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T. sylvestris. Lhm.Sp. PL 438. Fl. Suec.ed. 2. 106. Willd.v.2.9(]. 



FL Br. 36 1 . Engl. Hot. v.l.t. 63. Hook. Lond. t. 1 9. Scot. 101. 



Gawl in Curt. Mag. v. 30. t. 1202. Fl. Dan. t. 375. Redout. 



Liliac. t. 16.5. 

 T. n. 1236. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 115. 



T. minor lutea gallica. Bauh. Pin. 63. Rudh. Elys. v. 2. 110./. 5. 

 T. minor lutea narbonensis. Magnol. Monsp. 2/2. 

 T. narbonensis. Clus. Hist. v. 1. 151./. • 

 T. bononiensis. Ger. Em. I3S./. 

 Narbonensis Lilio-Narcissus luteus montanus. Lob. Ic. 124./. 



In clialk-pits, but not common. 



In old chalk-pits at Carrow Abbey, near Norwich. Mr. Rose. Near 

 Bury. Sir T. G. Cullum, Bart. At Whipsnade, Hertfordshire. 

 Rev. I). Joiks. At Mell)nry, near Shaftsbury ; and on Musvveli 

 hill, Middlesex ; also in a field near Hamilton, Scotland, and 

 near Brechin. Hooker. 



Perennial. Jjjril. 



Bulb ovate, tumid on one side, brown. Stem perfectly simple, 

 nearly u])right, about a foot high, round, smooth ; lejify al)out 

 the middle ; taper at the base. Leaves 2 or 3, a s]}an long, al- 

 ternate, lanceolate, slightly keeled, smooth, rather glaucous, 

 tapering at each end, clasping the stem. Fl. somewhat drooj)- 

 ing, sweet-scented, blight yellow j externally greenish. FUam. 

 yellow, beset with short dense hairs at the bottom. Anlh. yellow, 

 as long as the filaments, with yellow pollen. Stigma acutely 

 triangular, abrupt ; not dilated, nor downy, like the Garden 

 Tulip. 



LinniTus and Haller thought this ])lant had escaped from gardens 

 in Sweden and Switzerland ; and such has been the opinion of 

 many botanists in England. It is however perfectly wild at 

 present, and extremely abundant in many old chalk-plls, though 

 the bulbs run so fur into the ground that they rarely Ilower. 

 Nothing can be more distinct as a sj)(. cies. Mr. Ker, late (iawler, 

 observes that the bulbs send out lateral shoots, of a considerable 

 length, forming new bulbs at the extremity. See J look. Loud. 



190. OllNITIIOGALUM. Star of Hetli- 

 leheiii. 



Linn. Gen. 1 66. Juss. .>3. Fl. Br. 362. Tourn. /. 203. Lam. /. 242. 

 GcPTtn. t.\7. 



Nat. Orel. Coronaruv. Linn. 10. Asphinldi. Jiiss. l(j. l\)iir 

 following geneni the same. 



CaL none. Pet. G, inferior, lanceolate, erect in tluir lower 

 half, then spn-ading, somewhat thickened at llie kiil, 

 permanent, ladin*^. Filam. erect, flattish, attached to the 

 petals, '{ »>ftii.'i)i at ba^f lnoaih'st at tlir ha^e. Aiith. W\- 



