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Ornithogalum— continued. 
10in. to 12in. long, sin. broad. Asia Minor, 1843. (B. R. xxxi. 21, 
under name of C. marginatum.) 
O. fimbriatum (fringed). oS greenish-white ; raceme corymbose, 
eight to twenty-flowered; scape pilose, lin. to 2in, long. 
February, Z. six to eight, densely pilose, 6in. to 8in. long, 
1 . pm Minor, &c., 1820. (B. M. 3077; B. R. 858 = 
0. B. vi. 8. 
O. glaucophyllum (glaucous. leaved). fl. pure white on the face, 
green behind, ten to fifteen, corymbose. J. five or six, flat, linear, 
y glaucous, without the central band, 6in. long. Asia Minor, 
O. graminifolium (grass-leaved). fl. white; raceme six to 
thirty-flowered ; scape less than lft. high. July. Z. six to eight, 
linear-filiform, Sin. to 12in. long, zin. broad, dilated at base. 
Cape of Good Hope, 1794. Half-hardy. (B. M. 972, under name 
of O. juncifolium.) 
O. juncifolium (Rush-leaved), of Gawler. 
O. graminifolium. 
O. lacteum (milk-white), AH. white; raceme dense, twenty to fifty 
(or more) flowered, bin. or more long, gin. to lin. broad; scape 
erect, lft. to 2ft. nieh June. J. nine or ten, tleshy-herbaceous, 
ascendent, din. to 12in. long, sin. to lin. broad. Cape of Good 
Hope, 1796, Greenhouse. (A. B. R. 274; B. M. 1134; L. B. C. 
1159.) Of this species, there is a slender variety, conicum, 
with narrow leaves, bracts, and perianth segments, and a loose 
raceme. (B. M. 3548, under name of O. conicum.) 
latifolium (broad-leaved). fl. white, geer at back; raceme 
fifty to a hundred (or more) flowered, 1ft. to 14ft. long, Sin. to din. 
broad; scape erect, 1ft. to 2ft. high. June. 1. five or six, fleshy- 
herbaceous, lorate, flaccid, 1ft. to 14ft. long, ldin. to Zin. broad. 
Tauria, &c., 1629. (B. M. 876; B. R. 1978.) 
Q. longebracteatum (long-bracted). fl. greenish-white, in a 
thirty to sixty-flowered raceme ; scape 1}ft. to 2ft, long. HA 
J. Aft. to 2ft. long, lin, to 1jin. broad. Cape of Good Hope, 1817. 
Greenhouse. 
O. marginatum (margined). A synonym of O. cuspidatum. 
O. montanum (mountain). A. greenish-white; raceme six to 
twenty-flowered, sub-corymbose, Sin. to din. long and broad when 
expanded; scape 2in. to din. long. May. l. five or six, linear, 
bin. to in. long, zin. broad. Italy, 1824. (B. R. 1838, 28; 
S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 42.) : 
O. narbonense (Narbonne).* fl. milk-white, with a narrow, green 
stripe on the outside of each segment of the perianth, nume- 
rously disposed in a twenty to fifty-tlowered raceme, 4in. to 6in. 
long, lin. to 2in. broad; scape erect, lft. to l4ft. high. Spring 
and early summer. J. lift. to 2ft. long, jin. to zin. broad. South 
Europe, &c., 1810. (B. M. 2510.) : 
O. niveum (snowy). 15 white; raceme somewhat loose, four to 
ten-flowered, lin. to 14in. long; scape very slender, 2in. to din. 
long. May. l. five or six, filiform, firm, šin. to 6in. long, dilated 
at base. Cape of Good Hope, 1774. Greenhouse. (B. R. 255.) 
A synonym of 
FIG. 776. RACEME AND UPPER PORTION OF LEAF OF 
ORNITHOGALUM NUTANS > 
O. nutans (nodding).* AH. white on the upper side, green on the 
back, 9 a rene raceme, drooping, unilateral; scape 8in. to 
O. revolutum i 
flowered, deltoid, 3in. to 4in. lo’ 
a ianth l4in. or diamete 
scape none; perian more in r. 
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Ornithogalum continued. i 
12in. long. April and May. 
See Fig. 776. (B. M. 269; F. D. 912; J. F. A. 301: 
A Me: 
er, an F r 
9 * owers. (Flora, 1845, i. 131, under 
FIG. 777. ORNITHOGALUM PYRAMIDALE, showing Habit and 
detached Single Flower. 
O. pyramidale — 
stripe on the ay of each perianth 
coloured bracts, and arranged 
long. Summer. J. generally 1 the plant ceases to 
flower. h. 14ft. to 2ft. Spain, 1752. Fig. 777. Pant a 
O. pyrenaicum nean). e yellow within, n with- 
out; Te pow 7 8 . p 2ft. ia 
June. J. five or six, herbaceous, l8in. 
broad. South Europe 7 — in Britain). J. F. A. 103; 
Sy. En. B. 1525.) ; 
O. refractum (refracted). fl. greenish-white; raceme five to 
fifteen-flowered, 2in. to 95. D and broad; scape 2in. to 4in. 
J. six to eight, narrow-linear, 6in. to din. long, 
Hungary, 1820, (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 58.) 
volute). ft. white; raceme twelve to twenty- 
re ), ng and broad ; scape firm, An. 0 
l. four or five, fleshy-herbaceous, lorate, bin. to 
12in. long. May. 
E Namaqualand, 1795. Greenhouse. 
din. * oe zin. broad 
(B. M. ; B. R. 315.) f 
(sisterly). fl. white ; raceme sub- corymbose ; 
l about five, 
a glabrous, channelled. Taurus, 
5. 
O. (thyrse-like).* fl. yellow; raceme dense, twelve to 
thirty-flowered ; scape erect, 6in. to 18in. long. June. l five or 
six, fleshy-herbaceous, 6in. to 12in. long, lin. to 2in. broad: 
