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THE LILY FAMILY. 



2. Drooping Ornithogalum. Ornithogalum nutans, Linn. 



(Fig. 1028.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t, 1997.) 



A handsome species, a foot high or 

 more, with a raceme of 5 or 6 large nod- 

 ding flowers on very short pedicels. Pe- 

 rianth-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 Scan- 

 dinavia. In Britain, not indigenous, 

 but said to be well established in some 

 parts of England. Fl. spring. 



Fig. 1028. 



3. Spiked Ornithogalum. Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, 

 Linn. (Fig. 1029.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 499.) 



Bulb ovoid, with a few long, linear 

 leaves. Stem 1\ 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 Bel- 

 gium, but only into southern Germany. 

 Bare in Britain, but has been found in 

 several of the southern counties of Eng- 

 land. Fl. early summer. 



Fig. 1029. 



