leave undisturbed 



folium is 



iibtfully 

 I't about 

 - call O. 



ORNITHOCiALUM 



mitlale seem to be the most desirable. These are the 



best to place among shrubbery 



for years. A particularly rolmst 



recorded as bearing n\r,- -., Ln 



ou stalks 3 ft. high. " 



referred to O. Narhoi:< . i i. 



the beauty of the phint \ ;i: i; I 



pi/nimiclalc. For fonii;il lMaia> ii l:^ liui.i i.. txcel. It 



sometimes makes a perfect pyramid of starry white 



flowers, the spike 12-18 in. long, the fls. an inch across, 



and a hundred or more fls. in a spike. 



The tender kinds in cultivation are ohietlv from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, though ('. .1- ■'..;.. i l.)iind in 

 the Mediterranean region. Conn i n n .li\i.ledbe- 

 tween O. Arabicum and O. /• ' - i ' '!<■■ former 



has been more pictured and li:i iiiml>er of 



admirers. When well grown itj | ■ ; , ; :;, ,liowiest 

 plant of the whole genus. O. A > I I-- idant. 



It grows to perfection in Gun Ik^ :! ft. 



high and fls. 2 in. across, boriir in ini, i;ii..inial clus- 

 ters. The tall-spiked waving nui>>.> ,.i vvl.iii- remain in 

 good condition for some weeks. In Guernsey they are 

 esteemed for cut-flowers. The white of the large, broad- 

 petaled fls. is set oft by a gleaming black pistil, which 

 makes a striking and ]u-etty feature. O. Arabicum is 



suitable for pot culturr ii rilnin r,.ii ., i x :,hiiics, but 



perhaps the best way tM m ,i frame. 



The bulbs have a way Ml i , ; , ,, a reason 



or two, a difficulty p.>— iM:> i- i . i ■ iih their 



insufllcient ripening. ^V. (i-iM- i r,, keep 



the pots with the bulbs in th. i ■ i iMiuse and 



not watered is not sufficient; iIm ': ' i- Kii)t in a 

 dry atmo^iphero, and if bakr.l ii mn.'h the 



better, \iitnmn iJ flm lir^t tin. I- . , i :., ,i imI after 



therrnn t.'... xurin,, -, rnh, 

 ing kiTid. Tins may explain 

 capriciousness. O. ihyrsoides 

 to bloom. With gentle forcing i 

 in a moderately warm house, 

 tinct by having revoluii irni. 

 It was cult, by a Cinrm 

 one may search a tin/. I, 

 without finding it offri, ■ c 



(low 



wide: r.aceme l.'.,-2ft long: bracts o-4 lines long: fls. 

 white with a brown keel: seeds crowded, disk-like. 

 OrnitJiofinhim cauduimn has Ivs. \~\yi in. wide; raceme 

 H-1 ft. long: bracts 6-9 lines long: fls. keeled with 

 green : seeds not crowded nor compressed. 



Perhaps the best purely horticultural reviews of this 

 group are to be found in The Garden: the tender kinds 

 l.v (foldring in Gn.49, p. 308; the hardy kinds by "D.K." 

 in Gti. 41, p. 376. 



A. Fls. self-colored, both front and back. 

 II. Pistil prominent, shining, greenish black. 

 Arabicum, Linn. Fig. 1.-94. Bulb ovoid. 1-lH in. 

 thick, proliferous : Ivs. ,^,-8, ghiucous gre.Mi, 1-1% ft. 

 long. :'.,-! in. wide: scape 1-2 ft. long: raceme ()-12-fld., 

 roun.lish or deltoid in outline.:!^:, in. long and wide: 

 lis. -J.-ir clorr-.l, o.loroii-- ; lil:niiri,t ■-■ lini.-.obil,.. not CUS- 

 pi,|:,i, .,.,!.. ,.,,..., ,,,,,, ,1. ,1, ,,,.,: . I,, ,.;.,i,., 1,, , not quad- 



raii-n O- ,.n ■! . n,,-, A|,,,:: ,. , ., _. n l loM. 728. 



Gl.. I'i inn; _ ,,n l: Al ::!/! ,, n 1:,K, I! n..;,.„O.C0- 



ORNITHOGALUM 



the base and bicuspidate. S. Afr. B.M. 1104 (I 

 with a brown eye). 



Var. atireum, Ait. (O. atirenm. Curt.), ha 

 yellow fls. B.M. 190 (fls. saffron). 



Var. flav^scens, Ker., has pale yellow t 

 4:305. 



cc. Number of flowers in a cUisIrr -'lO-li 



latifdlium, Linn. Lvs , n, ;,,,. mi n 

 fleshy herbaceous. broaili\ i n. i ' i m 



in. 



ride in 



fila 



Tauria, Caucasus, Kurdist:in. Amhrn. \\z\\' 

 B.R. 23:1978 (fls. green only at tip of kVe 

 in a perfect pyramid). 

 AA. Fls. with a green face, the outer seg\ 





tenuifol 



spotted 



Cu--. r.ulli ovoid, I in. thick, simple: 

 ,ly linear, r,-i; Iti. long, N2 lines wide, 

 pe 2-li in. long: raceme (i-lO-fld., corym- 

 bose or inversely triangular in outline, 2-3 in. long and 

 wide: pedicels ascending: fls. with outer perianth seg- 

 ments margined white. Mediterranean region. 

 BB. Clusters guadrangnlar in outline. 

 V. Xumberof flowers IS-SO. 

 umbellatum, Linn. Star of Bethlehem. Bulb sub- 

 globose, 1 in, thick, bearing nuiTiernus bulbils: Ivs. 

 0-9,narr,ovivHiin;,i-, r.-ll' nn I. m , , J 1 hnns « hIc .Iceply 



G-9 in.Wl.lc: lower |.ni| I- 1,1 Ii, ^[nnnluiu-: lls.witll 



ranean region. Escaped from old gardens in U. S. 

 cc. Number of flowers S-12. 

 exscipum, Tenore. Bulb ovoid, %-l in. thick, not 

 liroliferous: Ivs. 5-6, narrowly linear, 4-6 in. long, 1-2 

 linns wide, glabrous, spotted, disappearing after the 

 tl<. : scape 1-1% in. long: raceme 3-12-fld., quadran- 

 gular in outline, 1% in. long, 2%-3 in. wide : lowest 

 pedicels in fr. deflexed : bracts %-\ in. long, shorter 

 than the pedicels: fls. with outer perianth segments 

 margined white: style very short. S. Eu. 



o striking feature, dull, smaller. 

 • of flowers in a cluster 12-SO. 



thyrsoides, .Jai'q. Bulb globo.se, lJ^-2 in. thick: Ivs. 

 5-6, Uinceolatc, 6-12 in. long, 1-2 in. wide: scape V-i-Xyi 

 ft. high: raceme 12-:)llrtd., dense, triangular in outline. 

 3-4 in. wide: Hs. self-colored; filaments alternately 

 longer and lanceolate, alternately shorter, dilated above 



1594. Ornithoealum Arabicum (X%). 



AAA. Flowers w„rr or less while-fared, but keeled 



with ijreeii mi the bark. 



B. Blossoms nodding. 



nutans, Linn. Bulb ovoid. l-I'.l in. thick, producing 



offsets freely; Ivs. pale green. 1-1% ft. long, 3-6 lines 



wide, disappearing after the fls.: scape 8-12 in. long: 



raceme 3-I2-fld., oblong-cylindrical in outline: pedicels 



