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and a half long, naked, sustaining at the top six or eight white flow- 

 ers, enclosed in a sheath, which withers and opens on the side, to 

 make way for the flowers to come out. 



According to Mr. Miller, the root resembles that of the Squill, 

 but is less, covered with a brown skin, and white within, the coats 

 pellucid and gently striped, viscid or full of a clammy juice, bitter 

 to the taste without acrimony. It is a native of the South of 

 Europe. 



The second species has a large bulb, covered with a dark skin, 

 sending out many thick strong fibres, striking deep in the ground : 

 the leaves are a foot and half long and two inches broad, of a grayish 

 colour: the scapes thick, succulent, near two feet high: the flowers 

 six or seven, white, shaped like those of the first sort, but with a 

 shorter tube, and much longer stamens. It flowers in June, and 

 frequently produces seeds. It is a native of the South of Europe. 



The third has a pretty large bulbous root : the leaves long and 

 narrow, of a grayish colour, and pretty thick, standing upright : the 

 stalk rises among them, a foot and a half high, naked, sustaining one 

 flower at the lop : the nectary is large, cut at the brim into many 

 acute segments: the stamens long, and turning towards each other 

 at their points; in which it differs from the other species: the flower 

 has a very agreeable scent, but is of short duration. It is a native of 

 Ceylon. 



The fourth species has the stem or scape a long span in height, 

 round, forked towards the top, or dividing into two peduncles, with 

 two oblong tender membranaceous greenish leaflets, and terminated 

 each with a while flower, divided to the very base into six narrow 

 segments; in the middle of these is a white bell-shaped tube, which 

 Linnaeus names the nectary, more tender than the petals; the mouth 

 angular, and from each angle putting forth a filament, long, slender 

 and white, terminated by an oblong incurved saffron-coloured an- 

 ther : the flowers have no smell, and shrivel up over the fruit: leaves 

 four, reclining, smooth, pale green and somewhat glaucous, ridged, 

 slightly grooved in the middle, and with a single streak on each side, 

 otherwise veinlcss, a long span or a little more in length, an inch or 



