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meadows are with Daisies. In a few weeks, after their flowering 

 no part of the plant is visible but the dry capsules containing 

 black, shining seeds.— Fl. April, May. Perennial. 



10. ExrivMiON (Wild Hyacinth).— Differing from 5f ///a mainly 

 in the penajith which is cam- 

 panulate, with united, refle.xed 

 segments. (Name, that of 

 the beautiful shepherd of 

 Greek mythology, whose pro- 

 longed sleep may be sug- 

 gested by the drooping in- 

 florescence.) 



I. E. iioii-scriptuDi (^^'ild 

 Hyacinth, Bluebell). — Too 

 well- known a fa\'ourite to need 

 much description. I, eaves 

 lo — iS in. long, sub-acute, 

 produced in spring, before 

 the stout, drooping, stalked, 

 bracteate raceme of 6 — i^ 

 blue, rarelv pink or white, 

 pendulous flowers, which have 

 a bell-shaped perianth of 

 united segments, and yellow, 

 included aiitliers. — M'oods ; 

 abundant. The name H\a- 

 L'iiilJius was 'jriginally given to 

 some species of Lily into 

 which the youth Hyacinthus 

 was fabled to have been 

 changed by Apollo. The 

 petals were marked with dark 

 spots, arranged so as to re- 

 semble the Greek word AI, 

 alas ! The present species, 

 however, having no such 

 characters on its petals, was 

 named Hvacinihus non-scrip- 

 tus (not written) by Linn.-eus, 

 and, having been ma,de into a distinct geiius, was once called 

 Agraphis. It is sometimes confused with the''Harebell((r(x;>;/)('/;;i(/a 

 roinndifolia), the Bluebell of Scotland. — Fl. May, June. Perennial. 



11. Ornithogalum (Star of Bethlehem-). — Closely allied to 



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