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Muscari moschatum(/3.) flavum. Yellow 



Musk-Hyacinth, 



Generic Character. — Fide No. 734, et No. 1185, verf. fol. circa 



fin. pag. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



MUSCARI mofchatum ; bulbo ovato ; foliis pluribus, ambienter 

 divergentibus, lanceolato - ligulatis, convoluto - concavis, 

 obtufiufculis, glaucefcentibus, fcapum fubaequantibus ; ra- 

 cemo multifloro, laxe fpicato ; pedicellis flore pluries 

 brevioribus ; braclea fimplici, minuta, lacera ; corolla 

 horizontali-nutante, ventricofo-oblongata, obfcure trigona, 

 ore anguftiffime conftritlo, limbo minuto fexcrenato-rotato, 

 membranula inclufa lacera coronato, citius emarcido; 

 filamentis corolla fubduplo brevioribus, alterne longioribus; 

 ftigmate obfolete trifido, capitato-trigono. G. 



MUSCARI mofchatum. Nobis fupra No. 1185, verf. fol. Jub cake 

 prfg. t et No. 734, ubi fynonyma; quibus adjiaas ,• 



MUSCARI ambrofiacum. Ld. a Redout e, tab. 132. 



HYACINTHUS Mufcari. Schkurb. handb. tab. 96. Hort.Kew. 

 ed. 2. 2. 283. 



MUSCHI-RUMI. Tunis. Jacinthe moufcade. Bartholdy Voy. 

 en Grice 2. 103. Paris 1807. 



W corolla macrior, e rubido cincrafcens. G. Supra No. 734. 



(?•) corolla obefior, e rubido flavefcens. G. 



In No. 734 of this work (to which place we refer for the 

 general fynonymy and account of the fpeciesj we have men- 

 tioned a yellow variety, known among the Dutch Florifts by 

 the appellation of ' T'tbcadi Mufcari ,• this we believe the prefent to 

 De - It is copioufly defcribed by Parkinson, and feems to 

 have been well known in the Englifh gardens of his day ; but 

 till now, we have never ken, nor ever heard of its being in any 

 °ne of the prefent. This variety exceeds x as much in fragiance 

 a s in appearance. The fpecimen from which our drawing was 



made, 



