HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Scilla. 145 



an inner flower, in the centre of the larger one, Shjle angular. 

 Caps. elHptical, with 3 deep furrows. Seeds rugged, black. 

 An elegant spring flower, common in country gardens, from whence 

 it may have escaped into the fields. Yet the plant may as well 

 be a native of England, as of Denmark, Austria, or other parts 

 of Europe, where it is found in similar situations. 



191. SCILLA. Squill. 



Linn. Gen. 166. Juss. 53. Fl. Br. 364. Lam. t. 238. 

 Lilio-hyacinthus. Tourn. t. 196. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 190. 



Cal. none. Pet. 6, inferior, ovate-oblong, more or less 

 spreading, withering, or deciduous. Filam. all thread- 

 shaped, simple, half the length of the petals, to whose 

 bases they are attached. Aiith. oblong, incumbent. 

 Germ, superior, roundish. Style simple, shorter than the 

 stamens, deciduous. Stigma simple. Caps, roundish, 

 with 3 furrows, 3 cells, and 3 valves with central parti- 

 tions. Seeds several, roundish. 



J3^^M mostly coated, roundish. Z^^^i^^'s radical, linear. Cluster 

 or corymb stalked, of several flowers. Petals blue, purplish, - 

 or white, never yellow. Flowers in some instances sweet- 

 scented. 



1. S, verjia. Vernal Squill. 



Bulb coated. Corymb hemispherical, of few flowers. Brac- 

 teas lanceolate, obtuse. Leaves linear, channelled. 



S. verna. Hmh.\A2. fViUd. Sp. PL t\2. ]29. Fl.Pjr.364. EngL 

 Bot. V. 1. ^23. Dicks. H. Skcfasc. 10. 8. Hook. Scot. 102. 



S. bifolia. Light/. 121. Fl. Dan. /.568. 



Hyacinthus n. 1. Raii Syn.372 ; all the synonyms wrong. 



H. stellaris vernus pumilus. Dill, in Raii Si/n. fndic. PI. Dub. 



Ornithogalum hispanicum minus. Clus. Hist. v. \ . 188./. Ger.Em. 

 166./. 



(). umbellatum, flosculis c\ albosubcaeruleis. Bauh. Pin.70. Rudb. 

 Elys. V. 2. 132. J". 6 ; too large. 



On maritime rocks and clifls. 



in the Isle of Man, and in Anglesca, as well as on the coasts of 

 Ireland, Wales and Cornwall. Dill, and Hitds. In lona and 

 Staffii abundantly. Light/. On the dills of Caithness, and Su- 

 therland. Dr. Ilonkrr and Mr. Borrcr. In the Orkneys abun- 

 dantly, and in Shetland. Mr. P. Neill. 



Perennial. April. 



iiulh whitish, small^ ovate. Leaves numerous, deep green, linear, 



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