Ornithogalum.] LXXXV. LILIACEE. 461 
1. O. umbellatum, Linn, (fig. 1039). Common Ornithogalum, Star- 
of-Bethlehem.—Bulb ovoid, full of a clammy juice, like that of the Blue- 
bell. Leaves long and narrow, weak and flaccid. Stem from a few inches 
to neara 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. £. spring and early summer. 
2, O. nutans, Linn. (fig. 1040). Drooping Ornithogalum.—A hand- 
some 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 
spreading than in the other species, white within, green in the centre out- 
side. 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 Britian, not 
indigenous, but established in some parts of England, FI. spring. 
3, O. pyrenaicum, Linn. (fig. 1041). Spiked Ornithogalum.—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 east- 
ward 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. 1, early summer. 
XII. SCILLA. SQUILL. 
Bulbous herbs, with radical leaves. Flowers usually blue or rarely 
pink, in a terminal raceme, sometimes flattened into a corymb. Perianth- 
segments deciduous, free or slightly cohering at the base, either spreading 
or forming a bell-shaped or tubular flower, and then spreading at the top 
only. Stamens inserted on the perianth, below the centre of the segments. 
Seeds of Ornithogalum. 
A considerable genus, chiefly from the Mediterranean and Caucasian 
regions, distinguished from Ornithogalum chiefly by the colour of the 
flowers and deciduous perianth, from Hyacinthus by the segments distinct 
from the base or very nearly so. 
Flowers erect, the perianth-segments spreading. 
Flowers in spring, with a bract under each pedicel . . © JI. S&. verna. 
Flowers in autumn, without bracts. . ‘ : . - - 2. S. autumnalis, 
Flowers nodding, narrow bell-shaped . ‘ . ‘ és . 38 S. nutans. 
Two or three Mediterranean species, with corymbose racemes of bright- 
blue flowers, are cultivated in our flower-gardens, 
1. S. verna, Huds. (fig. 1042). Spring Squill.—aA delicate little plant, 
with a small bulb, and narrow-linear leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, Flower. 
stem seldom 6 inches long, with several small, erect, blue flowers, in a 
short terminal raceme, almost flattened into a corymb, with a linear bract 
