Puate LXVIII. 
(A, B.) ORNITHOGALUM exscarvum, Ten. 
Natural Order Littaces. 
Gen. Cuar.—NSee description of preceding Plate. 
Spec. Cuar.—Flowers pale. Fruiting peduncles swollen at base, 
bent back so as to be parallel to the very short scape, with the fruit 
ascending. Bracts (in specimens) ovate-oblong, pellucid, only about 
half as long as peduncles. Filaments of stamens tapering from the base 
upwards, filiform above. Capsule broadly-ovate. Leaves slightly chan- 
nelled, with narrow, white line. Bulb simple, ovate. 
Ornithogalum exscapwm, Ten. Fl. Nap. i. 175; Parl. Fl. u. 427; 
Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 368. ©. mutabile, Dutrs. Rep. Fl. Lig. pars ii. 
p- 440. 
Haszitat.—Gathered by me in the valley tributary to the Varena 
torrent at Pegli, near Genoa, April 17, 1868. 
Remarxs.—Ornithogalum exscapum, Ten., is remarkable for its re- 
flexed fruiting peduncles, the extreme shortness of the scape, the flowers 
appearing to spring from the ground, and for its single bulb; this latter 
character separates it from O. refractum, Kit.,* to which it is otherwise 
most closely allied. The characters drawn from the bulbs in Ornitho- 
galum and Gagea appear to me to hold good in the great majority of 
species when wild. I gathered a large series of specimens of O. ex- 
scapum, Ten., but in no case was there any bulblet attached to the 
bulb, though I found one bulb which produced two fine flower-scapes. 
Parlatore mentions this species in the neighbourhood of Genoa, in Sicily, 
Corsica, and Sardinia, but it appears to be a scarce plant. There is, 
however, no description of O. refractum, Kit., given in the ‘ Flora 
Italiana, and we may conclude that it is not known in Italy. 
ExpLaNaTIoN oF Prare LX VIII.—Figs. A 1, A 2, an outer and inner 
division of the perianth. Figs. A 3, A 4, two stamens of the natural size. 
Figs. A 5, A 6, the same, magnified. A 7, part of a leaf, magnified. 
A 8, a capsule, nearly mature, of the natural size. A 9, the apex of the 
same. Fig. B, a fruiting raceme of the natural size. 
* See Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 532. This species has been confused by most authors 
with O. exscapum, Ten., the character in the bulb having been overlooked. 
