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L E. nutans, (Linn.) nodding Blue-bell. Scilla, (Smith,) Engl. 

 JBot. t. 377. AgrapMsj Link. 



Locality. Groves, woods, and hedges. P. Fl. May. Area, I. 

 2. 3. 4. 5. Recorded in all the Districts. Bulb globular, white. 

 Leaves numerous, long, linear, acuminate, reflexed, of a pale shining 

 green. Scape 1 foot high, taller than the foliage. Raceme drooping. 

 Flowers pendulous, blue, with a pair of lanceolate bracteas at the 

 base of, and longer than each pedicel. The white and pink-flowered 

 variety has been occasionally observed in the county. The English 

 Hyacinth is a graceful and ornamental plant, and is on that account 

 often admitted into gardens ; but the many beautiful varieties of 

 Hyacinths so much prized by the florist, are derived from Byacinthus 

 Orientalis, a native of the Levant, which is said to be very abundant 

 about Aleppo, and Bagdad. 



Mtjscari, (Tourist.) Grape Hyacinth. 

 Linn. CI. vi. Ord. i. 



Name. From moschos, musk ; in allusion to the smell resembling 

 musk. The English term Grape Hyacinth refers to the cluster of 

 flowers, shaped like a small bunch of grapes. 



1. M. racemosum, (Mill) Starch Grape Hyacinth. Starch 

 Hyacinth from the flowers smelling like wet starch. Hyacinthus, 

 8m. Engl. Bot. t. 1931. 



Locality. In sandy pastures. P. Fl. May. Area, 1. * * * * 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District. " Near Upper Bushes, Whiteparish Hill/' 

 Rev. E. Simms. Very local in Wilts and apparently a true native. 

 Flowers deep blue, smelling like starch. For fresh specimens of 

 this interesting plant I am indebted to the above-named gentleman, 

 and there appears but little doubt it is the racemosum of continental 

 botanists. The cultivated plant is M. botryoides, and has globose 

 flowers. 



ORDER. COLCHICACE.E. (DE CAND.) 

 Colchicum, (Linn.) Meadow-Saffron. 

 Linn. CI. vi. Ord. iii. 

 Named from Colchis, where it was said to grow abundantly. 

 1. C. autumnale, (Linn.) common Meadow Saffron. Engl. Bot. 1. 133. 



