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OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



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** With the alternate Stamina emaryinate. 



14. Ornithogalum Arabicum ; Great-flowered Star of 

 Bethlehem. Corymb many-flowered ; filamenta awl-shaped ; 

 corolla broad, bell-shaped : outer petals obsoletely three- 

 toothed. Bulb large ; leaves numerous, spreading, green ; 

 stem eighteen inches high, smooth, naked, slender ; (lowers 

 the size of those of Narcissus, on long pedicels ; petals white, 

 smelling like those of Coriander seed. It flowers here in 

 March and April. Native of Arabia. For its propagation 

 and culture, see the first species. 



15. Ornithogalum Thyrsoides; Spear-leaved Star of Beth- 

 lehem. Corymbs many-flowered, raceme-form, alternate; fila- 

 menta forked ; leaves lanceolate. Stem a foot high, of the 

 thickness of a goose (juill, and glaucous; raceme erect, nearly 

 six inches long, thick, and elegantly thyrsiform ; flowers 

 snow-white, with a spot of brownish yellow at the base of 

 each petal. They are slightly odorous. There are several 

 varieties of this species. Native of the Cape. For its pro- 

 pagation and culture, sec the second species. 



16. Ornithogalum Caudatum ; Lony-spifted Slar of Bclh- 

 Ichem. Raceme very long; leaves lanceolate-linear; corollas 

 spreading; stamina widened, the alternate ones wedge-form. 

 The whole plant is smooth. It flowers from February to 

 August. Native of the Cape. See the second species. 



17. Ornithogalum Nutans; Drooping Star of Bethlehem. 

 Flowers directed one way, pendulous ; nectary staminerous, 

 bell-shaped. Root rather large, compressed, bulbous; stalk 

 thick, succulent, a foot high, sustaining ten or twelve elegant 

 flowers, of a greenish silvery-white colour, in a loose spike, 

 each hanging on a footstalk an inch long. It grows in abun- 

 dance in the kingdom of Naples, and is now become very 

 common in England. The roots propagate so fast by offsets 

 and seeds, as to become troublesome in gardens, and grow 

 plentifully when thrown out upon dunghills and waste places. 

 It is treated in the same way as the first species. 



18. Ornithogalmn Capense. Leaves cordated, petioled ; 

 root irregular, tuberous, varying greatly in form and size ; 

 flower-stalks slender, naked, about a foot high, sustaining 

 several small greenish white flowers, formed in a loose spike, 

 standing upon long slender pedicels. Native of the Cape. 

 See the second species, fur its culture and propagation. 



19. Ornilhogaliiin Crenulatitm. Leaves oblong, blunt, 

 ciliate ; raceme upright. Native of the Cape. See the se- 

 cond species. 



20. Ornithogalum Rupestre. Leaves filiform, fleshy; 

 flowers reflex. Native of the Cape. See the second 

 species. 



21. Ornilhogaliiin Ciliatum. Leaves ovate, acute, ciliate ; 

 raceme upright. Native of the Cape. See the second species. 



22. Ornithogalum Altissimum. Leaves oblong-elliptic ; 

 raceme very long; bractes bristle-shaped. Native of the 

 Cape. See the second species. 



23. Ornithogalum Pilosum. Leaves linear-ensiform, cili- 

 ate ; flowers racemed ; peduncles curved inwards. Native 

 of the Cape. See the second species. 



24. Ornithogalum Bulbiferum. Bulbs axillary; stem 

 many-leaved, one-flowered. Native of Siberia. 



25. Ornithogalum Circinatum. Hoary with hairs ; leaves 

 linear, recurved, channelled ; root-leaf solitary ; stem-leaves 

 three; stem three or four flowered; flowers larger and hand- 

 somer than those of the fourth species. Native of dry spots 

 near Astracan. 



26. Ornithogalum Japonicum. Raceme spiked, cylindric, 

 very long; scape striated; bulb conical, fleshy, white, a 

 little larger than an hazel nut; flowers upright, opening one 

 after another, in a raceme of a finger's length or up- 



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wards. It flowers in August and September. Native of 

 Japan. 



27. Ornithogalum Sinense. Scape round, grooved; spike 

 simple, long, upright. Bulb ovate, truncated, an inch and 

 half long; flowers small, violet-coloured, on short petioles. 

 It is nearly allied to the preceding species, but the flowers 

 are by no means in a branched or racemed spike. The petals 

 are neither distinct, nor very spreading. Native of China, 

 about Canton. 



28. Ornithogalum Graminifblium. Leaves linear, entire, 

 smooth ; raceme spiked, erect. Native of the Cape. See the 

 second species. 



29. Ornithogalum Albucoides. Leaves linear, channelled, 

 smooth ; raceme upright. Native of the Cape. See the 

 second species. 



30. Ornithogalum Maculatum. Leaves lanceolate ; flowers 

 directed one way; the three outer petals shorter, dusky, 

 spotted. Native of the Cape. See the second species. 



31. Ornithogalum Ovatutn. Leaves ovate, entire, smooth ; 

 raceme ovate. Native of the Cape. See the second species. 



32. Ornithogalum Nanum. Leaves obovate ; scape club- 

 shaped ; flowers spiked, aggregate, fleshy. Native of the 

 Cape. See the second species. 



33- Ornithogalum Undulatum. Leaves ensiform, waved ; 

 scape subcylindrical ; raceme comose, short. Native of the 

 Cape. See the second species. 



34. Ornithogalum Punctatum. Leaves ensiform, chan- 

 nelled ; scape cylindrical ; raceme very long, comose ; flowers 

 remote. Native of the Cape. See the 1 second species. 



35. Ornithogalum Aureum ; Golden Slar of Bethlehem. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, edged with white flowers, racemed, 

 clustered; filamenta placed on an emarginate nectary. Stalk 

 naked, from eight to twelve inches high, supporting many 

 flowers, which spring from the axils of large, hollow, pointed 

 bractes, and opening one after the other, keep the plant a 

 considerable time in flower: the flowers are usually of a 

 bright orange or gold colour ; but sometimes paler ; they 

 appear in January and February. Native of the Cape. 



Ornilliopus: a genus of the class Diadelphia, order De- 

 candria. GKXKRIC Cn ARACI r.u. Calix: umbel simple; 

 perianth one-leafed, tubular; mouth five-toothed, almost 

 equal, permanent. Corolla: papilionaceous; standard obcor- 

 date, entire; wings ovate, straight, scarcely the si/e of the 

 standard; keel compressed, very small. Stamina: filamenta 

 diadclphoiis, (simple and nine-clpft ;) anthers: simple. Pis- 

 til : germen linear ; style bristle-shaped, ascending ; stigma 

 a terminating dot. Pericarp: legume awl-shaped, round, 

 bowed, jointed, intercepted by isthmuses, separating by 

 joints. Seeds: solitary, roundish. ESSENTIAL CIIARAC- 

 TKR. Leyume: jointed, round, bowed. The plants of this 

 genus are annual, and perish soon after the seeds are ripe. 

 They are propagated by sowing the seeds in the spring, upon 

 a bed of light fresh earth, where they are to remain. When 

 the plants come up, clear them from weeds, and thin them 

 to about ten inches' distance. In June they will flower, and 

 ripen seed in August. The species are, 



1. Ornithopus Perpusillas ; Common Bird's-foot. Leaves 

 pinnate ; Legumes bowed inwards. Root annual, slender, 

 with few, long, whitish, lateral fibres; stems several, trailing, 

 from three to twelve inches in length, simple, pubescent ; 

 flowers small, one to five in a bunch, commonly two or three, 

 terminating opposite to a leaf, on peduncles nearly of the 

 same length with the leaf; corolla variegated with white, 

 red, and yellow. It is an elegant little plant, deriving its 

 name from the singular form of its seed-vessels, which re- 

 semble the claws of a bird. It varies much in size, and 

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