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PLATE CCLXXIV. 
ORNI .lOGALUM LACTEUM. 
Large IVhite-Jlowered Star of Bethlehem. 
CLASS VI. ORDER!. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 
LL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Blossom 6.petals, upright, remaining, fpread- 
ing above the middle. Threads widened at 
the bafe. Capfule 3-celled. Seeds round- 
ilh, naked. 
See Ornithogalum odoeatum, Pl.CCLX. 
Vol. IV. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Star of Bethlehem with a long flower fpike; 
threads awl-lhaped, alternate ones nearly 
lance-fliapedj flower props fldnny, egg- 
Ihaped, twice as fliort as the fruit-flalkj 
leaves lance-lhaped, acute, finely haired at 
the edges j flowers white. 
