Tas. 6433.. 
CHIONODOXA Luci. 
Native of Asia Minor and Crete. 
Nat. Ord. Lintacem.— Tribe HyactntaHex, 
Genus Cur1onopoxa, Boiss. (Baker in Journ, Linn. Soe. vol, xi. p. 435). 
Curonopoxa Lucilig; bulbo ovoideo tunicis brunneis membranaceis, foliis 2-3 
loratis erectis viridibus facie canaliculatis apice cucullatis, scapo gracili 
tereti, floribus 1-10 in racemum laxum deltoideum dispositis, bracteis 
minutis membranaceis deltoideis, pedicellis patulo-cernuis, perianthii cceru- 
leo-albi tubo oblongo, segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis tubo subtriplo longior- 
ibus, filamentis brevibus inequalibus, antheris filamento longioribus, ovario 
globoso, stylo brevi cylindrico, stigmate capitato. 
C. Lucilie, Boiss. Diagn. part 5, p. 62; Baker in Journ, Linn, Soe. vol. xi. p. 436. 
C. Forbesii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. loc. cit. 
This is one of the most valuable and interesting additions 
to our list of early-flowering Spring bulbs that has been 
made for a long time. I quite agree with Mr. Elwes, who 
writes of it ( Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1879, p. 379): ‘* I can say 
with confidence that it is one of the best, if not the very best 
of all its class, far surpassing any of the Squills, and appa- 
rently as hardy and as easy to increase as Scilla sibirica.” 
Now that we know the plant pretty thoroughly in a living 
state, 1 do not wish any longer to attempt to separate my 
Chionodoxa Forbesii, discovered by the late Professor Edward 
Forbes on the Lycian ‘!aurus, or the white-flowered Cretan 
plant gathered by his fellow-explorer, Lieutenant Spratt, on 
the summit of Mount Ida, from the Anatolian C. Lucilie of © 
Boissier, which represents a starved dwarf one-flowered con- 
dition of the species ; and I am inclined also to believe that, 
in a broad botanical sense, the Cretan @. nana and C. ecretica 
are not more than varieties of the same species. The former, 
however, is in cultivation, and it is much inferior to C. Lucilie 
in horticultural effect. Our present plant was discovered by 
Boissier, in June, 1842, flowering amongst the melting snows 
JUNE Ist, 1879, 
