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Ornithogalum Squilla (&). Common Red- 

 Rooted Sea-Onion, oitOfficinal Squill. 



C/j/j flW Order. 

 Hkxandria Monocynia. 



Generic Characler. 



Cor. infcra, hexapetaloideo-partita, radiato-pafla, femel (in 

 nutante nempe) connivens, bafi ftaminigera, periiltcns. Fit. 

 latitudine varia, nuda, divergentia, alterna communiter latiora. 

 %/*/ fetiformis ftigmate inconfpicuo, vel brevis aut etiam 

 fubnullus eodem capitato-triiobo. Semina fubglobofa, nunc 

 angulatim vel feme! paleaceo-prefla. G. 



Obs. Bulbus tunicatus. Folia radical's a, feriatim de anguftis ei Vmeari- 

 hratis laio-lanceolata, fucadenta, craffnijcula, tencriora. Flares nunquam 

 ccerulefcentes neve putpuraf rentes, quo fob fufpicor ftgno Ornithogalum 

 digmfcendum a S c 1 L L A . Scapus jlmplicifjunus, teres, multiftorus, fpicaUm 

 vel corymboje aid etiam thyrfoideo-racemofus ; hraBea- mcmbranacea. Cap], 

 membranacea, oblongo- vel ovato- trigona, femel molendmacea (tr, 

 triloba) complanatis. Confer Obs. in Scillam, ad h,um. 746. G. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



ORNITHOGALUM Squilla bulbo maximo, globofo-ovato; 



imo rhizomate, umbonatim extante ; 



fummis tunicis fquarrofo-emicantibus ; 



inflorefcentia folia lanccolata canalicu- 



lata diu praeveniente ; brafteis cal- 



caratis ? raccmo cylindraceo, graci- 



liori, confertiufculo, fafiigianre ; 



mentis plano-fubulaths, corolla Cilia 



brevioribus. G. 

 ORNITHOGALUM maritimum. Tourncf. Lift. 381. Bi 



Flor. Lufit. 1. 583. Lamarck Flor. 



Fran. 3. 276. 

 SCILLA maritima. : Svft. Veg. 328. Mat. Med. 94. hort. hezv. 



1-443- IVilld.Sp.PL 2. 126. Desf. 



Ft. At I. 1. 297. lit. a Redout 'e, t. 116. 



Lam. & Decand. Flor. Fran. 3. 214. 



Link & Hoffm. de Sc 1 l l a. Ann. Dot. 



1.101. IVoodv.Mcd.Bol.zii t. 118. 



SQUILLA. Plant* officinales, Am<en. Acad. 4. 14. 



SCILLA 



