56 ALT. BOT. 



scape dwarf, with 2 or 3 leaves or bracts ian- 

 ceol. acuin. fl. pedunc. large yellowish. 



402, Sv.xcoDiuM nutaiii Raf. fl. Tel. 52, 9r- 

 nithog. do L. O. — Europa. 



403, L'oNcoMEi c5s pyramidalis Raf. fl. T. 59, 

 Ornithog. do L. O. — ^Lusitania-. 



401, Lone, narhonense Raf. Orn, do O — His- 

 pania. 



405, Gagea fascicularis ^al. Raf. fl. T. 55. 

 Ornithog. luteum Sm. iion L. — Europa. nearly 

 all the yellow sp. or Orn. belong to this G. 



406, Gag, spalhacea Sal. Ornith, do W. — 

 Germania. 



107, Gag^ minima Sal. — Europa. 



408, Gag. fistulosa Raf. Ornith. do Dec— 

 Gallia australis. f 



409, Skill A amena L. O. — Russia, Grecia. 

 ThisG. is distinguished by fiiifonn stamens, see 

 13 ft. tel. 



410, Sk. mixta Raf. autumnalis Nut. Mpt. 

 non L. fol. scapo eq^ 1-2 angustissimis planis, 

 racemo brevis subcorymb. 5-8floris, bract, su- 

 bul. membr. albis pedic. eq. sepalislanceol. obt. 

 Island of Anglesey, quite unlike the Sk. autum- 

 nalis without bracts see 413, scape and leaf 

 Suncial, flowers small blue, t 



4ili Sk^ Jiliformis Raf. Ornithog. rupes/re 

 iwnnulis non omnis. fol, filiformis scapo longior, 

 scapaflexuoso, racemo 10-12 floro, bract, filif; 

 pedic, eq. fl. erec/tis sepalis 3 ovatisacutis, 3 obi. 

 obt — Africa australig. Leaves pedal carnose, 

 flowers purple. Certainly no Ornithog. nor any 

 akin G, not even O. rupestre with reflexed flowr 

 crs. Probably forming with it and Cjuncifo- 

 lium. a peculiar subgenus, Anthyron Raf. by 

 perigone camp. 3 alt. larger^ all uninerve, sta^ 

 mens short filif. equal, style long, stigma subca- 

 pitatc. t 



