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OrniTHOGALUM LacTeum. MuiLk-Wuire 
STAR OF BETHLEHEM. ~~ 
Se ee seed eta 
! Clafs and Order. 
Hexanpria Monocryntia, 
Generic Charaiter.—Vid. N* 653 &t 746. Oss. 
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Specific Charatter and § SYNONYMS» 
ORNITHOGALUM 6/aGeum foliis pluribus (/u2denis), loratis, 
planis, firmis, tenuiflime, ciliatis, fcapo 
brevioribus, recurvatis; racemo con- | 
_ ferto, cylindraceé elongato; braéteis 
pedicellis ere€tiufculis brevioribus ;. 
corolla ftellatim patente ; laciniis obo- 
-vato-oblongis obtufis ; filamentis iftis: 
duplo brevioribus, compreffo-fubulatis, 
- alternis deorfum membranaceo-dilatatis, 
bidentatis; ftylo filiformi-triquetro ger- 
men pyramidatim ovatum obtufo-trigo- 
‘ num fubtrifulcum adequante ; ftigmate 
a : inconfpicuo, pubefcenter capitellato. G, 
_ ORNITHOGALUM /Jaéeum. Facq. Ic. Rar. 2. tab. 434. 
Bot. Rep. tab. 274. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 
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Bulbtunicate; /eavesabout ten, of apalifh green, ambient, outer 
Onés recumbent, about fix inches long, linear-lorate, flat, flefhy, 
, edged with a minutely ciliate membrane, feveral times 
_ fhorter than the Scape ; which is nearly three feet high, upright, 
cylindrical; raceme fometimes a foot long, thickfet, cylindrically 
elongated when the whole is in bloom, before this pyramidal ; pe~ 
dicles about the length of the ‘embeeroe the corolla, diverging but 
ittle ; braées membranous, convolute,acuminate, generally much 
thorter than thefe ; corolla of a pure white, ftellately explanate ;_ 
