Tas. 6663. 
HYACINTHUS FASTIGIATUS. 
Native of Corsica and Sardinia. 
Nat. Ord. Lrtrm0Em.—Tribe HyacinTHEE. 
Genus Hyacrntuvs, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 812, ined.) 
Hyacintuvs fastigiatus; bulbo parvo ovoideo tunicis pallidis membranaceis, foliis 
4-8 synanthiis subulatis carnoso-herbaceis flaccidis glabris erectis dorso 
rotundatis facie canaliculatis, scapo brevi tereti gracili, racemis paucifloris szepe 
subcorymbosis, pedicellis erecto-patentibus flore interdum longioribus, bracteis 
parvis solitariis lanceolatis vel deltoideis, perianthii lilacini segmentis oblongo- 
lanceolatis tubo campanulato longioribus, staminibus ad perianthii faucem 
uniseriatis, filamentis brevibus, antheris minutis ceruleis, ovario globoso, ovulis 
in loculo paucis, stylo cylindraceo, stigmate capitato. - 
H. fastigiatus, Bertol. in Ann. Stor. Nat. vol. iv. p. 62; Gren. et Godr. Fl. France, 
vol. ili. p. 217; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. vol. xi. p.430; Nyman. Conspect. 
p. 301, 
H. Pouzolzii, Gay in Lois. Not. (1810), p.15; Parlat. Fl. Ital. vol. ii. p. 484. 
Scruta fastigiata, Visiani Fl. Cors. App. p. 1. 
This is one of the least conspicuous representatives of the 
great genus Hyacinthus. At first sight it might easily be 
overlooked for Scilla verna, which it much resembles in 
stature and habit, but it is a true Hyacinth, with the 
segments of the perianth united in a distinct cup at the 
base. It has a very limited geographical range, being only 
-known to inhabit the mountains of Corsica and Sardinia, 
and has never before been figured. It flowers, like Scilla 
verna, in March and April. Our drawing was made from 
specimens that flowered in two successive years in the 
herbaceous department at Kew, the bulbs of which were 
presented to the garden by the Rev. H. Harpur Crewe. _ 
Descr. Bulb ovoid, not more than half an inch in 
diameter, with several pale thin outer tunics of firm texture. 
Leaves three or four in the wild plant, half a dozen or more 
in the cultivated, subulate, weak in texture, quite glabrous, 
sometimes half a foot long, contemporary with the flowers, 
DECEMBER lst, 1882. : 
