138 NEW PLANTS, ETC., 



12. Galanthus plicatus. Bieberstein, Flora Taurico-Cau- 

 casica, Supp., p. 255. 



Received from Dr. Fischer, from the Imperial Botanic 

 Garden, St. Petersburgh. 



This beautiful Snowdrop, although long cultivated in gar- 

 dens, is hardly known to the public. It is from the Caucasus, 

 whence it seems to have found its way to Constantinople about 

 the year 1592. Aucher Eloy also appears to have met with it 

 on the borders of the Black Sen. 



[Galanthus plicatus.] 



There appears to be no doubt as to its specific difference from 

 the common Snowdrop, its leaves being very much broader, and, 



