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Orm6sia, Jackson. From ormos, a necklace ; 

 the seeds of 0. eocclnea are strung for neck- 

 laces ; they are red, and have a black spot at 

 one end. Linn. 10, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Fabaceos. 

 Ornamental trees, requiring to be treated the 

 same as the stove species ol Edwardsia. Syiw- 

 nyme : 1, JRobinia eocclnea. 



coccinea 1 . . Blue 7, 8. Ev. T. 20 Guiana . . 1828 

 dasycarpa . . Blue 8, S. Ev. T. 20 W. Ind. . . 1793 



Ornitharium, Lindl. From ornitharion, a 

 small bird ; supposed resemblance in the 

 flower. Linn. 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Orchidaceoe. 

 A small orchid, with curious flowers, requiring 

 the same treatment as Dendrdbium. Syno- 

 nyme : 1, Omitltochilus stridlulus. • 

 striatuluml . Yol. wht. . 6, S. Epi. 1 India . 1847 



ORNiTHfDiTjM, Salisbury. From ornis,, a bird, 

 and eidos, like ; the upper lip of the stigma is 

 beak-like. Linn. 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Orchi- 

 dacece. This is a genus of rather interesting 

 plants ; for culture and propagation, see Bur- 

 lingtbnia. See Pholiddta. 



album .... White . . 9, S. Epi. 1 Trinid. . 1838 

 eoccineum . . Scarlet . 6, S. Epi. 2 Martina.. 1790 

 miniatum . . Cr. verm. 8, S. Epi. 1 Colomb. 

 niveum . . . White . . 7, S. Epi. 1J Merida 

 reflexum . .Scarlet . 9, S. Epi. if W. Ind. . 1825 

 sanguinolentum YeL red . 6, S. Epi. 1 Merida . 



Ornithocephaltjs, Hooker. From ornis, a 

 bird, and kephale, a head ; the column resem- 

 bles a bird's head. Linn. 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 

 Orchidaceoe. Curious little epiphytes, requiring 

 precisely the same treatment as the genus 

 Burlingtdnia. 



ciliatus . . . Green . 4, S. Epi. i Guiana . . 1837 

 gladiatus . . Green . 5, S' Epi. i Trinidad . 1823 

 trichorhlzus . Straw . 4, S. Epi. ± Trinidad . 1835 



Ornithochilus. See Ornitharium. 



OrnithOGAMJM. From ornis, a bird, and gala, 

 milk. Linn. 6, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Liliacece. 

 An ornamental genus of plants, thriving well 

 in sandy loam and peat ; they require very 

 little or no water when dormant, and are in- 

 creased by offsets from the bulbs. When any 

 of the tender kinds are planted out in the 

 open border, they should be taken up in 

 autumn, and placed in a dry room free from 

 frost, and planted out again early in spring. 

 Synonymes: 1, Scilla biflora ; 2, S. maculala ; 

 3, S. maritima. See Allium, Eriospirmum, 

 Qagea, and Scilla. 



alliaceum . White . . 9, G. Bl. P. 4 Chile . 1821 

 arabicum . White . . 6, F. Bl. P. J Egypt . 1629 

 aureum . . Yellow . 6, G. Bl. P. J C. G. H. 1790 

 barbatum . White . . 6, G. Bl. P. 1 C. G. H. 1795 

 Bergii . . . Wht. grn. 3, G. Bl. P. 1 . 1816 



biflorum 1 . White . . 4, G. Bl. P. 1J Peru . . 1832 

 bifdlium White . . 8) G. Bl. P. i Chile . 1881 

 braohystaV 1 wh j te . . S, G. Bl. P. 1 Dahuria. 1821 



buFblferuin . White . . 4, H. Bl. P. } Russia . 1821 

 oapitatum . White . . 6, G BL P. 1 C. G. H. 1862 

 caudatum . Wht. grn. 5, G. Bl. P 8 C G. H. 1774 

 chloroleucumGrn. »ht. 7, G. Bl. P. 1 Vlparais. 1834 

 ciliatum . . White . . 4, G. Bl. P. i C. G. H. 1819 

 coarctatum . Wht. grn. 6, G. Bl. P. 1 C. G. H. 1804 

 comdsum. .White. . 7, H. Bl. P. i Austria 1596 

 concinnum . White . . 5, P. Bl. P. i Portugal 1797 

 rfmicum Wht. era. 6, G. Bl. P. J C. G. H. 1823 



^Sosum Wht. £n. 5 ; F. BL P. U Chile 1823 

 ennulttom . White . . 4, F. BL P. \ O. G. H. 1816 

 divarieatum. White . . 7, H. Bl. P. 1 Calrforn. 1841 



elatum . . White . 

 exscapum . White . 

 fimbri&tum . White . 

 flavissimum . Yellow . 

 fuscatum . Light 



. 8, F. Bl. P. 3 Egypt. . 1804 

 .6, H.BI. P. J. Italy. . 1824 

 . 2, H. Bl. P. £ Crimea . 1820 

 . 6, G. Bl. P. 1 C. G. H. 1804 

 6, G. BL P. * C. G. H. 1820 



geminiflorum Grnah. wt. 6, G. Bl. P. 1 Lima , 



mspidum . White 

 ixiuldes . . White . 

 iuncifdlium . White . 

 lacteuiu . . White , 

 latifAlimn . White . 

 longibracte-| white . 



maculatum , White . 

 marginatum White , 

 miniatum . Yellow, 

 montanum . White . 

 nanum . . White . 

 narbonense . White . 

 niveum . . White 

 notatum 2 . White 

 nutans 

 odoratum 

 ovatum . 

 pil6sum . 

 polyphyllum White 

 praslnum . Green 

 pyramidale . White . 

 pyrenalcum . Green . 

 refractum . White . 

 revolutum 

 rupestre . 

 sculoldes 

 secundum 

 SquillaS . 



stachyoldes . Li. yel. 

 suaveolens . White . 

 tenfillum . . White . 

 tenuifblium . White . 

 thyrsoldes . Yellow 

 . Yellow 



.6,G. Bl. P. JC. G. H. 1824 

 . 5, P. BL P. i Californ. 1796 

 . 7, P. BL P. 4 C. G. H. 1794 

 . 6, G. BL P. 1 C. G. H. 1796 

 . 6, F. Bl. P. 1 Egypt . 1629 



. 5, G. Bl. P. i C. G. H. 1817 



. 6, P. Bl. P. i C. G. H. 1823 

 . 6, H. Bl. P. i Asia . . 

 . 6, P. BL P. 1 C. G. H. 1790 

 .5, H.BI. P. i Italy. . 1824 

 . S, P. Bl. P. i Berbeek 



. White . 

 . Pa. yel. 

 . White . 

 . White . 



. White 

 . White 

 . White 

 . White , 

 . White . 



. 7, H. Bl. P. 1" S. Eur. . 1810 

 . 5, G. Bl. P. J C. G. H. 1774 

 . 7, G. Bl. P. 1 C. G. H. 1825 

 .6, H. Bl. P. i Brit, mead. 

 . 5, G. Bl. P. H C. G. H. 1795 

 . 5, G. Bl. P. 1 C. G. H. 1824 

 . 5, G. Bl. P. 1 C. G. H. 1826 

 . 6, G. Bl. P. J C. G. H. 1824 

 . 6, G. Bl. P. H C. G. H. 1816 

 . 6, H. Bl. P. 2 Spain . 1752 

 . 6, G. BL P. 2 Eng., pastrs. 

 . 5, H. Bl. P. J Hungary 1820 

 . 5, G. BL P. 1 C. G. H. 1795 

 . 5, G. BL P. i C. G. H. 1795 

 . 6, G. Bl. P. It C. G. H. 1795 

 . 8, G. Bl. P. J C. G. H. 1826 

 . 5, P. BL P. 1* S. Eur. . 1829 

 . 5, H. BL P. 2 S. Eur. . 1771 

 . 6, G. BL P. J C. G. H. 1826 

 . 6, G. BL P. i C. G. H. 1818 

 . 4, G. BL P. 1 C. G. H. 1819 

 . 6, G. Bl. P. 11 C. G. H. 1757 

 . 6, F. Bl. P. li C. G. H. 1800 

 trigynum . Wht. grn. . 6, P. BL P. 1 . 1825 



umbellatum. White . . 5, H. Bl. P. 1 Eng., mead, 

 unifblium . Green . . 6, G. Bl. P. 4 Gibraltar 1805 

 Vlrens . . . White . . 6, G. Bl. P. li DeL Bay 1823 



Ornithogl<5ssum, Salisbury. From ornis, a 

 bird, and glossa, a tongue ; resemblance of 

 the petals. Linn. 6, Or. 3, Nat. Or. Melan- 

 thacece. Ornamental plants ; for culture and 

 propagation, see OmitMgalum. Synonyme: 



1, Mel&nthium viride.' 



undulatum . Green . 9, G. Bl. P. 4 C. G. H. . 1825 

 viride 1 . . Green . 10, G. Bl. P. 2 C. G. H. . 1788 



ORNrTHOPUS Linn. From omithos, a bird, and 

 pous, a foot ; the pods are like the claws of a 

 bird. Linn. 17, Or. i, Nat. Or. Fabacece. 

 Plants of very little beauty. The seed should 

 be sown in the open ground in spring. Syno- 

 nyme : 1, O. perpusillus intermMius. See 

 Astroldbium, Myriadinus. 



compressus . Yellow . 6, H. A. 4 S. Eur. . 1787 

 perpusillus . Red. wht. 7, H. A. i Brit., past. 

 nod6sus . . Wht. red 6, H. Tr. A. J Brit., past, 

 satlvus 1 . . Violet . . 6, H. A. j Portugal 1818 



ORNfTHOFUS. See Euphdrbia Ornithopus. 

 ORNfTROPHE. See Sefanidilia. 

 &RN0S, Seopoli. Oren, Hebrew, oreinos, Greek, 

 ornus, Latin ; names for the wild ash. Linn. 



2, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Olecuxce. All the species of 

 Flowering Ash are ornamental and useful ; 

 they are easily cultivated, and may be raised 

 from seeds, as those of Frdxinus, or they may 

 be increased by budding or grafting on the 

 common ash. Synonyme: 1, Frdxinus striata. 

 americana . White . 5, H. De. T. 25 N. Amer. 1820 

 europfca . . Wnite . 5, H. De. T. 25 Italy . . 1730 

 floribunda . White . 5, H. De. T. 25 Nepal . 1822 



