Bulb tunicated, oblong-oval. Leaves two, feldom three, 

 oppofite, conduplicate, for fome diftance downwards, then bi- 

 farioufly diverging, broad-linear, convolute channelled, ob- 

 tufely keeled fhortly attenuated upwards and fubcaudately 

 terminated, obfcurely ftriate, fliorter than the item, which is 

 upright 4 — 7 inches high, rather lax, ending in a 2 — 8-flowered 

 generally ebrafteate raceme, fometimes approaching the fhape 

 of a corymb, at others of a thyrfe, fometimes nearly diftich, 

 at others fecund. Corolla ftellately patent, fegments oblong, 

 blunt, equal, with a varicofe middle nerve. Stamens {lightly 

 adnate to the bottom part of the corolla, fubulate, equal, 

 rather fhorter than the fegments, patent ; anthers blue, verfa- 

 tile. Germen trigonal-oval, beakedly continued into a tri- 

 quetral ftyle nearly of its own length, pointed upwards and 

 ended by an almoft imperceptibly pencilled ftigma. Varies 

 tvith blue, white, and pink flowers. • 



A native of England, but rare, and only found in fome 

 woody fpots in the Weft ; common about Paris and in the 

 more fouthern parts of Europe. 



Our drawing was taken at Meff. Grim wood and Wykes's. 

 A very ufeful monograph on this genus will be found in the 

 firft number of the " Annals of Botany," tranflated from 

 the German of Meffrs. Hoffmansegg and Link, who have 

 enumerated and defined twenty-feven of the fpecies. G. 



