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2. S. autumna Us, L. ; leaves autumnal narrow succeeding the shortly 

 racemose llowers, bracts 0. 



flocks and pastures from Gloucester and Cornwall to Kent, Channel Is. ; 

 n. July-Sept. Bulb -! in. diam. Leaves 3-6 in., ^-terete, grooved above. 

 Scapes several, equalling the leaves. Flowers ^ in. diam., reddish purple ; 

 pedicels ascending or spreading. Capsule small. DiSTMB. W. Europe from 

 France and Belgium southwards, N. Africa. 



SECTION 2. Perianth campanulate, segments connate at the base ; 

 .stamens below their middle ; anthers yellow. Seeds subglobose. 



3. S. nu'taus, Sm. ; leaves and flowers vernal, bracts in pairs. Agra- 

 ji/iis, Link; Hijacinthus nonscriptus, L. Bluebell, Wild Hyacinth. 

 Woods, banks, kc., from. Ross southwards; ascends to 1,500 ft. in the Lake 



District ; fl. April-June. Bull |-1 in. diam. Leaves 10-18 in., in. broad, 

 subacute, concave. Scape solitary, tall, stout, ftaceme tf-lz!-rlowered ; 

 bracts linear, membranous. Flowers 1 in., blue-purple white or pink, droop- 

 ing ; pedicels short, curved, erect in bud and fruit. Capsule subgloLose. 

 DISTRIB. W. Europe from Belgium southwards and east to Illyria. 



9. MUSCARI, To urn. GKAPE HYACINTH. 



Perianth globose, mouth 6-lid. Stamens on the middle of the tube, 

 included, filaments very short ; anthers short. Ovary ovoid, deeply 

 :;-lobed ; style short, stigma simple ; cells few-ovuled. Capsule 3- 

 <[uetrous, loculicidally 3-vaived. Seeds 6 or fewer, as in Scilla. DISTRIB. 

 Europe, W. Asia; species 15-20. ETYM. From the musky scent. 

 1. M. racemo'sum, Miller; leaves slender prostrate flexuous. 

 Sandy pastures, Packenham and Cavenham, Suffolk ; Hinton, Cambridge ; a 

 denizen, Watson; rl. May. Bulb small, with bulbils at the base. Leaves 

 6-10 in., i-terete, grooved above. Scape short. Raceme short, cylindric 

 many-flowered ; rachis dilating after flowering ; pedicels slender, lengthen- 

 ing in fruit ; bracts minute. Flowers J in. diam., dark blue, upper imperfect. 

 Castile & in. DlSTBiB. Europe from Belgium southwards, N. Africa. 



1O. ORNITHO'GALUM, L. 



Bulb coated. Leaves all radical, linear. Flmcers racemose or corym- 

 bose, white. Perianth spreading, persistent ; segments 6, free, with a 

 basal nectariferous gland. Stamens 6, hypogynous, filaments flattened ; 

 anthers versatile, linear-oblong. Ovary 3-quetrous, with 3 glands on the 

 top ; style 3-gonous, stigma obtuse ; cells many-ovuled. Capsule grooved, 

 loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds terete or angled, testa black, rough when dry; 

 embryo cylindric, radicle next the hilum. DISTRIB. Europe, N. and W. 

 Asia, N. Africa ; species 50-60. ETYM. The classical name 



1. O. pyrena'icum, L. ; raceme cylindric many-flowered, pedicels 

 spreading, filaments much dilated to above the middle. 

 Woods and copses, local, Somerset, Wilts, Gloucester, Bedford, Sussex ; fl. June- 

 July. Bulb 2 in., ovoid. Leaves 1-2- flowered, in. diam., vernal, 

 concave, glaucous, withered at the flowering season. Scape tall, stout. 

 Jtaceme 4-6 in., very many-flowered ; bracts subulate. Perianth 1 in. diam. ; 

 segments narrow-oblong, green, margins white inside. Capsule $ in. 



