330 HEXANDRTA. M0N0GYNIA. Ornithogalum 



Fuchs. 169-7. B. «• ^22. ^~Ger. 132. <2~Lomc. I9& I- 

 H. ox. iv. 13- IZ.-Swert. i. 57* 3-Park. par. 137* 7* 



Root-leaf generally single, longer than the stem, Stem~lea<ves 

 sometimes j or ! , unequal, i much larger. Fruit-stalk sometimes 

 solitary. Petals in 2 series, the inner greenish yellow, the outer 

 reet*. Mr. Woodward. Stem from to 6 inches high. Leave* 

 fringed with fine white hairs. Spoke s of the umbel from 3 to 7, 

 each supporting only I flower. Mr. Robson. 



Yellow Bethlem Star* Moist sandy places. Woods on the 

 banks of the Tees near Greta Bridge, and Signal, Yorkshire. 

 R. Syn. Mr. Robson, and. Rev. Mr. Zouch. Near Doncaster 

 and Kendal. [Under Malham Cove. Mr. Wood. In a meadow 

 adjoining to the Copper Mills, Derby. Mr. Whately. J P.April.* 



pyrena'icum.O. Bunch very long : filaments spear-shaped : fruit-stalks 



when in flower expanding, equal; but afterwards ap 7 



proaching the stal 



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a. 



Lob. obs. 



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Park. par. 137- 5. 



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Stalk 1 1 or 2 feet high. Fruit-stalks slender. Flo<wer-scafo 

 membranaceous at the base, broad, and half embracing the stalk, 

 upwards awl-shaped. Petals narrow, expanding, pale yellow 

 within, green without, with whitish margins. Mr. Woodward. 



Spiked Bethlem Star. Meadows and pastures. Near Ashley, 

 between Bath and Bradford ; and near Chichester. [Near Queen 

 Chariton, Somerset, and between Bath and Warminster. Mr. 



Swayne.] 



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tirnbella'tum.O. Flowers forming a corymb us: outer fruit-stalks taller 



than the central ones. 



J acq. austr. 3+3-JT hot. 130-Ger. 132. 1-ZW. 221. l-Lvh* 

 obs. /2. l 2-Ger. em. At>5. i-Snvert. i. 57. 4. 



Frwt-stalksvzTy long, broad, Fivwer-scales very large, white* 

 membranaceous. Mr. Woodward. Petals white, with a broad 

 green streak along under the side. Filaments spear-shaped, flat, 

 fleshy ; every other broader. Germen with ti blunt angles. # 



Common Bethlem Star. Woods, meadows, and pastures in 

 Norfolk. [Plentitul in a field near Knaresborough, Yorkshire. 

 Mr. Robson.] P. April, May. 



* The bulbous roots of all the species are nutritious and wholesorner 

 ami those of this specks have been employed for food in a scarcity oi 



provisions. Horses, goats, and sheep eat it. Swine are not iondot i* 



Cows retuse it. 



