HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. SciUa. 145 



an inner flower, in the centre of the larger one. Sti/le angular. 

 Caps, elliptical, with 3 deep furrow.s. Seeds rugged, black. 

 An elegant spring flower, common in country gardens, from whence 

 it may have escaped into the fields. Yet the plant may as well 

 be a native of England, as of Denmark, Austria, or other parts 

 of Europe, where it is found in similar situations. 



191. SCILLA. Squill. 



Linn. Gen. I G6. Juss. 53. Fl. Br. 364. Lam. t. 23S. 

 Lilio-hyacinthus. Tourn. t. 196. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 190. 



Cal. none. Pet. 6, inferior, ovate-oblong, more or less 

 spreading, withering, or deciduous. Filam. all thread- 

 shaped, simple, half the length of the petals, to whose 

 bases they are attached. Aiith. oblong, incumbent. 

 Germ, superior, roundish. Style simple, shorter than the 

 stamens, deciduous. Stigma simple. Caps, roundish, 

 with 3 furrows, 3 cells, and 3 valves with central parti- 

 tions. Seeds several, roundish. 



Bulb mostly coated, roundish. Leaves radical, linear. Cluster 

 or corymb stalked, of several flowers. Petals blue, purplish, 

 or white, never yellow. Flowers in some instances sweet- 

 scented. 



1. S. verna. Vernal Squill. 



Bulb coated. Corymb hemispherical, of few flowers. Brac- 

 teas lanceolate, obtuse. Leaves linear, channelled. 



S. verna. Hmc/s. 142. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 2. \29. Fl. Br. 364. Engl. 

 Bot. V. I. t. 23. Dicks. H. Sice. fasc. 10.8. Hook. Scot. \02. 



S. bifolia. Light/. 121. Fl. Dan. t. 568. 



Hyacinthus n. 1. Raii Syn. 372 ; all the synonyms wrong. 



H. stellaris vernus pumilus. Dill, in Raii Syn. Indie. PI. Dub. 



Ornithogalum hispanicum minus. Clus. Hist. v. 1. 188./. Ger. Em. 

 166. f. 



O. umbellatum, flosculis ex albo subcaeruleis. Bauh. Pin. 70. Rudb. 

 Elys. V. 2. 132./. 6 3 too large. 



On maritime rocks and cliffs. 



In the Isle of Man, and in Anglesea, as well as on the coasts of 

 Ireland, Wales and Cornwall. Dill, and Huds. In lonu and 

 Staffa abundantly. Light/. On the cliffs of Caithness, and Su- 

 therland. Dr. Hooker and Mr. Borrer. In the Orkneys abun- 

 dantly, and in Shetland. Mr. P. Neill. 



Perennial. April. 



Bulb whitish, small, ovate. Leaves numeroir., deep green, hnear, 



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