GALANTHUS NIVALIS. 



illo vagina monophylla, membranacea, diaphana , albida, 

 apice truncata aflurgit , quae foiia & fcapum includit. 

 Scapus a bafi ad fpatham usque anceps, fubfiftulofus, 

 glaucus, glaber, uniilorus, florens erectus, fructefcens pro- 

 ftratus & marcefcens. Folia duo ex radice, linearia , ba- 

 xi vaginantia, apice callofa ac incrafsata, extus nervo emi- 

 nentenotata, fupra carinata,glauca, glabra, longitudinefcapi. 

 Spatka longa eonitat ex duobus foliolis linearibus, crafsis, 

 excavatis, apice callofis, membrana diaphana alba utrinque 

 conjunclis. Inteme, ubi pedunculus prodit usque ad me- 

 dium membrana finditur. Peduncutus teres, gracilis, de- 

 curvatus, ac fubinde florem nutantem gerens. Corollm 

 hexapetala, inaequalis. Petala tria exteriora oblonga, ob- 

 tufa, lineis ftriata, alba, patentifsima, intcrnis duplo lon- 

 giora; tria intcriora alternantia, concava, obcordata, 

 emarginata, in tubum ere&a , carnofa , albida, cxtus ma- 

 cula viridi cordata picta , ihttts fex lineis obfolete luteis 

 ftriata. Stamina oriuntur ex fex foveolis germini in- 

 fculptis, nectariferis. Fitamenta brevia alba. Antherae 

 flavae, irjagnae, in acumen tenuifsirnum elongatae, conni- 

 ventes, & apicibus dehifcentes. Germen obfolete trique- 

 truro, obtufangulum, glabrum. Stylns fimplex, flliformis, 

 ftaminibus longior. Siigma fim^licifsimum. Capfula fub- 

 rotunda, obtufa , trilccularis in tres valvulas dehifcens. 

 In fmgulo loculo femina a quinque ad decem , ovata, al- 

 bida, nitida. 



