Stamina. Filaments 6, upright, compressed, blunt, opposite 

 the petals. Anthera 2, adhering to each side of the fila- 

 ments, at the end. 



Pistillum. Germen cylindrical, as long as the stamina. Style 

 none. Stigma round and flat, broader than the germen, en- 

 compassed by a thin edged border. 



Pericarpium. Berry cylindrical, blunt, dimpled, wifh 1 cell. 



Seeds 2 or 3, oblong, cylindrical, blunt. 



N. B. There is a perforation at the top of the berry. 



HYACYNTHUS. 



Calyx. Perianthium, none. 



Corolla, l Petal, bell-shaped. Border with 6 clefts, re- 

 flected. 



Nectarium, 3 pores filled with honey, at the point of the 

 germen. 

 Stamina. Filaments 6, awl-shapcd, rather short. Anther* 



approaching. 

 Pistillum. Germen roundish, but with 3 edges, and 3 fur- 

 rows. Style simple, shorter than the corolla. Stigmata 

 blunt. 

 Pericarpium. Capsula roundLh, but with 3 corners, 3 cells 



and valves. 

 Seeds, 2 for the most part, roundish. 



N. B. In the Hyacinthus non-scriplus the blossom is tubu- 

 lar, but expanding at the mouth, and its segments so deeply 

 divided that it is not easy to determine whether it is formed ot 

 one, or of six petals ; and the 3 nectariferous pores are not to be 

 found on the germen ; so that it rather ranks with the Scilla 

 than with the Hyacinthus, only that the corolla of the Scilla 

 is deciduous, and in this Hyacinth it is parmanent. 



