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si connivens, superne patens, ccjualis. Stam. 

 3 lib. filani. subeq. subul. 3 alt. vix dilatatis. pe- 

 talis ext. insertis. styl. stig. simpl. Caps. 31oc. 

 3valv. sem. plurima. Scapis; J1,. racern. sen. 

 corymb, hractcatis. — All the botanists bad been 

 puzzled to tlistinguish this G. from Skilla, with 

 filiform Stamens, because the sp. had been 

 blended, and thrown into such a medley, that 

 at last the blue color of some Sklllas became 

 their only distinction! The type of this ancient 

 G. is O. umbellatum, and contains many co- 

 rymbose sp. with laeteum, nanum, Sm. revolu^ 

 turn, conicum, and all those with equal subu- 

 late stamens. Besides many Scilla of authors, 

 unifolia L. anthericoides Desf. <Slc. and my 

 next N. sp. 



54. Ornithogalon ceruleum Raf. Car. 201. 

 Fol. lanceol. scapo fistuloso, fi. corymbosis, bract* 

 lin. lane, pedicellis elongatis — Discovered in 

 Sicily in 1808, published 1810, not a SMlla., fila- 

 ments subulate equal. Fig. Cup. t. 201. 



55. Gagea Salisb. Diff. 53. Fetalis 6 deciduis, 

 filam. equalis angust. subul. ad basi petal, adn. 

 liberis. Styl. clavatus, sem. parva subrot. Plan- 

 tae graminea fades Hypoxis, fl. paucis s. 

 corymb, bractcatis, luteis extus viridis. — Sal- 

 isbury mentions 7 sp. in his monogr. once all 

 deemed Ornithog. 1 fascicidanis S. luteum sm. 

 2 bracteolaris S. luteum L. 3 stellaris S. mini- 

 um L. 4 spathacea, 5 pygmea, 6 bidbifera, 

 7 reticularis S. circinnat. L. 



56. Fenelonia R {Fenelon. phil) DifT. 53. 

 Fetalis ext. 3 trinervis latior, Stam. 6 eq. filam. 

 lin. subul. angustis. Ovar. obi. sub. 3gon. stylo, 

 clavato 3gono, stigm. capitato 3lobo. Scapis 

 bracteatis iinijloris. — F. bractcata Raf. atl. 



