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and 3'ellou', very like tliat of Martagon: the leaves are shaped like 

 those of the Wiiite Lily, but are smaller: the stalk is slender, and 

 rises a foot high ; it is terminated by blue flowers, which appear in 

 June. It is a native of Spain, Portugal, &c. 



The third has a roundish solid bulb, like that of the hyacinth: 

 the leaves come out sparsedly, and are very like those of the English 

 hare-bells: the stem seven or eight inches high, terminated by 

 clustered floAvers of a pale blue colour; at first disposed in a sort of 

 umbel or depressed spike, but afterwards drawing up to a point and 

 formino- a conical corymb. 



The fourth species has a large solid root, raised a little pyramidal 

 in the middle, covered with a brown coat, from this come out before 

 winter five or seven leaves, six or eight inches long, of a lucid green, 

 keeled, and spreading almost flat on the ground: from the centre of 

 these come out one, two, or three scapes, thick, succulent, six or 

 eight inches high, terminated by a conical corymb of flowers, upon 

 pretty long pedicels. 



There are varieties with a deep blue, and Avith a white flower; it 

 is often known by the name of Hyacinth of Peru. It is a native of 

 Spain, Portugal, and Barbary. 



The fifth has a large solid purplish root, from which come out 

 five or six leaves, lying on the ground, above a foot long, and an 

 inch broad, keeled, channelled, and of a lucid green ; from among 

 these arise two, three, or four purplish stalks, eight or nine inches 

 high, sustaining towards the top five or six flowers, which come out 

 singly from the side; they are of a violet-blue colour, and appear in 

 April. It is a native of the Levant. 



In the sixth species the bulb is oblong, white, whence come out 

 five or six leaves a foot long, and half an inch broad, of a lucid 

 green, and a little keeled: scape nine or ten inches high, firm, and 

 sustaining many flowers at the top, disposed in a loose panicle, each 

 on a pretty long pedicel which is erect, but the flower itself nods: 

 the corolla is of a deep blue-violet colour. It is a native of Spain 

 and Portugal, flowering in May. 



The seventh has the bulb ovate-roundish, coated, Avhilish: the 



