178 116. Scilla. 15. ASPHODELE^. Pl.end.ph. 



seeds many, roundish. — Bulb solid or tunlcated ; leaves 

 linear, keeled ; scape upright ; flnivers peduncled, racemose 

 or corymbose, blue or white ; bracLece l-leafed, lanceolate, 

 at the base of the peduncle ; or none. 



i. Scilla autumnalis. Autumn squill. 



Leaves threadshape, linear, shorter than the scape; y?ozfer>j 



corymbose ; peduncle ascending, as long as the flower ; 



IractecB ; root tunicated. 



Hyacinthiis autumnalis minor, Ger.em, 110; Park, Paradise, 132; Raii 

 Syn. 373, 3. 



Scilla autumnalis, Lin. S. P. 443. 

 Anthericum autumnalc, Scop. Cam. 415. 

 Ornithogalum autuiunale, Lamarck Fl. Fr. 3,274. 

 Autumn star-hr/acinth. 



Dry barren pastures ; perennial ; September. 



Bulb ovate ; leaves spreading, many ; scape twice as long 

 as the leaves, upright; Jioivers come out before the leaves, 

 bluish purple ; stamens blue. 



2. Scilla bifolia. Two-leafed squilL 

 Leaves 2, lanceolate, linear, rather shorter than the 



scape; flowers racemose, nearly upright; bractecs none J 

 root solid. 



Ilyacinthus stellatus Fnschii, Ger. em. 91 ; Raii Syn. 372, 1. 



Hyacinthus stellatus vulgaris sive bifoHus Fuschii, Park, Parad. 126. 



Scilla bifolia, Lin. S. P. 445. 



Anthericum bifolium. Scop, Cam. 414, 



Ornithogalum bifolium, Lamark Fl, Fr, 3,274. 



Star-hyaclnt/i. 



Woods ; perennial ; March and April. 



Bulb ovate ; leaves obtuse, slightly keeled ; corynibus 

 inclining to racemose; peduncles lon^ ; floivers 4; to 10, 

 mostly pointing one way, blue; anthers brownish, 



3. Scilla verna. Spring squilL 

 Leaves linear, thick, slightly channelled, upright, 2 or 



more, shorter than the scape ; flowers few, racemose, 

 umbelled ; bractece lanceolate, obtuse, persisting ; root 

 truncated. 



Hyacinthus stellaris vcrnus pumilus Lobclii in Adv, Raii Syn. Ind. 

 plant, dnb, 



Hyacinthus primus, Raii Syn. 372, omitting some synonyms. 

 Scilla verna, Huds. Fl. Angl. 142. 

 Scilla bifolia, Lightfoot Fl. Scot. 181. 

 Scilla unibcllata, Ram Bidl. Philom. ISO. 



Sea clifts ; perennial ; April. 



Leaves seldoni more than two ; scape round ; flowers 3 

 to C, blue ; bradecE as long as the peduncles. 



