GALANTHUS 



GALANTHUS 



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outer segms. oblong, 9 lines long, 3-4 lines broad; 

 stamens more than half as long as the inner segms. Mt. 

 Taurus, in Cilicia, where it flowers Nov. to March. 

 Intro, 1898. See G.C. III. 21 : 214. Pictured in G.C. III. 

 23:79. A.F. 13:1137. Gng. 6:244. F.E. 11:282. Gt. 

 48, p. 228. Gn. 73, p. 88. 



BB. Width of Ivs. medium, 6-9 lines long. 



c. Foliage moderately glaucous. 

 D. Outer segms. of perianth 12-15 lines long. 



3. Imperati, Bertol. Lvs. broader than in G. nivalis, 

 and fls. larger: outer corolla-segms. spatulate, 1-134 

 in. long. Naples and Genoa. This and G. caucasicus 

 are regarded by Baker as subspecies of G. nivalis. 

 G.C. II. 11:237. G.M. 34:155. Gn. 76, p. 119. 



DD. Outer segms. 912 lines long. 



4. caucasicus, Baker (G. Redoutei, Rupr.). Lvs. 

 finally 8-9 in. long, mostly 9 lines broad : outer perianth- 

 segms. oblong-spatulate, with a very narrow claw; fls. 

 later than G. nivalis. Caucasus. Van Tubergen seems to 

 catalogue veuc.mdximus of this species, but consult No. 11. 



cc. Foliage very glaucous. 

 D. Inner segms. with lobes rather spreading or crisped. 



5. Elwesii, Hook. GIANT SNOWDROP. Fig. 1616. 

 Bulb larger and fls. more globose than in G. nivalis: 

 outer segms. oblong-spatulate, 9-15 lines long, 6-9 lines 

 broad; inner segms. green in the lower half and also 

 around the sinus. Mountains of Asia Minor. B.M. 

 6166. R.H. 1880, p. 148. G.C. II. 11:236. G.M. 

 34:154. Gn. M. 2:117; 12:112. The inner segms. are 

 narrowed suddenly just below the apical lobes, which 

 are square and much larger than in G. Fosteri. They 

 also form a narrower tube than in any other species. 

 Dealers have advertised vars. Cassaba (A. F. 3:471. 

 C.L.A. 5:135. Gng. 5:180. Gt. 48, p. 225. Gn. 55, 

 p. 206), ochrospilus (has pale yellow coloring on the 

 inner segms.), unguiculatus has a long claw at the tip 

 of each outer segm. (G.C. III. 17:361), and Erithrae. 

 Var. globosus has almost globular fls., larger than in 

 the type, and very broad Ivs. Var. Whittallii (Gn. 57, 

 p. 45; 59, p. 262) seems to belong here. Var. poculiformis, 

 a large and robust form with the inner and outer 

 segms. both pure white. Perhaps not in Amer. and 

 rare in England. G. robustus, Hort., seems never to 

 have been accounted for by Baker. It may perhaps be 

 G. Elwesii var. robustus which is a trade name. It is 

 broad-lvd and glaucous. 



DD. Inner segms. with lobes not spreading or crisped. 



6. graecus, Orph. Very near G. Elwesii, but differing 

 as above and in the smaller fls. and narrower outer 

 segms., and the very limited distribution of the wild 

 species. April. Chios. 



BBB. Width of Ivs. greatest, 9-12 lines. 



c. Green color only near the sinus. 

 D. Colored on both sides of the inner segms. 



7. latifdlius, Rupr. Bulb. 1 in. thick: Ivs. lorate, 

 bright green: outer segms. oblong-spatulate, 6-9 lines 

 long; inner segms. green around the sinus, inside and 

 put; anthers suddenly narrowed to a sharp point, while 

 in G. nivalis and G. Elwesii they are gradually narrowed. 

 Caucasus, where it flowers in May. G.C. II. 11:237: 

 15:404. Gt. 48, p. 229. 



DD. Colored on only one side. 



8. Ikariae, Baker. Resembles G. Fosteri in foliage, 

 and G. Elwesii not in coloring but in the square, crisp 

 lobes of the inner segms. which tend to recurve: outer 

 segms. nearly 1 in. long; stamens rather shorter than 

 the inner segms.; green color occupying half the out- 

 side of the inner segms. Island of Nikaria (the classical 

 Ikaria). See G.C. III. 13:506. Gn. 52, p. 361: 49, 

 p. 330. G. 30:153. G.M. 52:146. Intro. 1893. 



cc. Green color also on the lower half of the inner segms. 



9. Fosteri, Baker. Resembles G. latifolius in foliage 

 and G. Elwesii in fl., but the apical lobes of the inner 

 segms. are short and erect, and smaller than in G. 

 Elwesii; also the stamens are not more than half so 

 long as the inner segms., while in G. nivalis, G. Elwesii 

 and G. latifolius they are three-fourths as long. Asia 

 Minor. Intro. 1889. G.M. 34:154. G. 35:193. 



AA. Lvs. plaited, the edges permanently rolled back. 

 B. Green color only near the sinus. 



10. plicatus, Bieb. Bulb larger than in G. nivalis: 

 Ivs. about 12 in. long, and 1 in. wide, very glaucous: 

 outer perianth-segms. ob- 

 long from a very narrow 



base, very convex on the 

 back, 9^12 lines long, wide- 

 spreading or even reflexed; 

 inner segms. green in the 

 upper half, with a white 

 edge. March, April. 

 Crimea. This is much 

 confounded with G. cauca- 

 sicus. G.C. II. 11:236. 

 B.R. 545. B.M. 2162. G. 

 M. 34:155. 



1616. Galanthus nivalis and G. Elwesii. The upper flowers are 

 G. nivalis; the lowest one is G. Elwesii; the middle flowers are a 

 variety of G. Elwesii. 



11. grandiflSrus, Baker (G. mdximus, Baker, not 

 Velenovsky). Possibly a hybrid between G. plicatus 

 and some form of G. nivalis, remarkable for its robust 

 habit and green color, extending more than half way 

 down toward the base of the inner segms. Intro. 

 1893. See G.C. III. 13:354, 656. See also G. caucasicus 

 var. maximus, No. 4. 



BB. Green color also on the lower half of the inner segms. 



12. byzantinus, Baker (G. Gotwaldii, Hort.). 

 Intermediate between G. plicatus and G. Elwesii. "Lvs. 

 3 in. broad," which seems hardly possible, glaucous on 

 both sides, especially beneath; margins distinctly and 

 permanently recurved: outer segms. oblong, convex 

 on back, 9 lines long, 4 lines broad, apical lobes some- 

 what reflexed and crisped; stamens much shorter than 

 inner segms. Intro. 1893. See G. C. III. 13:226. 



G. Attenii, Baker, has cone-shaped fls., pure white, but the petals 

 "crimped into a distinctly large, horseshoe-like patch of green just 

 below the wavy fold of the tips." Gn. 67, p. 53. G. Atkinsii, 

 Hort. Two plants seem to be cult, under this name, according to 

 S. Arn., one a pure white one, the other frequently has an addi- 

 tional perianth-segm., also misshapen blooms. Both are scarcely 

 known outside of England. Gn. 74, p. 154. By some supposed to 

 be a form of G. nivalis. G. Olgse, Orph. Outer segms. about 1 in. 

 long; inner ones half as long, plaiiL white, with rounded lobes. 

 Blooms in Oct. Greece. G. Reginx-Olgse, Hort.=G. Olgse. 



WILHELM MILLER. 



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