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SciLLA PUMILA. Dwarr S@QuILL. 
KEKE EEE KEKE EKER EK 
Class and Order. 
HexanpriA Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—AspHopELeEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cor. subrotata. Stamina equalia, basi petalis adnata. 
Semina globosa. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Scitta * pumila; corolla patente, folio solitario vaginante 
apice calloso, racemo erecto, bracteis pedicello multo 
brevioribus. 
Scizxa pumila. Broteir. Fl. Lusitan. v. 1. p. 527. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 67. Graham in Edin. Phil. Journ. 
Descr. Leaf (two inches long, half an inch broad) 
generally, or always as in the specimen described, solitary, 
involute, ovato-acuminate, with a callous, subcylindrical 
apex, somewhat carinate, waved, glabrous. Scape about — 
the same length as the leaves, erect, filiform, glabrous, 
green, racemose (five-flowered in the present specimen, ) 
pedicels purplish, gradually to about half an inch, spring- 
ing from the axil of a small, sheathing bractea, which is 
Occasionally drawn out into a point, projecting from some 
part of a truncated, ragged extremity. Corolla of a bright 
lilac colour, half an inch across, its segments spreading, 
subunguiculate, ovate, slightly undulate, having a blue, 
thickened middle rib, and an inflected mucro. Stamens 
inserted 
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* (omarw, I injure, according to Mituer). The root of Scruna is a vio- 
lent poison, as food, but often employed to great advantage in medicine. It 
is remarkable that the Arabic name for this plant is identical: asgy/. 
