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ORNITHOGALUM GRAMINEUM. GRASs- 
LEAVED STAR OF BETHLEM. ~ 
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Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. © 
Generic Character. 
Cor. 6-petala, erecta, persistens, supra medium patens. 
Filamenta basi dilatata. Caps. trilocularis. Sem. subro- — 
tunda, nuda. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
OrnitHocaLum gramineum; scapo angulato foliis linearibus 
altiore,. floribus umbellatis, pedunculis erectis, petalis 
ovatis acutis striatis. 
_Lio-Narcissus polyanthos, albus, Phalangii flore. Feuill. 
—— Observ. v. 3. p. 30. t. 217 
‘ees 
This plant has not, as far as we can discover, been 
hitherto described, except the one quoted from Fruriz 
_ bethe same, which is doubtful, from the linear reflexed 
_ Spathe represented in his figure. It appears to have a near 
aflinity with Anium striatum (No. 1095 and 1524); and 
also to Atrium inodorum (No. 1129,) both of which plants 
being quite destitute of the garlicky scent, having a two- 
_-Valved spathe, and filaments dilated at the base, appear to 
us to belong rather to Ornrrmocatum than to Attium. We 
__ believe the same observation might be extended to Arurum 
_ subhirsutum (No. 774, erroneously there named ciliatum). 
The name of Jxioides seemed so appropriate to our plant, 
that we were at first much inclined to think it might be 
_ that species, a native of California, of which we know no 
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