408 LILIACE^. [Muscari. 



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

 loeulicidally 3-valved. Seeds 6 or fewer, as in Scilla. — Distrib. Europe, 

 W. Asia ; species about 40. — Etym. from the musky scent. 



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

 Sandy pastures, Norfolk and Suffolk, Cambridge; fl. May. — Bulb small, with 

 bulbils at the base. Leaves 6-10 in., ^-terete, grooved above. Scape short. 

 Raceme short, cylindric, many-fld. ; rachis dilating after flowering ; pedi- 

 cels slender, lengthening in fruit; bracts minute. Flotvers £ in. diam., 

 dark blue, upper imperfect. Capsule £ in. — Distrib. From Belgium 

 southd., N. Africa. 



9. SClii'LA, L. Squill. 



Bulb coated. Leaves radical, linear. Flowers usually racemose, blue, 

 rarely purple or white. Perianth deciduous ; segments 6, spreading or 

 conniving, free or nearly so ; nectary 0. Stamens 6, on the base of the 

 segments or above it, filaments flattened ; anthers oblong. Ovary ovoid ; 

 style filiform, stigma minute ; ovules 4 or more in each cell. Capsule 

 3-angled, loeulicidally 3-valved. Seeds many, testa black, albumen 

 fleshy ; embryo terete, radicle next the hilum. — Distrib. Chiefly Europe 

 and "W. Asia ; species about 80. — Etym. Classical. 



Section 1. Perianth-segments free, spreading ; stamens inserted on 

 their bases ; anthers purple. Seeds angular. 



1. S. ver'na, Huds. ; leaves vernal preceding the subcorymbose 

 flowers, bracts as long as the pedicels or longer. 



Rocky pastures rare, W. coast of England and "Wales from Flint to 

 Devon; Scotland from Ayr and Berwick to Shetland; E. and N.E. Ire- 

 land, very rare ; fl. April-May. — Bidb as large as a hazel-nut. Leaves 3-10 

 in., •§- } in. broad, recurved, concave. Scapes 1-2, shorter than the leaves. 

 Flowers \ in. diam., bright-blue, fragrant ; lower pedicels \ in. Capsule J in. 

 diam. — Distrib. Coasts of Norway, France, Spain. 



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

 racemose flowers, bracts 0. 



Rocks and pastures from Gloster and Middlesex to Cornwall and Kent ; 

 Channel Islands ; fl. July-Sept. — Bulb f-l§ in. diam. Leaves 3-6 in., 

 ^-terete, grooved above. Scapes several, equalling the leaves. Flowers 5 

 in. diam., reddish purple ; pedicels ascending or spreading. Capsule small. 

 — Distrib. W. and S. Europe, N. Africa, Crimea. 



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

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



3. S. nutans, Sm. ; leaves and flowers vernal, bracts in pairs. Ag'ra- 

 phis nu'tans, Link ; Fndym'ion nu'tans, Dumort ; Hyaein'thus nonscrip'tus, 

 L. Bluebell, Wild Hyacinth. 



"Woods, banks, &c, from Caithness southd. ; ascends to 1,500 ft. in the Lake 

 District ; Ireland ; Channel Islands; fl. April-June. — Bulb f-1 in. diam. 



