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805. GAGEA. 



D. No accessory hulb. 



9. lutea. Root-L. solitary, erect, lineari- 

 lanceolate, abruptly acuminate, flat, acutely 

 keeled. Floral L. 2, nearly opposite. Umbel 

 simple. Stalks smooth. Pet. oblong, obtuse. 

 Bulb ovoid, p. 4, 5. Thickets and shady 

 meadows. G. 



10. pusilla. Root-L. solitary, gradually 

 tapering to a point, channeled. Moral L. 2, 

 nearly opposite, smooth. Pet. lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse. Bulb ovoid, p. 3, 4. Stony woods. 

 Boh. Vienna. 



11. nebrodensis. " Bulb included in 

 somewhat flexuose, ascending fibres. Root-L. 

 1 or 2, filiform, hairless. Floral L. alternate, 1-2 

 lines broad. Scape 2-4-flowered. Stalks alter- 

 nate, densely villous. Pet. naiTow Hneari-ob- 

 long, obtuse, somewhat villous at base. p. 4, 

 5. High open hills. Madonie." — Guss. 



12. clirysantlia. Smooth. Root-L. 2, li- 

 neari-filiform. Floral L. lineari-lanceolate, sub- 

 eiliate, somewhat sheathing. Corymb 1-3- 

 flowered, exceeding L. Pet. obovato-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, yellow. (Bulb nidulant, Guss.) p. 4, 5. 

 Open hills. Sic. 



13. busambrensis. " Bulb very small, 

 included in a few ascending fibres. Root-L. 

 about 5, hneari -filiform, ciliate. Scape naked, 

 1-flowered, villous. Pet. hairless, lineai", some- 

 what acute, p. 3. Sto7iy pastures below the 

 Obelisk at Busambra." — Guss. 



806. ORNITHOGALUM. 



A. Flowers in a corymb, vjhite. Filaments 

 lanceolate, simple. {Outer Filaments di- 

 lated at base, Duby.) 



1. arabicum. L. linear, channeled. Co- 

 rymb spreading. Bracts cordate, acuminate. 

 Outer Pet. with 3 teeth ! (Alternate Fil. sub- 

 emarginate, Linn.) (Bulb wdth a few ofisets, 

 Parl.) p. 6. Prades. Rous. Nice. Bonifacio. 

 SicUy. 



2. refractum. Bulb with ofi'sets. L. li- 

 near, channeled, with a white middle line. 

 Bracts ovato-oblong, shortly acute, hai-dly ex- 

 ceeding flower-stalks. Lower Fruit-stalks 

 bent downwards, p. 4, 5. Fields and vine- 

 yards. Trieste. Sic. Smaller than 0. ex- 

 scapum. 



3. umbellatuin. Bulbs with oifsets. L. 

 linear, channeled, with a white middle Hne. 

 Margin naked. Fl.-stalks spreading, nearly at 

 right angles. Fl. turned upwards, exceeding 



lanceolato-linear bracts. (Alternate Fil. emar- 

 ginate, Linn.) Caps, oblong, p. 4, 5. Fields 

 and meadows. Fr. G. Sw. It. L. sometimes 

 almost filiform. 



4. exscapum. (Bulb not proliferous, 

 Parl.) Scape very short. Fl.-stalks spread- 

 ing nearly at right angles. L. linear, chan- 

 neled, preceding scape, very long, with a pale 

 middle line. Bracts ovato-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate. Caps, ovoid, p. 4. Flor. s. It. Sard. 



5. montanum. " Bulb simple. L. lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, very narrow, hairless, with 

 a narrow, white, membranous margin. Co- 

 rymb straight. Stamens not exceeding half 

 the petals. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 

 shorter than flower-stalk. Caps, turbinate, 

 p. 4, 5. Val di Mazzara. Sic. Caps, much 

 smaller than in 0. umbeUatum." — Bert. 



6. coUinum. (Bulb not proliferous, Parl.) 

 L. linear, channeled, sometimes ciliate. Bracts 

 lanceolato-linear, acuminate, equalling stalk. 

 Fl.-stalks spreading at about half a right angle ; 

 lower always longer, p. 5. Rocky hills. Vi- 

 enna. Trieste. Apenn. Sic. 



7. tenuifolium. " Bulb not proliferous. 

 L. filiform, mth a furrow, without a white line. 

 Fl. few ; stalks erecto-patent, exceeding the 

 lanceolate, acuminate bracts. Pet. oblongo- 

 lanceolate : outer obtuse, with a mucro ; inner 

 subacute, p. 4, 5. Open. Sic." — Pael. 



8. coxnosum. L. linear, ciliate. Rac. ob- 

 long. Fl.-stalks spreading at about half a right 

 angle, at last all equal. Pet. oblong, obtuse ; 

 the outer truncate, with an apiculus. p. 5, 6. 

 Grassy thickets. Fiume. 



S. Flowers in a long, many -flowered raceme. 

 Filaments simple. 



9. sulphur eum. L. broadly linear, chan- 

 neled, fugacious. Stalk of FL spreading; of 

 Fr. adpressed. Bracts ovato-lanceolate, gra- 

 dually acuminate. Ovary ovoid, p. 5, 6. 

 Grassy. Cam. Sw. 



10. pyrenaicum. L. linear, channeled, 

 withering early. Rac. subobtuse. Stalks of 

 Fl. spreading ; of Fr. adpressed. Bracts ova- 

 to-lanceolate, gradually acuminate. .Pet. ob- 

 longo-linear, greenish-white. (Ovary oval, 

 equally rounded at each end, Koch.) p. 6, 7. 

 Hill pastures. Fr. s. G. It. 



11. uarbonense. L. linear, channeled, 

 persistent. Rac. acute. StaUis of Fl. spread- 

 ing; of Fr. adpressed. Bracts ovato-lanceo- 

 late, gradually acuminate. Pet. oblongo-lan- 



