272 FLORA HISTORICA. 



found growing spontaneously also in Northum- 

 berland, and in some parts of Scotland. 1 ' 



It flowers in April, and requires the same treat- 

 ment as the former kinds, excepting that it should 

 be planted in a moister soil, but at the same time 

 light. The Drooping Star of Bethlehem, Nutans 

 Ornithogalum, and the spiked Pyrenaicum, are also 

 found so frequently in this country as to be thought 

 indigenous to our soil. Two species of these plants 

 have been introduced from Egypt, one from Siberia, 

 one from Sweden, one from Austria, one from Cali- 

 fornia, and twelve from the Cape of Good Hope ; 

 amongst the latter are some of the greatest orna- 

 ments of the greenhouse. 



