1630 



SCILLA 



A. Shape of Us. campaniilate: color 

 blue, blue -lilac, rose ■ purple, 

 white. 



B. Pedicels shirrl: hy.irls l,„. ,ir. In 

 pairs: rur, >,:,■ ni.tmi-iiil .: ilx. 

 broadh/ r,n,i/Hiiful<it. . pr,:- 

 dliced fr,.,„ Arril )■■ .hnu ... 



■r xmull. 



. festalis 



. pusclikinioides 



1. Hispanica 



Size of 



SO-fill-lhl.: Irs. I ,-, 



fleshii 4. Numidica 



CO. Size of fl.s. rrnj .tnnill [ni,,- 

 eighth In. ln,„ll: mr, w,: 

 de„., : sr.,,.r sl.nd.r: 



braet.t ichltl.-<Ii. miiiiilv .'j. Chinensia 



OCC. Size of fls. larijrr ('■, In. in 

 diani.): pedicel.^ lorn/, a.s- 

 cending or sprt'iidlmi : ra- 

 ceme open. Juhi In Si lit . . ij. autumnalis 

 BB. Color of fls. hhie nr'lilar-lihlt': 

 size 1,1 IV r t't-l in.). 

 C. Maci^inf !■• Ill ,1, nsi I 1110-15- 



fld.). Ill In-.^t ,■,:„,.„/. tlu-n 



scdpi' ml, ,1x1. .thill 7. Peruviana 



CO. Bacemi s, r, mil,, nin'ml-fhl.. 



DD. Lvx. 

 DDD. J.I 'I, 



III, III 



. monophyllos 

 . biJolia 



. Natalensis 



. hyacintlioideB 

 . Sibirica 



SCILLA 



of the perianth, it was removed to Scilla as having the 

 segments distinct or nearly so, and is now often consid- 

 ered as forming a distinct genus (Agraphis, Link; En- 

 dyraion, Dumort), either alone or with other species 

 which connect it with the other Scillas. 



2. puBchkinioldeB, Kegel. Bulb ovate, tunicate: Ivs. 

 ratlical, 2— t, glabrous, broadly linear, obtuse, 2^-3 in. 

 lout;: Ki'ape low, glabrous: pedicels erect, strict, short, 

 Iiasc liiltracteate; bracteoles scarious, hyaline: perianth 

 iMiiipaimlate, pale blue, middle nerve deeper blue: base 

 of tilanients united; anthers linear-oblong; style fili- 

 form. Turkestan. 



3. Hisp&nica, Mill. {S. campanuldta. Ait. S. pdtula, 

 DC). Spanish Jacinth. Bell -flowered Squill. 

 Lvs. 5 or C, glabrous, ascending, lanceolate, K-1 in. 

 broad, subobtusc. cnnvrx at bark: scape long: raceme 

 equilatiTal. (m.iii]kic1 : IK, ex liTKiiiral-campanulate; peri- 



iiiitb usuallv bluf Imii .iIIc II 1 iiiuig rose-purple, or 



whit.-: ]H..li('M-ls 1-1 ' . ill. I.-iil;. .^lay. Spain and Portu- 

 g:il. H..M. 1 liiL'.-llanI) . S. \ . lal varieties of it are in the 

 tradr uiicbr tlic spccilic- iiaiiit- eampiiinilata; viz., 41ba, 

 wliifi-: albo-major. lan,^- white; camea, flesh-colored; 

 hyacintholde", li'.\ariiiili like; rosea, rose-colored. This 

 s[M-i-ii's is wnrthy of wiib-r acquaintance. The bulbs are 

 cheap and easily obtained in autumn, and if planted 

 then they are sure to bloom the following spring. 



4. Numidica, Poir.(S. pa rri7dTO,Desf.). Bulb ovoid, 

 1-2 in, thick: lvs. 4-11. deshy, lierhaceous, linear, 6-8 in. 



long, 1}.,-:; li'M - I I. .iiii.i.-i: scape solitary or 



paired, '-.-I - ^ ...,,.,. .,,,.. 30-60-fld.: pedi- 



cels short. .1 ' iiL': bracts minute, 



linear, evaii. — • u : i" r::iiiin r>.-i imrple, 1% lines long: 

 single ovuie m o-ai'li "1 ilie ovarian cells: capsule small, 

 globose, grooved. Flowering in winter in its native 

 home, Algeria. 



5. CMn^nsis, Benth. (Barnilrdia sdlloUhs. Lindl.). 

 Chinese Squill. Leaves 2 or M, orinnlnii' ^r r v.-, r,]\ua: 

 the scapf. rather hard, aciitr, cliiiii'ii I!- ' :'!■ ir.ill, 

 (ivat(-: scape erect, slender, nr wimil ! ! ■' lo- 

 cate, dense, elongated: pediia 1^ ^Immi, !.i . : h. 

 minute: perianth rose-colored tipiicd wiih u:' ■ u , -n^ma 

 a mere point. June. China. B.M. .'{788.- Half hardy. 

 A beautiful species with the dense elongated raceme of 

 rose-colored flowers, worthy of cultivation in any rock 

 garden. 



P. No. of fls. IS.. 

 FF. No. of fls. 4-,S. 



March 13. amoena 



FFP. No. of fls. 6-SO: ra- 

 ceme at first conical, 



then open 14. Italica 



FFFF. ;V(). of fls. '20-fM: 



srilins /-,;.• hriirls 



1. iestalis, Salish. (,S. niitnv«. Sm. ,S. nnnsrripta, 

 Hoff. and Link. S. cpV»h.-, Sali-I.. I. Cmmmon Bue- 

 BELL. Harebell. Lvs. lo-ls in. I.iii^-. '_. m. 1.v..:h1. sub- 



fld.: bracts in' paiVs : lis. I.liii . puipir, whii.- or pi„k, 

 droopiui;. Ajnil tn .liinc. Wi-t.rn Europe, I Jrcat Brit- 

 ain. B.M. ltiil.-Ani..iiu- til.- -arden forms are alba, 

 white; caeriilea, bine; Ulaclna, lilac-blue; rdsea, rose or 

 pink colored; c^rnua, nodding. This is one of the most 

 beautiful of Squills, fragrant, thriving best in some- 

 what shady and sheltered places. Originally placed in 

 the genus Hyacinthus, on account of the general form 



2273. Scilla Pei 



0. autumnfllis, Linn. Autumn Sqihll. Starry Hva 

 CINTH. Lvs. several, obtu.se, channeled, half-terete, 

 growing on through the winter and dying away in the 

 spring: scapes several: racemes corymbose, spicate, 

 open : perianth rose-colored, % in. across. July-Sep- 

 tember. Europe (Great Britain), North Africa. B.M. 

 919.-Hardy. The flowering stems generally precede the 



