462 THE LILY FAMILY. [Ornithog AF a 
XI. ORNITHOGALUM. ORNITHOGALUM. 
Bulbous herbs, with the leaves all radical and not sheathing the stem. 
Flowers white or partly green, in a terminal raceme, with a scarious 
bract under each pedicel. Perianth very spreading, with distinct seg- 
ments, remaining persistent after fading. Stamens almost free from 
the perianth, with flattened filaments. Seeds few, black, nearly globular. 
A considerable genus, chiefly European, west Asiatic, and African, 
only distinguished from Scilla by the more ea perianth, without 
any blue or pink in its colour. 
Raceme flattened into a corymb, the lower pedicels much longer 
than the upper . ‘ . lL. O. umbellatun. 
Racemes elongated, the pedicels of nearly equal length. 
Flowers few and large, the segments near an inch ‘long > 2», O, RAens 
Flowers small and numerous, “the segments about 4 lines long. 3. 0. pyrenaicuin. 
1.0. umbellatum, Linn. (fig. 1041). Star-of-Bethlehem.—Bulb 
ovoid, full of a clammy juice, like that of the Bluebell. Leaves long 
and narrow, weak and flaccid. Stem from a few inches to near a foot 
high. Raceme flattened into a corymb, the lower pedicels being 
lengthened so as to bring their flowers at least to the level of the inner 
ones. Perianth-segments very spreading, varying from 6 lines to near 
an inch in length, white, with a broad, green, central line outside. 
In waste and cultivated places, in central and southern Europe, from 
France and Holland to the Caucasus. In Britain, not indigenous, but 
established in many parts of England. 1. spring and early summer. 
2. O. nutans, Linn. (fig. 1042). Drooping O.—A handsome species, 
a foot high or more, with a raceme of 5 or 6 large nodding flowers on 
very short pedicels. Perianth-segments about an inch long, less spread- 
ing than in the other species, white within, green in the centre outside. 
Filaments very broad and petal-like. 
In waste and cultivated places, in most parts of central and southern 
Europe, extending northwards to southern Scandinavia. In Britain, 
not indigenous, but established in some parts of England. 1. spring. 
3. O. pyrenaicum, Linn. (fig. 1043). Spzked O.—Bulb ovoid, with 
few long, linear leaves. Stems 13 to 2 feet high, with a long raceme of 
small, greenish-white flowers, on slender pedicels varying from 3 to 6 
lines in length, with a bract about as long under each one. Perianth- 
segments very spreading, about 4 lines long. Stamens rather shorter. 
In woods and pastures, in western and southern Europe, extending 
eastward to the Caucasus, and northward into Belgium, but only into 
southern Germany. Rare in Britain, but has been found in several of 
the southern counties of England. Fl. early summer. [The young stems 
are sold at Bath as a vegetable, and called “‘ French Asparagus.”’] 
XII, SCILLA. SQUILL, 
Bulbous herbs, with radical leaves. Flowers usually blue or rarely 
pink, in a terminal raceme, sometimes flattened into a corymb, Peri- 
anth-segments deciduous, free or slightly cohering at the base, either 
spreading or forming a bell-shaped or tubular flower, and then spread- 
