C 935 ] 



Ornithogalum Unifolium. One-Leaved 

 Star of Bethlehem. 



G7<z/j: and Order. 



HeXANDRIA MoNOGYNIAi 



Generic Character. — Fid. N um - 918. 



Specific CbaracJer and Synonyms. 



ORNITHOGALUM unifolium folio folitario fcapum exce- 

 dente, altias vaginante, cufpide longa 

 comprefib-tereti ftriata caudatim termi- 

 nato ; floribus paucis fpicatim feflilibus ; 

 bratleis membranaceis lato-naviculari- 

 bus ; fijamentis sequalibus planis fub- 

 ulato-linearibus ; germine fubitipitato 

 obconico-trigono, angulis fulcatis. G. 



ORNITHOGALUM nanum. Brotero Flor. Lufit. 1. 529. 



SCILLA unifolia. Sp. PL 443. Link et Hoffm. de S cilia in 

 Ann. BoL 1. 106. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 131. 



ORNITHOGALUM fpicatum unifolium et trifolium fJore 

 niveo odorato. Grijl. Lufit. V. L.n. 1596. 



BULBUS popcpvxxog. ClnJ. App. Alt. cum Ic. 



BULBUS monophyllus. Bauh. Hifi. 2. 622. 



This lingular little vegetable grows in the greateft abundance 

 on the barren hills and wilds of Portugal, whence it was re- 

 ceived by Clusi us, who defcribed and caufed it to be en- 

 graved in his great work ; but fince his time we do not know 

 pf any book in which there is an original figure of it; nor is 

 11 enumerated among the plants of the Hortus Kewenfis. 



Our drawing was taken from a fpecimen that flowered in 

 Marchlaft with Mr. Rudge author of Plant/E Guianenses, 

 * work containing delineations of many rare or till now un- 

 known vegetables, the plates of which are engraved from defigns 

 executed by his lady with great fkill and accuracy. 



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