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SCILLA EscuULENTA. 8. fl. albo. Escunent 
Squitx or Camass; white-flowered variety. 
Class and Order. 
| ¥ Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Aspuovetes. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cor. 6-petala, patens, decidua. Flam. filiformia, peta- 
lorum basi adnexa. 
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Speeifie C tastes and Synonyms. 
Scitta esculenta ; bulbosa, seapo foliis linearibus carinatis 
longiore, petalis lineari-oblongis basi contractis, 5 
subascendentibus, infimo deflexo. 
(a.) flore ceruleo. 
Scinza esculenta. Gawler in Bot. Mag. t. 1574. 
Puataneium esculentum. Nutt. in Fraser. Cat. 1813. 
Nutt. Gen. of N. Am. Pl.v.1.p.219. 
Puataneirum Quamash. Pursh. Fl. N. Am. v. 1. p. 226. 
Anruericum esculentum. Spreng. — a ee v. 2. p. SA. 
(8) flore albo. ¢. ei 
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hick: Bulb ofuted siveea with a teow liek. Pieiee 
eight to ten inches, or almost a foot long, linear, grooved, 
somewhat carinated, rather acute, attenuated at the base, 
bluish green. Scape perfectly naked, from a foot toa foot 
and a half, and even, in the wild specimens, two feet high, 
rounded, terminate by a raceme of from ten to “xn i 
dshewy. Pe 
short, horizo’ ar subulate bractea, 
longer than tk Corolla of six ne an inch 
long, slightly i efore expansion, and then form- 
ing a clavate bi t on the upper side, but gibbous 
' iY @ pure white, spreading horizon- 
es tally 
