GAGEA fafcitularis. Salijbury in Ann. of Bat. 2. 555. -» 



bracleolaris. Id. L c. 556. 

 ORNITHOGALUM fylvaticum. Ptrfoon in Ujleri. Ann. 

 Jiuck. 11. p. 7. /. \. f. 1. pratenfe. Id. I.e. p. 9. 



t.i.f. 1. 

 O. luteum. Lin. Sp. PL ed. 2. 1. 439. VI. dan. t. 378. Hort. 



Kew. X. 440. Leers, fl. Herb. 85. n. 253. Smith, ft. 



Brit. 1. 362. Eng. Bat. t. 21. Schmidt, ji. bohem. n. 



337. Lam. et Decand. fl. franc. 3. 214. iVdU. tip* 



PL 2. 113. 

 PHALANGIUM radice bulbofa, Sec. Hall hel-v. n. 1213. 

 O. pallidum majus. Rudb. elys. t. 132. /. utcum. Id. I. c. 



J 1 1. Park. Par. 140. T. 137./. 7. 

 O. pallido flore. Otis. H/Ji. 2. 188. 

 PYRROCHITON Renealm. fpec. 91. /. 90. 

 BULBUS fylveftris. Bubs. Hift. PL 169. cum Ic. 



Bulb about the fize of a filbert ; leaves, efpecially the root- 

 one, when elofely infpecied, will be found to be thickly beiet 

 with fmall prominent white points, communicating a whitilh 

 filvery hue ; the larger of the Item-ones generally reaching 

 much beyond the inflorefcence ; Jiem from 5 to 9 inches high ; 

 pedicles triquetral, hairy upwards, one-flowered, varying from 

 one to two inches in length, but in regular gradation, as if 

 belonging to a thyrf'e, the rachis of which had been taken 

 away ; corolla inwards yellow, outwards green, the yellow 

 colour changing at ialt into a filvery white ; petals keeled, 

 and may be entirely (tripped off without deranging the 

 itamens ; anthers elliptic-oblong ; fiyle fhoi ler than corolla. 

 Blooms in March. Scentlefs. Native of England, as well as 

 many other parts of Europe. According to Linnaus, the 

 bulbs, in times of fcarcity, have been tiled by the Swedes as 

 food. Our fpecimen was communicated to us by Meffirs. 

 Lee and Kennedy, of Hammerfmith. G. 



