Pratt LXVII. 
(A, B.) ORNITHOGALUM comosvum, Linn. 
Natural Order Litiaces. 
Gen. Cuar.—Spathe o. Peduncles not joimted. Perianth spread- 
‘ing, divisions distinct, without nectaries. Stamens almost free from 
the divisions of the perianth; filaments inserted at the backs of the 
anther, about midway up. Style entire. 
Spec. Cuar.— Flowers at first in a compact corymb, lengthened out, 
when in fruit, into an oblong raceme; fruiting peduncles ascending . 
bracts large, spathe-like, enveloping and exceeding the peduncles. Outer 
divisions of perianth oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, with mucro, and hooded 
at apex; inner divisions broadly-lanceolate. Stamens bent outwards 
after dehiscence ; filaments tapering from below the middle upwards, 
filiform above. Leaves 3-6, broad, channelled, tapering from the base 
upwards, having an indistinct central line. Bulb simple, usually sub- 
globose. 
Ornithogalum comosum, Linn. Sp. Plant. p. 440; Rchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 
x. (1848), tab. 468, fig. 1021, p. 15; Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 368. 
Hasirat.—(A, B) Porta degli Angeli, Genoa, where I gathered it, 
April 16, 1868. 
Remarxs.—This very fine Ornithogalum is easily distinguishable 
from O. divergens, Bor., so common along the coast, by its single bulb 
without offsets, stiff, broad leaves, and peduncles much longer than the 
bracts. It is also a much more compact and handsome plant. When 
Mr. G. ©. Churchill was my companion on a botanical excursion last 
April, we had the good fortune to discover this handsome species grow- 
ing on the grassy slopes below the Porta degli Angeli, at Genoa. Orni- 
thogalum comosum, Linn., has not been recorded before from any 
habitat along the Riviera. According to Parlatore, this species has 
been found in Istria, in Northern Italy, on Monte Fortino, close to 
Valle, a town on the river Po, not far from Mortara, in North-eastern 
Piedmont; in Southern Italy, on Monte Velino, near Pizzoli, in the 
province of Abruzzo, on Monte Gargano, close to Spigno, ete. The 
general range given by Nyman comprises habitats in Austria, Dal- 
matia, Croatia, Hungary, Transylvania and Macedonia. There are 
specimens of O. comosum, Linn., in the ara of M. Gay, collected 
by Pauer and Sadler, near Buda. 
EXPLANATION oF Prare LXVII.— Fig. A 1, A 2, an outer and 
inner division of perianth of the natural size. A 3, apex of outer 
division, magnified. A 4, A 5, stamens of the natural size. A 6, A 7, 
the same, magnified. A 8, portion of a leaf of the natural size. Tig. 
B 1, a seed of the natural size. B 2, the same, magnified. 
