of the western Tmolus, above Bozdagh, at an elevation above 
sea-level of 7000 feet. It was introduced into cultivation by 
Mr. G. Maw, from one of whose letters I cite the following 
account of the circumstances under which he found it:— ~ 
‘The specimens were obtained the first week in May, 1877, 
in ascending the Nymph Dagh, east of Smyrna, at elevations 
of from 3000 to 4300 feet. At the lower level it was out 
of flower, but near the summit of the mountain a great mass 
of it was met with in full splendour, forming one of the most 
sumptuous displays of floral beauty I ever beheld ; a mass of 
blue and white resembling Nemophila insignis in colour, but 
more intense and brilliant. Close at hand were Tulips of 
several species, yellow Fritillaries, Galanthus Elwesii, yellow 
Gageas of several species, Croci, Colchicum bulbocodioides, 
Scillas, etc., a perfect paradise for the bulb collector and the 
botanist.” Mr. Maw adds that the Chionodoxa has proved 
itself perfectly hardy in the open ground at Benthall during 
the late exceptionally severe winter, and that the bulbs 
which he brought home in 1877 have increased in size and 
strength. : 
Duscr. Bulb ovoid, with brown membranous tunics. Leaves 
two or three to a stem, sheathing it for some distance above 
the base, lorate, fleshy, bright green, three to six inches long 
at the time of flowering, channelled down the face, cucullate 
at the tip. Scape attaining a length of four or six inches 
above the bulb, slender, terete. Flowers from one to ten, 
arranged in a very lax deltoid raceme, with minute mem- 
branous bracts, and cernuous pedicels. Perianth bright blue 
or rarely entirely white, nine or twelve lines long, with an 
oblong tube, and six spreading oblong-lanceolate segments 
under a quarter of an inch broad. Filaments flat, white, un- 
equal ; the larger a sixth of an inch, the smaller an eighth of 
an inch long, touching edge to edge, but not forming a dis- 
tinct corona, as in Puschkinia. Anthers linear, cleft at the 
tip, protruding out of the cup formed by the filaments. 
Ovary blue, sessile, globose, with a short cylindrical style 
and a capitate stigma.—J. G. Baker. 
Fig. 1, a flower opened out natural size ; fi f 
: : ; } fig. 2, two of the stamens and a po 
a of the perianth-tube ; fig. 3, a stamen, viewed from outside ; fig. 4, pistil; 
g- 5, horizontal section of ovary :—all enlarged. 
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