LXXIV. 
LEUCOIUM PULCHELLUM. 
Neat Leucoium. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Narcissi. Juss. Gen. p. 54- 
Sect. 1. Pericarpium inferum. Filamenta toro placentaformi, ad eorum basin mellifero inserta. An- 
ther foramine versus basin angustato dehiscentes. Flores penduli. Bractee sub florescentiam vegeta. 
Pericarpium ovale, succulentulum. Petala fere equalia, juxta apicem contractiuscula maculé viridi, 
Antherz obtuse. Stylus clavatus. Stigma truncatum. Semina nigra, ovalia, lucida. Herbs 6-18 
pollicares. Bulbus ovatus, nunc magnitudine ovi Galline. Folia Narcissi sed lete viridia, 4-6 lineas 
lata. Flores albi. Pedunculus anceps, sepuus valde compressus. 
L. foliis incurvo-patentibus: pedunculo 3-7-floro, yalde ancipiti margine integerrimo : pericarpio sub 
florescentiam saturate viridi. 
L. Bulbosum minus. Bes/. Hort. Eystt. Vern, tert. Ord. fol. xvii. f. 3. L. hexaphyllum majus. Vallet 
Jard ‘ j ‘ : 
: 
Locus natalis haud pro certo innotuit. ; 
Floret apud nos versus finem Marti, Aprili. 
In the 21st number of this work, I expressed a suspicion that Leucoium Autumnale, from its ° 
different habit, would constitute a genus - that plant afterwards ripened seeds, which have leit no 
doubt about the matter, being comparatively large, whitish, irregularly angulated, and more like 
ds of Leucoium. Accordingly, it is necessary to give another gene 
: e poetic | f Acis. 
is hed by the white spongy 
torus covering the top of the pericarpium, as well as by their anthers: in the rmer the filaments 
are inserted distinct from the petais, ae edd exudes from the base of , while in most genera 
of the other sections, it is discharged fror i | u ae ae 
The Leucoium now figured is a real species, hitherto confounded wit! aay neon 
é i q ‘ ist ist, from whose ac 
rences were first pointed out to me by Mr. HawornTH, @ botanist, from STs scot pleat 
peatedly profited. It is reported to grow wild in some parts of this 1s a 
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fully in our gardens, Bulb often he size of an hen’ appearing 1p 
deeper stoend and generally onde in L. Estioum, very enuires 6 smooth eg wen 
0 e fo a month earlier, exhaling a more percep 9 a ee i 1. rr 
the same colour as the leaves, very entire at the edges, not glaucous )  spaaegaia a fruit. 
cum. Pedicles from 3 to 7; slender and very long, of ark gree r, as well ast whiney all : 
Petals white, with a green spot below the top, their nerves not i base, where sath 
rallel, the inner ones broader. Filaments white am ers yellor be Taser ha green spot 
cell being emarginated they appear divided into four equal 
below the top, club-shaped. Stigma truncated. Seeds from 15 to 
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REFERENCES TO THE PRA 
t. Pistillum and Stamina, highly magnified. 2. A tra sv 
