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ORNITHOGALUM CORYMBOSUM. PERUVIAN 
: Star or BETHLEHEM. : 
RH oakakeseaak 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
. ~( Nat. Ord.—Aspnope.ea. ) 
Generic Character. 
~ Cor. 6-petala patens. _ Filamenta basi dilatata recep- 
faculo inserta. Caps. 3-locularis. Embryo axilis. Spr. 
. Specific Character and Synonyms.- 
Qestrnocaum corymbosum ; scapo tereti, floribus corym- 
_ bosis, corolla magna, germine atro. Ruiz et Pavon. 
OrnitHocatum umbellatum. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. v. 3. 
— —p. 68. t. 300. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. v. 6. p. 86, et in 
_ Bot. Reg. t. 906. Schultes, Syst. Veget.v.7. p. 512. 
Descr. Bulbs, according to Rui and Pavon, ovate, 
tunicated, and proliferous. Leaves a foot or a foot and a 
half long, linear, the apex acuminate, the sides involute, 
those of the young bulbs very narrow. Scape two to three 
feet high, terete, bearing a large, spreading, corymbose 
raceme, in our specimens of from twelve to sixteen flowers, 
two inches and a half in diameter, almost pure white. Petals 
obtuse, oval, spreading, the three inner ones rather nar- 
rower; the tips often bluntly two or three-toothed. Sta- 
mens opposite to the petals. Filaments white, broadly 
subulate, nearly erect. Anthers oblong, yellow. Germen 
turbinate, six-lobed, glossy, black - green : Style rather 
shorter than the germen : Stigma trigonal, downy. The 
Pedicels are long, the lower ones especially, three inches and 
more in length, and subtended by a rather large, cordate, 
membranaceous, almost white, carinated bractea, attenuated 
into a long green point. I 
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