22 FLOR. TELlIJR. 



cated long ago by Renoalm, overlooked by Lin- 

 iieus, and containing 3 sp. blended in one ! 



49. Melomphis arabica Raf. Scapo multi- 

 floro, fol. canalic. corol. camp, petalis externis 

 obsolete 3dentatis — Arabia, Egypt, Madeira, 

 Cape, often figured and the usual sp. of nearly 

 all authors. 



50. Melomphis sicula Raf. Scapo paucifloro 

 3-6, fol. subcarin. pedicellis abreviatis bracteis 

 subequante cor. subglobosis, petalis obovatis 

 retusis integris. — Sicily near Segesta, where 1 

 found it in 1807, in Corsica says DC. never 

 figured, it is O. arabicum of DC. fl. gallica: 15 

 inches high, flowers large, shaped like those of 

 Yuca. Estival. 



51. Melomphis peruviana Raf. Scapo multi- 

 floro, fol. planis marg. involutis, peduncuUs 

 elonglatis ad bract, longior, corollis subpatentib. 

 petalis ellipt. obt. subintegris, stigma pubescens. 

 In Chili, Peru. Scape 2 or 3 feet with 11-15 

 flowers. Vernal. It is the O. corymhosufn R. 

 P. fl. per. t. 300, Lindley hot. reg. 806. Hooker 

 bot. mag. 3179. who calls it also O. umbellatnml 

 and is at a loss to distinguish it from O. arabi- 

 cum- ! 



52. Syncodium R {union hell) Petalis 6 pa- 

 tulis ad basi coalitis cum Stam. 6 monadelphis 

 campanul. (ut in Narcissus) 6fidis, 3 fil. longior 

 emarg. bicornis antheris erectis. Stylo, stig. 

 simpl. Caps. 31oc. — Very distinct Genus, over- 

 looked by all ; Ornithogalum nutans of L. and 

 all authors! Type S. nutans. Scaposo fol. lin. 

 carin. obt. fl. 5-20 racemosis secundis pendulls, 

 bracteis fucis — In Europe, flowers greenish 

 white, often figured. 



53. Ornititogalon Diosk. L. omn. auct. Ver. 

 Char. Perig. 6part. corolliformis persistens, ba- 



