Tas. 6711. 
LEUCOIUM HYEMALE. 
Nate of the Maritime Alps. 
Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDACER.—Tribe AMARYLLES. 
Genus Levcoium, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 720.) 
Leucorum (Ruminia) hyemale; bulbo globoso tunicis membranaceis, foliis 2-4 
synanthiis vernalibus anguste linearibus glabris facie canaliculatis, pedunculo 
gracili 1-2-floro, pedicellis cernuis, spathe valvis linearibus, ovario turbinato, 
perianthii segmentis albis oblongis dorso viridulis laxe multinervatis, exte- 
rioribus acutis, interioribus paulo brevioribus obtusis, antheris conniventibus 
lanceolatis filamentis brevissimis, stylo cylindrico, stigmate papilloso, semi- 
nibus dimidiato-oblongis nigris punctatis carunculatis. 
L. hiemale, DC. Fl. Franc. Suppl. p. 326, er parte; Bertol. Fl. Ital. vol. iv 
p-6; Moggridge Cont. Fl. Mentone, t. 21. 
GALANTHUS autumnalis, Allioni Auct. ad Fl. Pedem. p. 33, exel. syn. 
Acts hyemalis, Rem. Amaryll. p. 55; Kunth Enum, vol. v. p. 475. 
Ruminia hyemalis, Parlat. Fl. Ital. vol. iii. p. 85. 
R. niceensis, Jord. et Fourr. Icones, p. 26, t. 65, f. 108. 
This graceful little Snowflake is one of the rarest of 
Kuropean plants. It is confined to a small strip of rocky 
shore reaching from Nice to two miles east of Mentone. 
The name “‘ hyemale”’ conveys a wrong idea, for it does 
not flower till April, and for that reason M. Jordan has 
proposed to change it to “ niceensis.” The first specimens 
I remember to have seen at Kew were flowered in the 
herbaceous ground in the spring of 1871, from bulbs 
brought home by our valued correspondents, now both 
deceased, Messrs. M. and J. T. Moggridge, the latter of 
whom figured it beautifully for the first time in his illus- 
trated book on the plants of Mentone. Lately Mr. Geo, 
Maw has supplied us with a good stock, and it is from his 
Specimens that the present drawing has been made. 
Descr. Bulb globose, under an inch in diameter, with 
several membranous brown tunics. Leaves two to four, 
contemporary with the flowers, erect, narrow linear, 
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