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* STERNBERGIA colcl.kiHora. 



Meadow Saff'ron-jioioered Sternbertjia. 



IIEXANDRIA UOXOGYNIA. 

 Nat. Orel. AMAllYLLIDACEiE. 



STERNBERGIA, W. S^ K. .S/)afAa hypogaa, apice petaloidea. Peri- 

 anthium semisubterraiieum, regulare, iiifiindibulare, revoluto-patens. Stamina 

 distincta, alterne Xongwm ; Jilamenta conniveinia, basi dilatata; anthera- ob- 

 longs, innatas. Stigma trilobum, bilabiatum : lobis duobus deflcxis, altero erccto. 

 Capsula epiga;a, pericarpio niolli succulento lateraliter debiscente ; semina nigra, 



nitida, punctis elevatis scabra, bilo earnoso tumido albo. Flores autumnalcs ; 



folia verna. 



S. colchicijiora ; foliis linearibus viridibus obtusis, limbo tubi longitudine, petalis 

 quam sepala angustioribus et brevioribus, floribus suaveoleiitibus. 



S. colcbiciflora. Waldst. et Kit. 2. 172. t. 159. Bieb. fi. taur. catic. 1. 261. 

 Herbert Amaryllid. ed. 2. 187. 



Narcissus autuninalis minor. Clus. hist. 1. 164. 



A charming little autumn-flowering bulbous plant, re- 

 cently introduced by the Hon. W, F. Strangways, who cul- 

 tivates it without difficulty in his rich garden at Abbotsbury, 

 in Dorsetshire. 



Marschall v. Bieberstein describes it as perfuming tlie 

 fields of the Crimea, especially about the Bospliorus, with 

 its fragrant jasmine-scented flowers, in the months of Sep- 

 tember and October. Waldstein and Kitaibel speak of it as 

 inhabiting dry, exposed, calcareous mountains at Buda-Ors, 

 Palota, and Fiired, in Hungary. These authors add that 

 after the fruit is ripe the leaves wither, and the plant vvill 



* So called in compliment to Count Caspar v. Sternberg, a learned Botanist, 

 and one of the most liberal and zealous promoters of that science. 



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