HEXANDRIA—MONOGYNIA. Scilla. 147 



S. autumnalis. Linn. Sp. PL 443. Willd. v. 3. \30. Fl.Br.36C). 



Engl. Bot. V. 2. t. 7S. Curt. Lond.fasc. 6. t. 25. Cavan. Ic. v. 3. 



38. t. 274. f. 2. Redout. Liliac. t.3\7. 

 Hvacinthus stellaris autumnalis minor. Bauh. Pin. 47 ■ Rudb. Elijs. 



'v. 2. 36./. 15. 

 H. autumnalis minor. Clus. Hist. v. 1 . 185./. Raii Si/n- 373. Dod. 



Pempt.2\9.f. Ger. Em. 1 10./. Magn. Monsp". 134. 

 H. autumnalis minimus. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 574. f. 

 H. autumnalis. Lob. Ic. \02.f. Dalech. Hist. 1513. 

 H. minimus maritimus. Bauh. Pin. 47. Prodr.26. Rudb. Elys. 



V. 2. 36./ 1 7. Justly considered by Magnol as the same species. 

 In dry pastures, or on rocks, among short grass. 

 On St. Vincent's rocks, Bristol, and at the Lizard Point, plenti- 

 fully. Ray. On Black-heath, Moulsey-hurst, Kew-green, and 



several similar places near London. Plukenet, Merret, Huds. 



Curt. Though now almost eradicated in that neighbourhood. 

 Perennial. September. 

 Bulb globular, with a brownish coat. Leaves numerous, spreading, 



for the most part quite linear, channelled, deep green, smooth. 



Stalk 1, rarely 2, about 3 inches high, round, terminating in an 



oblong cluster of several little, rose-coloured, see ntl ess /^ow^rs^ 



whose stamens are of a deeper red, and the pistil light blue. 



The partial stalks become curved upwards, or inwards, as the 



fruit ripens, and are destitute of bracteas. 

 H. autumnalis major of the old authors, generally exhibited along 



with this, has 2Jlower-stalks, but is not worth noticing even as 



a variety. 



4. S. nutans. Hare-bell Squill. Wild Hyacinth. 



Leaves linear. Cluster drooping. Flowers pendulous, 

 cylindrical-bell-shaped ; the points of their petals reflexed. 

 Bracteas in pairs. 



5. nutans. H. Br. 366. Engl. Bot. v. 6. t. 377. 

 S. non scripta. Redout. Liliac. t. 224. 



S. festalis. Salisb. Prodr. 242. 



Hyacinthus non-scriptus. Li7in. Sp. PI. 453. tVilld. v. 2, 166. 

 Huds. \4l. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. t.\8. Hook. Scot. W2. Dod. 

 Pempt.2\6.f. Bull. Fr. t. 353. 



H.n. 1248. Hall. Hist.v.2.\2\, 



H. anglicus. Raii Syn. 373. Ger. Em. 111./ Lob. Ic. 103./ 



H. hispanicus. Clus. Hist. v. 1. 177. f. 



H. oblongo flore, cseruleus major. Bauh. Pin. 43. Rudb. Elys. v. 2. 

 26./ 1. 



In thickets, groves, bushy fields, and under dry hedges, abun- 

 dantly. 



Perennial. May. 



Bulb globular, white, coated, mucilaginous, but acrid. Leaves nu- 



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