324 ' HEXANDIUA. MONOGYNIA. Leucojum, 



MONOGYNIA, 



GALAN'THUS. Petals 3, concave: nectary 3 



smaller petals notched at the end : summit 

 undivided. 



nivalis. G. 



■cks. b. s.-Jacq. austr. ZlZ-E.bot. 1$-Kn'ij>b. 1-Walc- 

 Clut. i. 16.9. \~D«d. 230. l-Lob. obt. 6i.3-Ger. em.U7- 



M, 



fig 



Root bulbous. Linn. Bloss. white, with 9 scmitransparent 

 streaks on each petal. Nectary white, with green streaks and a 

 green border on the outside. 



Common Snowdrop* Fair Maids of February. Orchards, 



TAt the foot of Malvern Hills, on 



meadows, sides of hedges. 



Mr 



be 



Near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Mr. Arrowsmith* — Banks 



faout 



outcast of gardens, Mr. Robson. 



P. Feb. March 



LEUCO JUM. Bloss. bell-shaped, with 6 divi- 

 sions, thickest at the ends : summit undivided. 



shaped 



-vE. hot. &2\-Jacq 



170-Coir; epit. 230. 3-Ger. em 9 148. 4r-Ld. ic. 122. 2 



-Dod. 230. 3 4 



About afoot high. Leaves I inch broad, strap-shaped, keeled 

 at the base, as tall as the stalk. Flowers white, streaked* with 

 a green blotch near the point of each petal. 



We are indebted to Mr. Curtis for this addition to the British 

 flora. He found it about half a mile below Greenwich, by the 

 side of the Thames ; it has ako, he says, been found on the oppo- 

 site shore on the Isk of Etogs. [In a small island, in the river, 

 about 3 miles south of Kendal* on the dam of the gunpowder 

 mill. Mr. Gough.J P. M»/- 



NARCIS SUS. Bloss. superior, of 6 equal petals : 



nectary oi 1 leaf, surroundiflg the stamens, 

 mostly funnel-shaped. 



