LXXIV. 
LEUCOIUM PULCHELLUM. 
Neat Leucoium. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Narcissi. Juss. Gen. p. 54. 
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Sect. 1. Pericarpium inferum. Filamenta toro placenteformi, ad eorum basin mellifero 
inserta. Antherz foramine versus basin angustato dehiscentes. Flores penduli. Bractee 
sub florescentiam vegeta. : 
Pericarpium ovale, succulentulum. Petala fere equalia, juxta apicem contractiuscula 
macul& viridi. Anthere obtuse. Stylus clavatus. Stigma truncatum. Semina ni 
ovalia,lucida. Herba 6-18 pollicares. Bulbus ovatus, nunc magnitudine ovi Gallina. olia 
Narcissi sed lete viridia, 4-6 lineas lata. Flores albi. Pedunculus anceps, sepius valde 
compressus- 
L. foliis incurvo-patentibus : pedunculo 3-7-floro, valde ancipiti margine integerrimo : 
pericarpio sub florescentiam saturate viridi. 
L. Bulbosum minus. Best. Hort. Eystt. Vern. tert. Ord. fol. xvii. f. 3. L. hexaphyllum 
majus. Vallet Jard. t. 24. 
Locus natalis haud pro certo innotuit. 
Floret apud nos versus finem Marti, Aprili. 
um Autumnale, 
ards ripened 
seeds, which have left no doubt about the matter, being comparatively large, whitish, 
irregularly angulated, and more like bulbs than the black round seeds of Leucoium. Ac- 
cordingly, it is necessary to give another generic character, and to the narrow-leaved 
species, I shall in future apply the poetic title of Acis. These two genera with Ga- 
lanthus, form a separate section in the order, distinguished by the white + ig: ete 
m, as well as by their anthers: in the former fila- 
and honey exudes from the base of each, 
while in most genera of the other sections, it is discharged from three glands, as in 
Leucoium now figured is a real species, vier lawonrt - : en 
whose accuracy I have repeatedly profited. It is reported to grow wile some parts 
“a this island, prodiicing seeds plentifally in our lange — ety feds 
en’s ege, Leaves appearing In November, or a i gues ee; rant three weeks to a 
month earlier, exhaling a more percept i 
colour as the leaves, as entire at the edges, not § a else, ae eatie 
tioum. Pedicles from 3 to 7, slender and very long, of a dark gre nerves Aegg va 5 
the young fruit. Petals white, with a green spot = ie re me 3 ‘laments whi lather. SG 
spicuous, and almost all parallel, the inner ones inated er appeat x divided into 
yellow, inserted at the base, where each cell being emarginates fot ah St igma ma trun- 
four equal lobes. Style white, with a green spot below the oe apes. é ; 
cated. § Seeds from aS to a0 ideach cell, Linck, OTA ME Ca, 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATEs 
\, Pistillum and Stamina, highly magnified. 2 A transy “s 
carpium. 3..A S eae oe 
