Amaryllidee—Galanthus. 483 
African bulbous herb with long linear leaves and an umbellate 
flower-scape 2 to 3 feet high. Flowers large, fragrant, white 
tinged with rose, remarkable for their very long slender tube. 
5. GALANTHUS. 
The Snowdrop is too well known to call for detailed 
description. As a genus it is distinguished from Leucdtwm by 
having the three inner segments of the perianth shorter than 
the outer, and by the finely-pointed anthers opening at the top 
only. The name is from ydda, milk, and dros, flower. 
1. G. nivalis (fig. 235). Snowdrop.—The only species of 
this genus in general cultivation. It is found throughout Central 
Fig. 235, Galanthus nivalis, (4 nat. size.) 
and Southern Europe to the Caucasus. In England it is supposed 
to be naturalized only. 
G. Imperati or plicdtus is a later-flowering larger species, 
from the South of Europe. 
6. LEUCOIUM. 
The Snowflakes are almost as familiar as the Snowdrop. 
In this genus the segments of the perianth are almost or quite 
equal in length, and the anthers open by slits instead of pores. 
The name is from the Greek Azveds, white, and tov, a violet. 
1. L. vérnum. Spring Snowflake.—Flowers, as its name 
denotes, in Spring. Scape.1 or rarely 2-flowered. 
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