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Ornithogalum fimbriatum. Hairy- 

 leaved Star of Bethlehem. 



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Class and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Asphodele^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium inferum, petaloideum, hexaphyllum. Stam. 

 alterna majora, seu basi dilatata. Capsula 3-loba, lobis 

 sulcatis, 3-locularis, polysperma. Semina biserialia. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Ornithogalum * fimbriatum ; foliis linearibus patentibus 



canaliculatis extus scapoque perbrevi hirsutis, racemo 



subcorymboso, pedunculis elongatis patentibus fructi- 



feris deflexis. 

 Ornithogalum fimbriatum. " Willd. in Nov. Act. Nat. 



Cur. Berol. 3. p. 26." Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. v.]. p. 



216. Bot. Reg. t. 555. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. 



p. 50. 

 Ornithogalo umbellato affine, foliis pilosis. "Pall, in 



Nov. Act. Petrop. 10. 309." 

 Ornithogalum samium villosum umbellatum album, 1 ourn. 



Cor. p. 26. (Bieb.) 



Descr. Bulb ovate, whitish. Leaves all radical, spread- 

 ing, six to eight inches long, linear, channelled above and 

 glabrous, semicylindrical beneath and very hairy, the apex 

 obtuse. Scape exceedingly short, hairy, bearing a short 

 but broad raceme of flowers. Peduncles at first erect, short, 

 J then 



. * From w, ocn^, a bird, and y*hx, milk: but why so named is very 

 doubtful. 



