— 
1028 
able 
Te hyacinthina (Lindl.) > Wild Hyacinth, GComae 1-2 cm, 
in diameter, subglobose but flattened vertically, the outer coats 
coarsely fibrous-reticulate, the inner membranous but strongly veined: 
leaves 30-40 cm, long, 7-8 mm, wide, tapering; flowers white or lilae 
with creenish mid-veins, on vedicels 1-3 cm, long, bracts shorter than 
the pedicels, ovate to lanceolate-acuminate ; perianth segments G10 IM» 
long, oval, obtuse; stamens joined at the base, forming a cup 5 mm, long, 
the filaments broadly expanded, 2.5 mn, broad, attached to the perianth 
cup in “he lower half in one series, anthers divergent at the base, yellow; 
capsule about 5 m, in diameter, globose, narrowed below to a stipe 265 
mn, long; seeds oblong-oval, 2 mm, long, black, finely reticulate, 
( Hesycroscordum hyacinthinum Lindl. ; Hookera hyacinthina Ktzee;Brodiaca 
ee 
hyacinthina Baker.). 
River banks and road sides usually below 3000 ft. Hoover—has—shown— 
MIB oe NESS 
