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9. Gagea. Salisb. Gagea. 



I. G. lutea, Ker, (xjelloio Gagea); radical leaves 1 — 2 linear- 

 lanceolate longer than the angular scape, umbel simple, bracteas 

 linear-lanceolate longer than the umbel, leaves of the perianth 

 obtuse, — Ornithogalum, E. Bot. <. 21. 



Woods and pastures, in several parts of England and Lowlands of 

 Scotland. Fl. March, Apr. 1^. 



10. Ornithogalum. Linn. Star of Bethlehem. 



1. O. Pyrendicum, L. (^spiked Star of Bethlehem); racemes 

 elongated, filaments all dilated, peduncles equal spreading erect 

 in fruit. E. Bot. t. 499. 



Rare. Pastures in Somersetshire, Sussex and Bedfordshire. Fl. 

 June, July. 1/. — Bulb ovate. Leaves long, linear, acuminate, chan- 

 nelled. Scape l^j to 2 f. long. Raceme elongated. Flowers much 

 smaller than in the two following species, greenish-white. 



2. O. * umbelldtum, L. (common Star of Bethlehem); racemes 

 corymbose, peduncles longer than the bracteas, filaments subu- 

 late. E. Bot. t. 130. 



Meadows and pastures in various parts of England. Near Glasgow. 

 Fl. Apr. May. 1^. — 8 — 10 inches high. Leaves linear, acuminate, 

 grooved. Flowers large, few, 6 — 9, lower pedicels very long, so that 

 their flowers reach to the same height with the upper ones, thus form- 

 ing a corymb, each having a membranous lanceolate bractea. Segments 

 of the periaiith green, with a white margin and white within. 



3. O.* nutans, L. (drooping Star of Bethlehem); flowers pen- 

 dulous unilateral, filaments broad cloven alternately longer and 

 with deeper lobes. E. Bot. t. 1997. 



Fields and orchards, Bedfordshire, Suffolk, Derby and Nottingham. Fl. 

 Apr, May. If. — Flowers in a true, but lax, raceme, larger than the last, 

 and having \.\\e filaments of their stamens of a very peculiar structure. 



11. SciLLA. Linn. Squill. 



1. S. verna, Huds. (vernal Squill); bulb coated, raceme in an 

 liemisphaerical few-flowered corymb, bracteas lanceolate obtuse, 

 leaves linear channelled. E. Bot. t. 23. 



Common on the coasts of the west and northern parts of Great Britain, 

 frequent in Orkney and Shetland. In Ireland, Fl. April. If. — Plant 

 4 — 3 inches high. Leaves few, nearly as long as the scape. Floivers 

 fragrant, deep blue. Filaments dilated downwards ; bracteas membra- 

 naceous. 



2. S.*bifdlia, L. (two-leaved Squill); bulb coated, raceme lax 

 subcorymbose, bracteas obsolete, leaves lanceolate mostly 2. 

 E. Bot. t. 24. 



A very dubious native. It exists in Buddies Herbarium, and was 

 received from the West of England by Mr Sims of Norwich. Fl. March, 

 April. If. — Floivers pale blue. 



3. S. autumndlis, L. (autumnal Squill); bulb coated, raceme 



