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1 in. diam. ; sheath short, truncate. Leaves lorate, bright green, 

 |-1 in. broad, simply channelled down the centre. Outer segments 

 oblong-spathulate, i-f in. long; inner with only a green patch 

 round the sinus both inside and outside. Anthers narrowed suddenly 

 to an acute point. 



Hab. Caucasus, flowering with us in February and March, in its native 

 home in May, alt. 6000—8000 ft. 



5. G. Olg^ Orph. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 146. — Leaves 6-8 in. 

 long, ^ in. broad, simply channelled, glaucous, especially beneath. 

 Outer segments of the perianth oblong-unguiculate, about an inch 

 long, i-l in. broad ; inner half as long, plain white, with rounded 

 lobes. Anthers lanceolate-acuminate. 



Hab. Greece ; Mount Taygetus, flowering in October, Orphanides 4017. 



6. G. PLicATus M. B. Fl. Taur. Cauc. iii. 255; Bot. Mag. t. 2162 ; 

 Bot. Reg. t. 545. Cr. latifolius Salisb. — Bulb larger than in nivalis. 

 Leaves very glaucous, finally a foot long, an inch broad, broadly 

 channelled down the face, and the edges reduplicate. Outer 

 perianth- segments oblong from a very narrow base, very convex on 

 the back, f-1 in. long, widely spreading or even reflexed ; inner 

 deeply emarginate, green in the upper half, with a white edge. 

 Anthers lanceolate-acuminate, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of the Crimea and Dobruscha, flowering with us in March 

 and April. The Caucasian plant, often called pUcatus, is nivalis subsp. 

 caucus ic us. 



6. Leucojum Linn.'^' 



Perianth-tuhe none ; segments uniform, ovate or oblong, 

 spreading. Stamens epigynous ; filaments filiform, shorter than 

 the linear-oblong basifixed anthers. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many 

 in a cell, superposed ; style filiform or strumose near the apex : 

 stigma minute, capitate. Fruit finally dehiscing loculicidally mto 

 three valves from the top. Seeds subglobose ; testa usually black. 

 liuotstock a bulk, with membranous tunics. Leaves slender or lorate. 

 Flowers one or several in an umbel, white, tinged with red or green; 

 spathe -valves usually single. 



Leaves lorate. Style strumose near the tip. 



Subgenus FAileucojum. Seeds with a black crusta- 

 ceous testa and no strophiole .... 



Subgenus Erinosma, Seeds with a membranous 

 pale testa and conspicuous strophiole 

 Leaves filiform or narrow linear. Style filiform. 



Subgenus Acis. Epigynous disk not lobed. 



Vernal ........ 



Autumn 111 ....... 



Subgenus Fauninia. Epigynous disk with 6 quad- 

 rate lobes at the edge ..... 



* See Baker in Gard. Chron. Itt79, i. 399. 



