GALANTHUS nivalis. 

 Common Snowdrop. 



Class and Order — H e x a x d r i a M o n o g y n i a . 

 Syn. Galanthus nivalis. English Bot. pL 19. 



Root bulbous. — scape from three to five inches high, one flowered. Leaves 

 two, broadly linear, obtuse, glaucous green, sheathing the lower part 

 of the stem. — Flower drooping, bursting from a sheath, lanceolate.— 

 Corolla white, petals three, oblong, obtuse— nectaries three emarginate, 

 beautifully tiped with green— stamens six, anthers subulate — style one, 

 stigma simple. 



This beautiful flower so well kuown, and so peculiarly interesting- 

 from its modest simplicity, hardly requires a description of its treat- 

 ment or mode of growth. It is a native of England, having- been 

 found in many places remote from cultivation, and will grow in 

 any soil or situation. — A double var. is frequently met with in our 

 gardens, there is also another species G. plicatus, a native of Cau- 

 casus. 



PI. 55. 



