C 939 ] 



SCILLA ROMANA. ROMAN SQUIL. 



Hexanpria Monopynia. 

 Generic Character. Vide N um - 919. 



Specific Character and Synonyms, 



SCILLA romana foliis fcapo longioribus attenuatis convoluto- 

 concavis j racemo confertiore cylindrico-conico ; 

 brafteis minimis, fubcalcaratis, craffis ; pedicellis 

 corollae aequalibus; hacce cyatbiformi-campanulata 

 ultra medium partita ; filamentis ufque bafin lacini- 

 arum liberis, planis, corollae fubaequalibus. G. 



HYACINTHUS romanus. Linn. Syji. 335. Mant. 224. Hort. 

 Kew. 1. p. 458. Mart. Mill. Ditt. Willd. Sp. PL 

 2. 169. Desf. Fl. Atl. 1. 308. 



HYACINTHUS comofus albus belgicus. Bauh. 42. 



HYACINTHUS comofus albo flore. Cluf. Hi/. 1. 180. 



HYACINTHUS comofus byzantinus. Hort. Eyft. Vern. ord. 

 i.fol. 11. f. 2. 



HYACINTHUS comofus albus cum caeruleis ftaminibus. 

 Bauh. Hijl 2. 584. 



HYACINTHUS comofus. Park. Par. t. 117. /. 1. 



While we adhere to the three very artificial, yet convenient, 

 fe&ions of Scilla, Hyacinthus, and Muscari, this mull 

 be referred to the former, on account of the far-parted 

 corolla and free flamens ; although from appearance we mould 

 rather have ranked it under the latter. Linnxus tells us 

 " grows in and about the city of Rome; Desfontaines 

 *°und it on the coaft of Barbary ; Mr. Lambert has a fpeci- 

 jnen brought from Tangiers. Said in Hortus Kewenfisio have 

 been introduced by Mr. Gr.efer about 1786 ; it is however 

 recorded both bv Parkinson and Gerarde. Hardy. 



