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GALANTHUS PLIcATus. Crusrus’s SNowprop 
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Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monocyrnia. 
Generic Character. 
Petala 3, concava. Nectariwm ex petalis 3, parvis, emar- 
ginatis. Stigma simplex. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Garanruus plicatus ; foliis lanceolatis margine plicatis. 
Gatantuus plicatus ; foliis plicatis: plica utrinque margini 
parallela; spatha pedunculum superante. Marsch. a Bieb. 
Fl. Cauc. Suppl. p. 225. ee, 
Gauanruus nivalis ; Pallas Flor. Ind. taur. 
Levcosum bulbosum precox byzantinum. Clus. Pann. 183. 
Ejusdem Hist. 1. p. 169. Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 591. Ger. 
emac. 127. Raj. Hist. 1114. 
Levcosum bulbosum trifolium majus. Bauwh. pin. 56. 
Levcoyum bulbosum secundum. abern. Kraeuterb. p. 1005. 
Narcisso.eucosum trifolium majus. Tourn. Inst. p. 387. 
The older Botanists, as may be seen by the above synonyms, 
generally considered the Snowdrop as consisting of two species ; 
but the Seis one which is not a native of the western paris of 
Europe, has, by modern botanists, been generally overlooked. 
Our friend Dr. F. Fiscner having cultivated both kinds in 
the Gorenki garden, found them to be really distinct ; and 
Marscuatt a Breserstern in the supplement to his excellent 
Flora Taurico-caucasica, has established our present species 
under the name of Gazantuus plicatus, so called from the 
singular folding of the leaf along each margin ; by which it 
is at once distinguished from Gananruus nivalis, than which 
It is altogether a stouter plant, having the outer petals nearly 
twice the size. 
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