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glabrous. E. B. 130. R. x. 467. L. exceeding the stem or 

 filiform and shorter. Height 812 in. Fl. white with a broad 

 green longitudinal band externally. Meadows and pastures. 

 P. V. .E. S. 



2. O. pyrena'icum (L.) ; fl. in an elongated narrow raceme, 

 ped. at first spreading afterwards erect, bracts lanceolate-acu- 

 minate, filaments dilated below with a long point, 1. soon fading 

 linear grooved. E. B. 499. St. leafless, 23 feet high. Ra- 

 ceme becoming very long. Fl. greenish white ; segments of the 

 perianth variable in breadth. L. withering before the stalk 

 appears, rarely contemporaneous. Woods. Extremely com- 

 mon near Bath. Sussex. Bedfordshire. P. VI. E. 



[3. O. niitans (L.) ; fl. few in a lax nodding raceme, ped. 

 falling short of the bracts, filaments flat membranous trifid, the 

 lateral points acute, middle one very short bearing the anther, 

 1. linear-lanceolate. E. B. 1997. Albucea R. x. 473. Height 

 9 12 in. Fl. large, white, greenish externally. Fields and 

 orchards, rare. P. IV. V.] E. 



6. GA'GEA Salisb. 



1. G.fasciculdris (Salisb.) ; radical 1. usually solitary linear- 

 lanceolate flat, bracts 2 opposite, peduncles umbellate simple 

 glabrous, segments of the perianth oblong blunt, bulb ovate 

 solitary.^. B. 21. R. x. 477. G. lutea (Ker) ed. viii. 

 Ornithogalum L. St. about 6 in. high, shorter than the leaves. 

 Bracts lanceolate, one often exceeding the yellow flowers. 

 Bulb often enclosing many small round offsets. Woods and 

 thickets, rare. P. III. IV. E. S. 



7. SCIL'LA Linn. Squill. 



1. S. auturnndlis (L.) ; 1. linear many, raceme lax, peduncles 

 ascending, bracts O.E. B. 78. R. x. 463. Height 46 in. 

 Fl. purplish blue with a green line down the back, in perfection 

 before the 1. appear. Dry pastures in the South and West. 

 P. VIII. Autumnal Squill. E. 



2. & ver'na (Huds.) ; 1. linear channelled hooded at the end 

 many, raceme few-flowered corymbose, bracts lanceolate, a,s long 

 as or longer than the peduncles. E. B. 23. R. x. 463. Height 

 4 5 in. Fl. blue. L. as long as or longer than the stalk. 

 Western and Northern coasts. P. IV. V. Vernal Squill, E. S. I. 



