168 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. QcL. VI. 



1. 0. liiteum. Yellow Star of Bethlehem. Stem angular, two-leaved ; 



flower-stalks in an unbranched umbel. Stem from four to six inches 



high : root-leaf narrow lance-shaped, ribbed, keeled, erect, taller than 

 the stem : flowers yellow, tipped with green on the inner side, and nearly 

 green on the outer. Perennial : flowers in April : grows in woods and 

 pastures: rare. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 21. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 142. 510. 



2. 0. pyrendicum. Tall Star of Bethlehem. Cluster very long ; fila- 

 ments lance-shaped ; flower-stalks equal, spreading, afterwards erect. 



Stalk two feet high : leaves all radical, linear, channelled, smooth : 



flowers pale-yellow within, green without. Perennial : flowers in June : 

 grows in pastures in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 499. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 143. 511. 



3. 0. umbelldtiim. Common Star of Bethlehem. Flowers forming a 

 corymb, the partial stalks taller than the main one ; filaments dilated, 



entire. Leaves radical, linear, channelled, smooth : stalk about six 



inches high, bearing a corymb of flowers which are white on the upper 

 side, green on the back. Perennial : flowers in April and May : grows 

 in meadows, pastures and woods, but is not indigenous : rare. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. ii. pi. 130. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 143. 512. 



4. 0. nutans. Drooping Star of Bethlehem. Flowers forming a loose 

 raceme, drooping, unilateral ; filaments broad, cloven, the alternate ones 

 longer, and with deeper lobes. Larger than the last, especially in the 

 flower, which is white on the upper side, green on the back. Perennial : 

 flowers in April and May : grows in fields and orchards in England : 

 rare, and not truly wild. Eng. Bot. pi. 1997. Brit. FL 4th ed. 

 p. 140. 513. 



8. SCIL'LA. SQUILL. 



Calyx none. Petals six, inferior, oblong, spreading. Filaments 

 all thread-shaped, simple, half as long as the petals ; anthers ob- 

 long. Germen superior, roundish. Styles simple, shorter than 

 the stamens, deciduous ; stigma simple. Capsule roundish with 

 three furrows, three-celled, three-valved. Seeds numerous, roundish. 

 Named from scyllo, to injure. 187. 



1. S. ver'na. Vernal Squill. Corymb hemispherical, few-flowered ; 

 bracteas lance-shaped, obtuse; leaves linear, channelled. Leaves nu- 

 merous, deep-green: flowers deep-blue : stalk three or four inches high. 

 Perennial: flowers in April, May, and June: grows in sandy pastures 

 by the sea-shore : rare. Howth and Killiney, Ireland ; Isle of Man ; Angle- 

 sea, Wales, Cornwall, lona, Staffa, Caithness, Sutherland, Shetland, Ork- 

 neys, Barra. Eng.Bot. vol. i. pi. 23. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 145. 514. 



2. S. autumndlis. Autumnal Squill. Cluster somewhat corymbose, 



without bracteas ; leaves linear, numerous. Flowers rose-coloured ; 



stalk about three inches high. Perennial : flowers in September: grows 

 in dry pastures in the south of England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 78. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 146. 



9. HYACIN'THUS. HYACINTH. 



Calyx none. Corolla inferior, of one petal, deciduous, with a 

 somewhat bell-shaped tube, and six-cleft reflected limb. Filaments 

 awl-shaped, equal; anthers oblong. Germen superior, roundish, 

 with three corners and three grooves. Style simple, shorter than 



