LILY TRIBE. 



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any description. The name Hyacinthus was originally 

 given to some species of Lily into which the youth 

 Hyacinthus was fabled to have been changed by Apollo. 

 The petals are marked with dark spots, arranged so as 

 to resemble the Greek word AI, alas ! The present 

 species, however, having no such characters on its petals, 



SCILLA VERNA (Vernal Squill). 



