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6 equalis jUiformis glabra ad petalis adnatis. 

 Styl. simpl. Caps 3ioc. 3valv. sem. pliira rotunda. 

 Fl. racemosis — Scilla and Hijacinthus L. but 

 a striking peculiar G.- the English Harebell. 

 Several sp. the type was put by Lin. in both 

 Genera! and made 3 sp! It is 1 Lainr. nutans 

 Raf. <S\ do Sm. DC. S. cernua L. Hijacinthus 

 vernuus et H. nonscriptus L. 2. L. cernua^ 

 S. do Sm. 3 L. hyacinthoides. S. do Jaq. G5. 

 4. L. patida, S. do DC. fl. gal. &-c. 



63. KozoLA Raf. (nom. Jap.) Petalis 6 un- 

 guiculatis patulis. Stam. 6. filiform ? Stylo 3gono, 

 Stigma capitat. 31obo, fructus ut Skllla / — Scilla 

 japonica Th. L. auct. my Kozola japonicaj 



flor. umbellat. fastigiatis. Petals as in Melantld- 

 urn purple white. 



64. iiuAMAsiA 1827 (nom. am.) Petalis 6 ses- 

 silis persistens equalis, Stam. 6 libera, glabra, 

 filiformis equalis. Ov. 3gon. Stylo filif. trifidus, 

 stigma 3 remotis acutis. Capsula 31oc. Svalv. 

 Sem. panca. Scapo,Jl. racemosis, cei'uL s. albir. 

 I shall conclude this long series of revised cor- 

 rect Genera akin to Skilla and Ornithog. by 

 the <S. esculenta of N. America and two akin 

 sp. each the type of another Genus. Since the 

 best Botanists have admitted such a mass of 

 blunders on those 2 G. which they could not dis- 

 tinguish and reform, our Amer. botanists are 

 partly excusable for similar mistakes on my 4 

 N. Amer. G. Fenelonia, Quamasia, Oxytria. 

 and Amhlostima. The type of Quamasia is 

 Phalangium quamashPursh, P. esculent um of 

 others, Scilla escid. bot. mag. 1596, spread 

 from Kentucky to Oregon, perfectly distinguish- 

 ed from Skilla and Phalangium by the trifid 

 style. If any Phal. have that character tlsfv 

 they belong here. If Quamasia is deemed a 



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