HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Ornlthooalum. 143 



to 



2. O. pyrenaicum. Tall Star of Bethlehem. 



Cluster very long. Filaments all dilated. Flower-stalks 

 equal, spreading; growing erect, and close-pressed, as 

 the fruit ripens. 



O. pyrenaicum. Linn. Sp. PL 440. fVilld. u. 2. 1 1 6. FL Br. 363. 

 Engl. Bot.v. 7. t.499. Abbot 76. Jucq. Aitstr. t. 103. 



O. angiistifolium majus, floribus ex albo vlrescentibus. Bauh. Pin. 

 70. RaiiSyn.372. Rudh. Elys. v. 2. 134. f. 3. 



O. majus primum. Clus.Hist. v. 1. 187./. 



O. pyrenaeum. Clus. Append. 2. ad cap. 33. Cur. Post. 21, 



O. alterum. Camer. Epit.3l5 ■ lowermost fig. 



Asphodelus bulbosus. Dod. Pempt. 209./. Get. Em. 97. Dalech 

 Hist. 1589./. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 627./ 



Phalangium n. 1210. Hall. Hist. ». 2. 101 ,• excluding the reference 

 to Reneaume. 



Hyacintho-Asphodelus. Lob. Ic. 93./. 



In pastures^ rare. 



In Sussex and Somersetshire. Ray. Between Eaton-Socon and 

 Thurleigh, Bedfordshire. Abbot. In Keyson Park wood, in that 

 county. Rev. T. 0. Marsh. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Bulb ovate, whitish. Leaves several, all radical, long, spreading, 

 linear, roundly channelled, acute, smooth, their tips soon wither- 

 ing. Stalk central, 2 feet or more in height, erect, round, smooth 

 and polished, terminating in a very long upright cluster, of nu- 

 merous greenish, spreading flowers, not remarkable for beauty. 

 Partial stalks simple, hardly an inch long, spreading while in 

 flower only, then erect. Bracteas awl-shaped, solitary at the 

 base of each stalk. Stam. all equally broad and short, each with 

 a slender point. Anth. oblong, incumbent. Style short. Caps. 

 ovate, with 3 furrows, erect, enveloped in the contracted, per- 

 manent, faded petals. 



3. O. umhellatum. Common Star of Bethlehem. 



Flowers corymbose; their partial stalks overtopping the 

 main one. Filaments dilated, tapering, entire. 



O. umbellatum. Linn. Sp. PI. 44 1 . Willd. v. 2. 1 1 6. Fl. Br. 364. 



Engl. Bot. V. 2. t. 130. Hook. Lond. t. 45. Scot. 102. Jacq 



Austr. t. 343. 

 O.n. 1215. Hall.Hist.v. 2. \03. 

 O. vulgare et verius, majus et minus, Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 630, Rail 



Syn. 372. 



O. umbellatum medium angustifolium. Bauh. Pin. 70. Rudb. Eltis. 

 . V.2. 131. /4. -^ 



Ornithogalum. Ger. Ewi. 1 65./, Loh.Ic.]48./. 



