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SCILLA--SPBERICA. 
Stherian Squill. 
CLASS VI. ORDER I. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Corotta 6-petala, patens, decidua. Filamenta | Corotta 6 petaled, expanding, deciduous, Fi- 
filiformia. laments thread-fhaped. 
7. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c, 
Scilla, tetraphylla, {capis plurimis femiteretibus, 
| Scilla, four-leaved, with many femicylindrical, 
ftriatis, bifloris, poft florefcentiam decum- | 
cored,. two-flowered ftalks, which after 
flowering are decumbent. 
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bentibus. 
Descrirtio. Radix bulbofus, magnus pro ratione magnitudinis planta. Folia in bulbis feneis, 
fepius 4, latiufcula, aliquo ftriatula, parum recurvata, apice obcuneata et fubinvoluta. Scapi 
3-5: 1-2, vel rariflime 3-flori, inaequales, femicylindrici, valde ftriati, lucidi, vix palmares, fu- 
_ perne atro-cerulefcentes, Pedunculi alterni, remoti, difformes, 1-6 lineares, bafi bibraéteati, 
erecti, apice nutantes, vel cernui, uniflori, atro-cerulefcentes. Bractee difformes, parvule, in- 
ferne purpurafcentes, fuperne alba et membranacez. Corolla hexapetala, nutans, vel cernua, 
campanulata. Petala fublanceolata, obtufa, concavo-incurva, letiffime cerulea; intus pallidiora, 
bafi albicantia, coftd4 utrinque faturatiore. Filamenta 6, filiformia, comprefia, alba, fuperne 
profunde cerulea, petalis duplo breviora, Anthere majufcule zruginofa. Germen pallidum, 
| fubrotundum, 6-fulcatum, fulcis alternis profundioribus, Stylus antheris fuperans, decumbens, 
= _ bafialbus, fuperne azureus. Stigma obfoletifimum. 
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wer fpread open, with one Chive magnified, 
2. The Pointal and Seed-bud, the Summit magnified. 
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Tuts nondescript and beautiful fpecies of the genus Scilla, is allied to Scilla precox of Willdenow ; 
but appears to differ in too many particulars, to admit of their being united. It is a native of Siberia, 
increa{vs flowly by the root, but fometimes ripens feeds in this country. It commences flowering in 
the beginning of February, before the common Scilla bifolia 3 but continues in beauty long after that 
plant is paft; and although perfeétly hardy, its flowers are liable to be injured by ftrong frofts, unlefs 
-occafionally p - : 
It thrives well in a light foil, and warm fituation; but, like all dwarf plants, appears to moft ad- 
_ vantage in a pot: and indeed, fucceeds beft with the treatment ufually given to alpine plants. 
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