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803. SCILLA. 



ii. Ko Bracts. 



3. obtusifolia. L. lingnlate, short. Rac. 

 lax. Caps, subrotund, 3-edged, obtuse. Fl. 

 smooth, stellate, violet, p. 10, 11. Pas- 

 tures. Sard. 



4. autumnalis. L. narrow linear, chan- 

 neled. Eac. at first corymbose. Fl. small, 

 stellate, blue. Pet. elliptico-lanceolate, obtuse. 

 Caps, top-shaped, apiculate. p. 8-10. Vine- 

 yards and gravelly pastures, occ. 



S. Flowers and L. appearing at the same 



time. 



i. Flower-stalhs vMhout bracts. 



5. intermedia. L. 4 or 5, broad linear, 

 "flat, somewhat recurved. Scape with rough 

 stripes at the base. Rac. lax, cylLadrical. 

 Cor. small. Caps, top-shaped, emarginate. 

 p. 9, 10. Hills. Palei-mo. 



6. bifolia. L. about 2, lanceolate, recurved, 

 sheathing the scape. Rac. lax, nodding when 

 in fruit, p. 3-5. Shady pastures. Fr. Bav. 

 s. and e. G. It. 



ii. Bracts at base of the flower-stalks. 



7. vema. Bulb simple. Scape round. L. 

 erect, linear, hooded. Corymb simple. Bracts 

 single, lanceolate, as long as flower -stalk. 

 Caps, with 3 edges and 3 furrows, apiculate. 

 p. 3, 4. Sandy fields. Eng. rare. w. Fr. 



8. italica. Bulb simple. L. 2-5, narrow 

 linear, obtuse. Rac. conical. Bracts in pairs, 

 one of which is as long as flower-stalk. Pet. 

 pale bhce. Caps, rounded, 3-edged. p. 4, 5. 

 Lig. Berne. Ober Baden. 



9. amoeua. Bulb simple or with a few 

 small bulbs at base. Scape half round, with 

 acute angles, and bearing a few remote flowers. 

 Bracts small, sometimes in pairs, truncate. 

 Caps, top-shaped, subemarginate. p. 3, 4. 

 Sandy. Marencin in the Landes. Euganean 

 HUls. 



10. LiUo-Hyacinthus. " Bulb scaly. 

 L. broad lanceolate, acute, pressed to ground, 

 shorter than scape. Rac. few-flowered. Bracts 

 linear, nearly equalling or exceeding flower- 

 •stalk, single. Pet. linear, obtuse, p. Sands. 

 Dax."— DuBY. 



11. hyaciuthoides. Bulb proliferous. L. 

 broadly linear, long, keeled, acute. Rac. long, 

 lax, cylindrical. Stalks somewhat whorled, 

 much longer than open, campanulate flowei's. 



Bracts veiy smaU, truncate. Pet. lanceolate, 

 obtuse, p. 4, 5. Dry. Grasse. Nice. 



12. peruviana. L. oblong or lanceolate, 

 sometimes ciliate. Thyrsus dense, at last co- 

 rymbose. Bracts lanceolate. Caps, rostrate. 

 p. 4, 5. Genoa. Ins. Sacra. Sic. The name 

 arises from some mistake : the plant has not 

 been found in S. America. Gussone divides 

 this into three species : — 



1. peruviana. Primary L. lanceolate, acu- 

 minate. Rac. compact, conical. Not found 

 in Sic. 



2. sicula. Primary L. broadly linear, rather 

 acute. Corymb large, many-flowered, convex. 



3. TJghii. Primary L. ovate. Corymb 

 large, concave. 



13. Cupani. "L. lanceolate, shortly and 

 densely ciliate. Corymb few-flowered. Bracts 

 acuminate. Pet. at last connivent. Caps, 

 rostrate, p. 4, 5. Val di Mazzara." — Beet. 



803. HYACINTHUS. 



1. patnlus. L. broadly linear, narrowed at 

 each end. Rac. lax. Bracts in pairs. Cor. 

 nodding. Tips of Pet. recurved, p. 3, 4. 

 s. Fr. ? Bassano. Ascoli. Lucca. Rome. Usu- 

 ally put with SciUa ; biU all botanists seem 

 agreed that the petals are united at the base. 



2. romanus. L. exceeding scape. Bracts 

 bag-like. Cor. campanulate. FU. lanceolate. 

 Caps. 3-edged, obtuse, p. 5. Pastures, s. 

 Fr. m. and s. It. 



3. dubius. L. exceeding scape. Eac. cy- 

 lindrical. Bracts single, not forming a bag. 

 Cor. campanulate. FU. subulate, broad, and 

 connate at base. Caps, deeply emarginate. 

 p. 3, 4. Meadows. Palermo. 



4. serotinus. " L. linear, channeled, 

 shorter than scape. Rac. one-wayed. Bracts 

 ovate, acuminate, exceeding flower-stalk. Cor. 

 campanulate, divided below the middle. Outer 

 Segm. oblong, spreading ; inner connate." — 

 DuBY. p. 6-8. Stony, mdt. Fr. occ. Pyr. 

 near VaRetria. Mtp. 



5. amethystinus. "L. linear, narrow. 

 Rac. lax. Bracts linear, membranous, solitary, 

 somewhat exceeding flower-stalk. Cor. cam- 

 panulate, cyHndrical at base. Lobes ovate, ob- 

 tuse, p. (5). Central Pyrenees." — Duby. 



6. nonscriptus. L. broadly linear. Fl. 

 nodding at first, nearly cylindrical in lower 

 part. Bracts 2, unequal. Pet. obtuse, revo- 



