Cattleiane. | | | | Tab. 98. | 
ORNITHOGALUM FIMBRIATUM. 
Nar. Orv. Asphodelee, Br. Lan. Sysv. Hexandria Monogynia. 
ORN ITHOGALUM, Iann. Corolla hexapetala, erecta, persistens, supra medium patens. Filamenta basi dilatata. 
-Capsula trilocularis. Semina subrotunda, nuda. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. 256. ) 
OrnitHocau fimbriatim, racemo subcorymboso, pedunculis bractearum longitudine : fructiferis elongatis paten- 
tissimis, foliis linearibus canaliculatis pilosis. ee 
Ornithogalum samium villosum umbellatum album. Tournef. Cor. 26. (ex Bieb.) 
Ornithogalo umbellato affine foliis pilosis. Pall. in Nov. Act. Petrop. 10. 309. 
Ornithogalum fimbriatum. Willd. in Nov. Act. Berol. 3.420. Pers. Ench. 1. 364. Bieb. Taur. Cauc. 1.276. Cat. 
Hort. Gorenk. ann. 1812. 9. Hoffm. Mosq. ann. 1808. n. 2262. Bess. Cat. Hort. Crem. ann. 1816. 94. Bieb.. 
Suppl. 266. Edwards’s Bot. ATE 555. mala. 
Descr. Bulbus ovi anatini miaguttudine: pallidus, ferrugineo maculatus. Folia linearia, canaliculata, obtusa, margine pi- 
losa, paululum torta. Racemus brevis, subcorymbosus, scapo pedunculisque glabris. Bractee ovate, acute, membranacee, pe- 
dunculi longitudine. Flores colore et magnitudine Ornithogali umbellati ; variant laciniis acuminatis. 
saris yaNisA OAS IEG T SLT NOSES PN 
This very pretty and distinct specs of Ornithogalum was. sent to Mr. Cattley by Dr. Fischer; and flowered in 
his garden last February. | , 
Independently of its dwarf habit and ciliated leaves, which in native specimens are frequently covered all over to- 
wards the base with little hairs, it differs from O. umbellatum i in having bractee of the same length as the flowerstalks. 
The hairiness on the stem and peduncles, mentioned by Bieberstein, was certainly absent from our specimens ; nor 
did we observe any upon the plant belonging to the-Horticultural Society, from which the figure in Edwards’s Bota- 
nical Register was taken. 
If it is possible to judge from Tenore’s figures of Orn. montanum and exscapum, there is no good reason for es 
posing them distinct from Ornithogalum umbellatum. 
This plant is a native of the Crimea, where it was found by Bieberstein. 
EXPLANATION OF THE Piare. 
1. Front view of an expanded flower. 2. Back of the same. 3. ‘Side view of the same without the segments. 4. Ovarium. 
5. Stamens. 6. A longitudinal section of the ovarium. 7. Transverse section of the same. 
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