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Leucojum iEsnvuM. Summer Snow- 

 Flake. 



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Generic Characler. — Fid, No. 960. 



Specific Cbaracler and Synonyms, 



LEUCOJUM ajiivnm / (capfula herbaceo-'virens f) foliis plu- 

 ribus (6 — 8), ab inferne fiftulofo-vaginamibus 

 longe canaliculato-ligulatis fuperne planis obtu- 

 fulis, interioribus longioribus fcapo furfum 

 tereti-deorfum alato-ancipiti fubifometris ; fpa- 

 tha pluri-(4 — &)-flora; germine viridi, exfulco; 

 corollae laciniis fubaequalibus, lineis nervofc 

 prominulis paralleliscrebcrrimis longitudinaliter 

 itriatulis ; extimis fubanguftioribus apice tv'u 

 denticulatis ; intimis obovatis ; filamentis ca- 

 piilaribus aequalibus ere&o-divergentibus in- 

 craflato corollse difco impofitis ; antherarum 

 loculis a vertice hianter pervio fecundum latus 

 externum dehifcentibus ; ftylo clavato-elongato, 

 obtufe trigono, cufpide ftigmatofa brevi tri- 

 quetra gracillima re&a praefixo. G. 



LEUCOJUM <ejlivum. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. 1. 414. Hort. 

 Kew. 1. 406. Jacq. Aujir. t. 203. Curt. Lond. 

 t. 23. Smith Ft. Br/t, 1. 353. Eng. Bot. t. 621- 

 Li 1. a Red. t. 135. Lam. et Decand. Fl. Franf, 

 3. 233. Willd. Sp. PI. 2. 30. 



L. ptilchellum. Par ad. Lond. t. 74. 



NARCISSO-L. pratenfe multifiorum. Toum. Lift. 387. 



L. bulbofum minus. Hort. Eyjl. Vern. Ord. 3. /of. 1 7. / ///. 



L. bulbofum ferotinum majus I. Cluf. Hiji. 170. Park. Par. 

 t. 107. f. 11.— — bulb. maj. poJyanthemum. 

 Ger. Em. 148./. 4. 



POLYANTHEMUM. JZenealm. Spec. gg. t. 100. 



Descr. Bulb tunicate, about the fize of a pigeon's egg or 

 larger, coating membranous ; rootjheatbs membranous, enve- 

 loping the lower part of the foliage; leaves bright-green, 



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