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MILLA* bifldra. 

 Snow-white Milla. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Asphodele7E Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 273.) 



MILLA Cav. — Perianthium hypocrateriforme ; tubo elongato-campanu- 

 lato ; limbo piano sexpartito, laciniis obtusis 3 exterioribus duplo angus- 

 tioribus, sinubus rotundatis. Stamina exserta, in ipsa fauce tubi sessilia; 

 anther a lineares, glabrae, in conum conniventes. Ovarium superum, 

 elongatum, subpedicellatum, trigonum, triloculare, polyspermum, cum stylo 

 filiformi exserto continuum; stigma 3-lobum, fimbriato-papillosum. Capsula 

 induviata, 3-locularis, polysperma, 3-valvis, seminibus atris crustaceis angu- 

 latis. 



M. biflora. Cavan. ic. 2. 76. t. 196. Willd. sp. pi. 2. 62. Romer et 



Schult. syst. 7. 675. 



Radices fasciculate, carnosce, Asphodeli modo. Folia cylindracea, apice 

 subulata,Jistulosa, glauca, scapis subceqaalia. Scapi erecti, in cultd pedales, 

 in spontaned palmares. Flores in cultd umbellati, in spontaned solitarii v. 

 scepiils gemini, involucri foliolis brevibus membranaceis. Pedunculi scaporum 

 scepe longitudine, suberecti, pauhdum curvati. Perianthium intiis candidis- . 

 simum, extiis virescens, per plures dies apertum, nee noctu clausum, tit scepc 

 hujus ordinis mos est. 



A most welcome addition to our Gardens, procured by 

 Mr. Graham from the mountainous parts of Mexico, near 

 Tlalpuxahua. To the kindness of that gentleman we are 

 indebted for wild specimens, which agree well with the 

 indifferent figure of this plant in Cavanilles' work. 



Our drawing was made in August last from a specimen 

 that flowered beautifully in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society. It had been planted out in a cold pit facing the 

 south, from which the frost is just excluded in winter. 



* Named by Cavanilles after Julian Milla, head Gardener in the Royal 

 Garden of Madrid. 



