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and a half Ions;, naked, sustaining at llie top six or eight white flow- 

 ers, enclosed in a sheath, Avhich withers and opens on the side, to 

 make way for the flowers to come out. 



According to Mr. Miller, the root resembles that of the Squill, 

 but is less, covered with a brown skin, and white within, the coals 

 pellucid and gently striped, viscid or full of a clammy juice, bitter 

 to the taste without acrimony. It is a native of the South of 

 Euiope. 



The second species has a large bulb, covered with a dark skin, 

 sending out many thick strong libres, striking deep in the ground : 

 the leaves are a foot and half long and two inches broad, of a grayish 

 colour: the scapes thick, succulent, near two feet liigh: the flowers 

 six or seven, white, shaped like those of the first sort, but with a 

 shorter tube, and much longer stamens. It flowirs in June, and 

 Irequenlly produces seeds. It is a native of the South of Europe. 



The third has a pretty large bulbous root ; the leaves long and 

 narrow, of a grayish colour, and pretty thick, standing upright : the 

 . stalk rises among them, a foot and a half high, naked, sustaining one 

 flower at the top: the nectary is large, cut at the brim into many 

 acute segments: the stamens long, and turning towards each other 

 at their points; in which it (lifters from the other species: the flower 

 has a very agreeable scent, but is of short duration. It is a native of 

 Ceylon. . ., 



The fourth species has the stem or scape a long span in height, 

 round, forked towards the top, or dividing into two peduncles, with 

 two oblong lender membranaceous greenish leaflets, and terminated 

 each with a white flower, divided to the very base into six narrow 

 seonienls; in the middle of these is a while bell-shaped tube, which 

 ]jinna3us names the nectary, more tender than the petals; the mouth 

 angular, and iVom each angle pulling forlh a lilament, long, slender 

 and Avliile, terminated by an oblong incurved saftVon-coloured an- 

 ther : the flowers have no smell, and shrivel up over the fruit: leaves 

 four, reclining, smooth, pale green and somewhat glaucous, ridged, 

 slightly grooved in the middle, and with a single streak on each side, 

 otherwise veinless, a long span or a little more in length, an inch or 



