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Hyacinthus Orientalis. Garden 



Hyacinth. 



Clqfs and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic CharaHer. 



Cor. infera, tubulofa, fexfida, laciniis patentibus. Stam.tubo 

 inclufa; filamenta fere tota adnata. Stylus triqueter ; ftigma 

 depreffum. Cap/, ovato-trigona. Sem. plura, fubrotunda. G. 



Obs. Radix bulbus tuntcatus tctfus indujiis fcariofo-membranaceis. 

 roha radicalia, fubfucculenta, concava, varie lorata. Scapus teres, car- 

 fjojus. In orientali efummo germine per trinos baud manifefios poros /res 

 fnel/ea exfudantur guttula ; hinc optime dignofcenda eji /pedes. G. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



•HYACINTHUS orientalis racemo fparfim multifloro ; brac- 

 teis minutis ; corolla deorfum cylindrlca 

 bafi ventricofa, laciniis recurvo patentibus; 

 fummo germine tribus cryftallinis gemmato 

 guttulis. G. 



HYACINTHUS orientalis. Linn. Sp. PL 454. Clu/ Hi/. 1. 

 1 74» 1 75' H° rt ' By/- V ern - ord - 2./0/. 4, 5, 

 6, 7, 14, 15. Mill. Ic. t. 148. Difl. n. 6. 

 mild. Sp. PL 2. 16 j. Des/. Flor. Atl. 1. 

 307. 



HYACINTHUS corollis, &c. Gronov. Orient, n. 115. 44. 



^UMBUL Indi. Park. Par. t. 121. /. 2. Hyacinthus ori- 

 entalis vulg. Id. I. c. /. 3, 5, 6. 



- --■ "nun Ullldllltlll yjl vju.1 guim-i" 



l » growing abundantly about Aleppo a 



Barbary 



cultivated 



