﻿PLATE DV. 

 ORNITHOGALUM FLAVISSIMUM. 



Yellow-Jlowered Star of Bethlehem. 



CLASS VI. ORDER L 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Corolla 6-petala, persisted. Filamenta basi II Blossom 6-petalled, remaining. Threads widen* 

 dilatata. Capsula 3-locularis. Semina sub- ed at the base. Capsule 3-celled Soeds 



rotunda, nuda. || roundish mk ^ 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ouxtkogalum racemolongo: floribusmag- .1 Star of Bethlehem with along spike: the 

 nis, flavissimis : bracteis membranaceis, 



: foliis lanceolatis, reflexis. flower-prop is skinny, and pointedly egg- 



^4 S 3 6 UnlflaViSSiraUm, '"I'* ™' 2 ' 1 shaped: leaves lance-shaMandreflexed. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A bract or flower-prop. 



2. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal. 



3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 



4. A transverse section of the seed-bud magni 



This yellow Ormthogalum was communicated to the author by the Hon. W. Irby, last summer, 

 ftom his collection atFamham Royal, where it was raised, we understand, from the seed of the 0. jtfj 

 reum. The only figure of it extant is in the Icones of Jacquin. T] 

 its fine bloom may justly rank it amongst the m est attractive of the g 



i describing the capsule, instead of 



