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OrNITHOGALUM JUNCIFOLIUM. RuSH- 
LEAVED STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 
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Clafs and Order. . 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charader. Vide N*- 653 & 746, Oss. 
Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. 
ORNITHOGALUM juncifolium ; filamentis fublanceolatis, 
: racemo longiffimo, foliis fubulatis plu- 
rimis. acq. Hort. Schoenb. 1. p. 46+ 
t. go. 
ORNITHOGALUM juncifolium, Willd. Sp. Pl. 102, 123+ 
All that we know of this plant is, that Mr. Lonprces re- 
ceived it, fome years ago, among other Cape bulbs, from 
Holland, under the name of OxniTHOGALUM frupefire, which 
is a very humble plant, with only two or three flowers on the 
{cape. This appears to us to be the fame with Jacguin’s 
juncifolium, although both the flowers and leaves are much 
-lefs numerous than in his figure, and the fegments of the co- 
rolla fomewhat broader and more blunt. ‘The filaments are 
narrow-lance-fhaped, alternate ones rather broader. Flowers 
in July and Auguft. Requires the proteétion of a greenhoufe 
or glafs frame. : 
