14G HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Scilla. 



channelled^ narrow, acute ; tapering at the base. Stalk central, 

 round, smooth, nearly upright, often a little wavy or declining. 

 Corymb hemispherical, short, and dense, usually of 5 or 6 flowers 

 in the wild plant, sometimes with not more than 3, but in a gar- 

 den of 7 or 8. Bracteas membranous, with a tapering though 

 blunt point, permanent, as long as the partial stalks. Petals 

 ovate, keeled, of a full, rather deep, blue. Filam. round, not 

 dilated. Anth. peltate, blue. Style short, with a blunt stigma. 

 Caps, roundish, a little depressed, with 3 prominent angles, and 

 as many deep intermediate furrows, and pointed with the per- 

 manent base of the style. 



2. S. hifolia. Two-leaved Squill. 



Bulb coated. Cluster slightly corymbose, without bracteas. 

 Flowers nearly erect. Leaves lanceolate, generally two. 



S. bifolia. Linn. Sp. PI. 443. Willd. v. 2. 1 28. Fl. Br. 365. Engl. 

 Bot.v. I. t. 24. Jacq. Austr. t.]l7. Redout. Liliac. t. 254. 



Phalangium n . 1 2 1 1 . Hall. Hist. u. 2. 1 1 . 



Hyacinthus stellaris bifolius germanicus. Bauh. Pin. 45. Rudb. 

 Elys. V. 2. 33./. 1 j also/. 2 and 3. 



H. stellaris mas minor. Fuchs. Hist. 837./ and albicans seufcemi- 

 nea. 833./. 



H. stellatus bifolius et trifolius. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 579./. 



H. stellatus Fuchsii. Ger. Em. 106./ 



H . Fuchsii. Dad. Pempt. 219./ 



Narcissus martins. Brun/. Herb. v. 1. 184./ 



N. cteruleus. Trag. Hist. 756./. 



Star Hyacinth. Pet. H. Brit. t. 67./ 5. 



In groves, in the west of England, but very rare. 



Received from the west of England, by Mr. Sims, druggist, of 

 Norwich. It is preserved also in Buddie's herbariuraj in the 

 British Museum. 



Perennial. March, April. 



Bulb ovate. Leaves two, upright, lanceolate, bluntish, concave, 

 slightly keeled, sometimes accompanied by a third, which is 

 smaller. Stalk central, a little taller than the leaves, round. 

 Cluster inclining, somewhat corymbose. Flowers from 4 to 10, 

 erect, of a lighter blue than the last, without scent ; the lower 

 ones generally on the longest stalks. Bracteas none. Petals 

 ovate, bluntish, widely spreading. Anth. brownish. The coated 

 bulb of these two species distinguishes them from S. Lilio-hya- 

 cinthus, whose bulb is said to be scaly, like that of a Lily. 



3. S. autumnalis'. Autumnal Squill. 



Leaves linear, numerous. Cluster somewhat corymbose. 

 Flower-stalks ascending, the length of the flowers, with- 

 out bracteas. 



