcareous mountains at Buda-Ors, 
ge. fe authors add that 
Palota, and Füred, in Hungary. These i 
after the fruit is ripe the leaves wither, and the plant will 
ar v. Sternberg, 4 learned Botanist, 
* So called in compliment to Count Casp T. d that scene. 
and one of the most liberal and zealous Pee 
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