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Ornithogalum Arabicum. Large- 

 Flowered Star of Bethlehem. 



C7tf/} j/?<i Order. 

 Hexandria Mo nog yn i a. 



Generic Charatler. — Fid. N um ' 653. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



ORNITHOGALUM arabicum corymbo fimplici, muhifloro j 



bra&eis membran?.ceLs, cordato-convo- 

 lutis, roilrato-attenuatis, lente inflec- 

 tentibus ; laciniis de campanulatis ro- 

 faceo-patemiffimis, ovato-oblongis, cx~ 

 timis indentato-obtufatis ; filamemis 

 plano-fubulatis ; gertnine turbinato- 

 fphaerico, obiter fexfulcato, toties toru- 

 lofo ; ftigmate trilobo-capitellato. G. 



ORNITHOGALUM arabicum. Linn. Sp. Pi. 441. ? (Vi.v ; 



fed fynonyma flint plantae noftrae. Sot, 

 MSS.) Mart. Milt. Diil. mild. Sp. 

 PL 2. 123. Horl. Kew. 1. 412. La- 

 marck 4. 616. ;;. lg. Desf. FL Atl. 1. 

 296. 



ORNITHOGALUM umbellatum maximum. Bauh. Pin. 6g. 



Rttdb. Ely/. 2. 130. f. 1. 



LILIUM alexandrinum, five O. magnum. Bauh. Hiji. 2. />. 



629. 



ORNITHOGALUM arabicum multiflorum album umbilico 



interiore nigro. Swcrt. FL t. $j. 



ORNITHOGALUM arabicum. Cluf. Hiji. 1. p. 186. Jacin- 



tho del Paternofter. id. app. alt. Park. 

 Par ad. 134. /. 137. f. 1. Hort. Eyjh 

 Fern. Ord. 5. tab. antepenult, optima. 



MELANOMPHALE. Renealme Sp. Hiji. PL 89. /. 90. 



Cum Limnzus originem fuee Jiirpi tribuerit capenfcm, ejufquc filamenta 

 Jubemarginata et connata vocaverit, aliam cum defcripjijj'e fpeciem, thyrfoidem 

 puta, baud dubitandum ; cui male 7ioftr<z planta: adpofuit fynonyma. G 



We prefent our readers with a fpecies of this genus that 

 has been remarked, from the days of Clusius and Parkin- 

 son 



