C 1164 ] 



Ornithogalum Thyrsoides. Thyrse- 

 Flowering Star of Bethlehem. 



CA//> <7*<i Order, 

 Hexandria Monogynia, 



Generic Charafter. — Fid. N es - 653, el 746. Ogs. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



ORNITHOGALUM ihyrfodies ; foliis radicalibus, pluribus, 



laxius ambienter recumbentibus, lorato- 

 acuminatis, fubconvoluto-concavis, fub- 

 tiliflime cartilagineo-ciliatis ; raccmo 

 ere&o.mukifloro, corymbofefaftigiante; 

 corolla fubcampanulato - rotata, citius 

 poft anthefin fruclum groffificantem 

 claudente; laciniis lanceolato-oblongis; 

 filamentis alternis deorfum utrinque 

 membrana alari unidentatim apiculata 

 dilatatis ; ftylo triquctro gcrmine paulp 

 ** breviore ; ftigmatc parvulo fubtrilobo- 



capkellato puberulo ftylo duplo bre- 

 viore- G. 



ORNITHOGALUM thyrfnides. Jarq. Hort. Vindob. 3. 17. 



/. 28. Syft. Feg. Murr. ed. 14. 32^. 

 Thank Prod. 62. 



O. thyrfoides. /3. Hort. tew. 1. 442. Willi. Sp. PL 2. 124. 



exclufa var. «. ad aureum (fupra No. 1 90) 

 referenda. 



O. aethiopicum. CluJ. cur. p off. 21. Park. Par. 138. 



Differs from rrvolutum (No. 653) in having fegments of 

 corolla that always converge more or left, and are never re- 

 v olure or deflex ; with a ftyle that is twice longer than the 

 ttigma, which is alio imallcr : from lacieum (No. 1x34) int 



having 



