HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Leucojum. 129 



tubular, membranous, cloven hractea^ the sheath l^spatha) 

 of Linnaeus. Only 1 species. 



1. G, nivalh. Common Snowdrop. 



G. nivalis. Linn.Sp.PLA\3. fVilld. v. 2.29. Fl. Br. 3j2. Engl. 

 Lot. V. 1. f. 19. Abbot 73. Hook. Land. t. 14. Scot. 100. Hoj^k. 

 Glott. 44. Meijrick Misc. Bot. t. 2. Jacq. Austr. /. 3 13. 



G. n. r2;34. Hcdl. Hist. v. 2. 124. 



Leucoium bulbosum praecox minus. Ger. Em. 147 ./. 



h. bulbosum trifolium minus. Riidb. Elys. v. 2. 96./. 4. Pass. Hurt. 

 Florid. t.4.d. 



Narcissus sextus. Matth. f'algr. v. 2. 083./. Camer. Epit. 956./. 

 Dalech. Hist. 1525. f. 



Hpocyys\i(x.. Renealm. Spec. 97. t. 90. 



In meadows, orchards, woods, hedges, and on the banks of rivers. 



At the foot of the Malvern hills. Mr. B(dlard. On the banks of 

 the Tees, about Blackwell and Conniscliffe, ceriauily wild. Mr. 

 E. liobson. In Bedfordshire. Abbot. On banks about Castle- 

 milk, plentifully ; introduced. Hopkirk. In Arniston woods, 

 Edinburgh, covering acres of ground ; Mr. Maughan and Mr. 

 Shuter. Hooker. 7^cr^\\ssja.'^ fkil,c.H^'r2ja'f^^^t7cL, ff^i-ji^je^S 



Perennial. February. 



Bulb ovate, scarcely an inch long, acrid, white, with many simple 

 fibres. Leaves glaucous, keeled, erect, obtuse, their bases in- 

 closed in one common tubular, membranous, radical stipula. 

 Stalk 3 or 4 inches high, round, at length overtopped by the 

 gi-adually increasing, finally decumbent, leaves. Flower scent- 

 less, pendulous, on a slender, terminal, drooping, partial stalk, 

 from the tubular base of a membranous, double-ribbed, forked 

 bractea. Pc/a/.v pure white 3 the 3 innermost with a green blotch 

 near the top, at the outside, and striated with green internally. 



So common in gardens, that it is supposed to have escajx'd from 

 thence ; but many persons esteem it really a native. Hay and 

 DilleniuG indeed omitted the Snowdrop in their catalogues ; but 

 the question how far they were right or wrong can scarcely be 

 determined, and the late Mr. Robson's opinion is oneot the most 

 weighty against them. A double-flowered variety is generally 

 cultivati'd ; and a broad-leaved one from (.'onstantinoj)le is ex- 

 hibited in (Jerarde'.s Herbal. 



185. LEUCOJUM. Snowflake. 



Linn. Gen. \CiO. Juss. 55. Fl. Br. 352. Lam. t. 230. 



Narcissoleucoium. Tourn. t. 208. A, D — F. 



Nat. Ord. see 71. 18 4-. 



Cal. none. Prf. G, regular, nearly t'(pial, ovate, rather con- 

 cave, spreatlin^ nuHlcralely in the form oi* u bell; com- 

 bined at the^ base ; somewhat thickened, and contracted, 



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