Order I. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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46^4 Inner sepals glandular at end inflexed, Scape erect, Fl. nodding, Lvs. linear subulate channelled smooth 
4695 Inner sepals glandular at end inflexed. Peduncles spreading at right angles, Lvs. lane. lin. obliquely bent 
4i)96 Inner sepals glandular at end infl. Scape erect wavy, Fl. cernuous, I>vs. lin. subul. chann. outside hairy 
4697 Inner sepals vaulted at end. Leaves smooth, Peduncles the length of bractes 
^ 2. Six stamens fertile. 
4598 Inner sepals vaulted at end. Leaves lin. flattish, Scape sliorter than leaves, Pedunc. very long spreading 
4699 Inner sepals glandular at end inflexed, Leaves lin. lane, convol. upright shorter than scape 
4700 Inner sepals glandular at end reflexed. Leaves lin. lane, flattish, Pedunc. at right angles, Flowers erect 
4701 Scape shorter than leaves few-flowered, Flowers nodding, FilaiTi. 2-toothed 
4702 Leaves lanceolate, Raceme pyramidal before the leaves, Filam. glandular at base 
470 3 Leaves lin. subulate channelled, Scape simple shorter than leaves. Scales of root wrinkled across 
4704 Inner sepals glandular at end inflexed, Lvs. lin. lane, flat, Pedunc. very long erect spreading, Fl. upright 
4705 Inner sepals vaulted at end, Leaves lin. lanceol. channelled upright, Pedunc. shorter than nodding flow. 
4706 Inner sepals vaulted at end, Leaves lin. lane, channelled, Pedunc. spreading the length of nodding flov/. 
4707 Inner sepals vaulted at end, Lvs. lin. subul. chann. hairy clammy, Ped. spread, twice as long as nodd. fl. 
4708 Inner sepals vaulted at end. Leaves lin. subulate convolute at the end spirally twisted villous 
4709 Stem very short, Leaves 2-edged lengthwise. Scape very long higher than the spike 
4710 Stemless, Leaves 3 cornered flat in front beyond the middle hollowed. Scape very long higher than spike 
4711 Stemless, Leaves 3 cornered below the middle in front little raised above middle concave. Bracts very long 
4712 Roots fibrous. Stems branched diffuse rounded striated. Branches somewhat angular. Anthers unequal 
4713 Bulbs fascicled. Leaves radical channelled nearly as long as the rounded simple stem 
4714 Leaves roundish acuminate cucullate at base 
4715 Leaf sub-cordate acute cucullate pubescent 
4716 Leaves ovate lanceolate at the edge wavy involute 
4717 Leaves elliptical obtuse flat 
4718 Leaf proliferous. Leaflets filiform undivided sessile 
4719 Radical leaf linear flat. Peduncles simple umbellate. Sepals obtuse smooth. Bulbs clustered 
4720 Radical leaf linear lane, flat, Pedunc. simple somewhat umbellate, Sepals obtuse smooth, Bulb solitary 
4721 Leaves linear filiform upright, Pedunc. about 3 with a three-leaved involucrum 
4722 Scape angular naked, Pedunc. umbellate branched pubescent. Sepals lane, acute 
4723 Scape naked, Pedunc. 3 umbell. pubescent. Leaves filiform. Three outer sepals longer than the others 
4724 Leaves half cylindrical, Cauline dilated at base 
- 4725 Scape 2-leaved, Leaves opp. Pedunc. 1-fl. Outer sepals lane, retuse : inner ellipt. twice as broad 
4726 Scape naked. Flowers umbelled, Filam. all 2-foi-ked bearing the anther in the middle 
4727 Raceme few-flowered. Sepals lanceolate. Leaves filiform channelled, Filam. subulate 
4728 Corymb few-flowered, Pedunc. longer than bractes, Filam. subulate 
4729 Raceme spiked many-fl. Lvs. lin. lane, weak. Every other stamen with two teeth, Bractes longer than fl, 
4730 Raceme oblong, Filam. lanceolate membranous, Pedunc. and fl. spreading 
4731 Corymb few-flowered shorter than lanceolate strongly fringed leaves 
4732 Raceme very long. Sepals linear obtuse, Filam. lanceol. equal, Style the length of stamens 
4733 Raceme very long. Sepals lane, oblong, Filam. broad lanceol. alternately shorter 
4734 Raceme long, Filam. subulate alternate lanceolate, Bractes membranous ovate twice as long as pedunc. 
4735 Raceme few-flowered, Sepals linear oblong obliquely bent emarginate, Filam. lane, subul. l^eaves linear 
4736 Leaves short oblong erect. Scape very long. Flowers campanulate the length of stamens 
4737 Raceme very long, Filam. subulate, Pedunc. much longer than flower. Leaves lanceolate 
4738 Raceme very long, Filam. subul. Pedunc. length of fl. Bractes the length of pedunc. Lvs. lin. lane, loose 
4739 Lvs. glaucous twisted upwards. Raceme divaricating on a long scape. Filaments with an ovate base 
4740 Raceme very short, Bractes lane, the length of flowers. Sepals obtuse, Filam. subulate 
4741 Raceme conical, Fl. numerous ascending. Sepals oblong flat, Stam. lane, equal. Style very short 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
802. Ornithogalum. From ooyt^og, a bird, and yaXa,, milk. No good explanation has been offered of the ap- 
plication of this word; that of Tournefort is not worth quoting. O. squilla is the officinal squill. It has a 
bulb almost as big as the human head, pear-shaped, and tunicate like the onion. From the middle of the root 
arise several shining leaves a foot long, and two inches broad at their base, lessening all the way to the top, 
where they end in points. They continue green all the winter, and decay in the spring ; then the flower- 
^tall^ comes out, rising two feet high, naked about half way, and terminated by a pyramidal thyrse of white 
The squill is one of the few medicines known in the early ages of Greece, which is still held in great estima- 
tion. It is very nauseous, intensely bitter and acrimonious, without any perceptible smell. It is poisonous to 
several animals : if much handled it exulcerates the skin ; and in large doses frequently repeated, it not only 
excites nausea, but strangury, bloody urine, and ha?morrhoids, v;ith fatal inflammation and gangrene of the 
stomach and bowels. Under proper managem.cnt, however, it is a medicine of great practical utility. In 
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