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Scilla Am^na. Byzantine Squill. 



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C/tf/Jr ^tfd Order. 



Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Char abler. 

 Cor. 6-petala patens, decidua. Filamenta filiformia. 

 Specific Characler and Synonyms. 

 SCILLA am<ena floribus lateralibus alternis fubnutantibus, 

 {'capo angulato. Linn. Syft. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 

 328. Ait. Kezv. v. 1. p. 444. Jacq. Tl. Aufir. v. 3. 

 t. 218. 

 IIYACINTHUS ftellaris caeruleus amaenus. Bauh. Pin. 46. 

 HYACINTHUS ftellaris Bizantinus. Hort. Eyjl. Fern. 2 J. 



ord. fol. 13. 

 HYACINTHUS ftellatus Byzantinus alter five flore Boraginis. 

 The other Starry Jacinth of Conftantinople. Park. Parad. 



p. 128. t. 131. /. 4. 

 HYACINTHUS ftellaris, caulibus pluribus ex eodem bulbo 

 ortis Singulis pluribas floribus oneratis. Mori/. Hijh 

 a*> 374- / 4- t* 12-/- 17. 



The Scilla am<ena> a hardy bulbous plant of fmall growth, is 

 a native of the Levant, and has long been cultivated in this 

 country for ornament, being introduced about the year 1600, 

 by Ed. Lord Zouqh (vid. Park. Parad. & Lobel. Aver/.) ; 

 when it grows luxuriantly, many flowering Items will fpring 

 from the fame root, which, when the plant is in flower, are 

 altogether upright ; as the feed-veffels advance in fize and 

 weight, they bend down, the bloffoms are violet-coloured, and 

 the germen in the centre of each is distinguished for the pale- 

 nefs of its colour, a characler which did not efcape the obler- 

 vation of Parkinson. 



It flowers early in May, and, in favourable fituations, ripens 

 its feeds in the beginning of June. 



Is ufually increafed by offsets, which are produced in toler- 

 able abundance ; will grow in almoft any foil or fituation ; 

 but will fucceed belt if planted in a fandy loam, and a warm 

 Sheltered part of the garden. 



Its feeds are of a pale amber colour, and drop foon. 



Though Profeffor Jacquin figures it in his Fl. Aitftriaca, 

 he fufpefts that it had originally been introduced from Con- 

 ftantinople. 



