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fpike-, and they are large and white, with a 
ftreak of green on the back' of each petal. 
We have it on damp places in hilly grounds, 
but not common. It Bowers in April. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ornithogalum umbellatum 
medium. 
2, Yellow Star of Bethlehem. 
Omithogalum Ittteum. 
The root is round and fmall. 
The leaves are of a pale green, long, narrow- 
and gralTy. 
The ftalk is about four inches high, round, 
and alfo of a pale green. 
The flowers are of a beautiful yellowi 
We have it wild in the northern coUnties. If 
flowers in April. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ormthogahm hiteuin. Others, 
Ce'pe agfaria. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
Tall, fpiked Star of Bethlehem, 
Ornithagalum majus fficatum. 
The root is large, round, and white. 
The leaves are long, and have fomc breadth ; 
but they are of the graffy form. 
The ftalk is upright, round, and a yard high. 
The flowers are of a de'icate white ; and they 
ftand in a fine, long fpike at the top of the 
ftalk. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in Au- 
guft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Oritilio^chim fpicatum majiu. 
The virtues of thefe plants are unknown ; but 
their beauty has given them a place in gardens. 
GENUS IV. 
HYACINTH. 
H r A C I N r H U S. 
THE flower is formed of a fingle petal, tubular at the bafe, and divided into fix fegments at the 
edge i and there is within, a neftarium, formed of three diftinguiftiable openings on the top of 
the rudiment of the fruit. There is no cup. The feed-veffel is roundifti, but marked in three 
places. 
EinnEeus places this among the hexandria moiiogyriia. 
DIVISION i. BRITISH SPECIES. 
I. Small Vernal Star-Hyacinth. 
Hyacinthus Jiellaris minor. 
The root is round and fmall. 
The leaves are long, grafly, and of a pale 
greeh. There generally rife only two or three 
with the ftalk. 
The ftalk is round, flender, and fix inches 
high. 
The flowers ftand in a fliort fpike 1 and are 
deeply divided, and of a fine blue. 
We have it in ouf northern counties. It flowers 
In April. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hyacinthus pilaris trifolius 
Cmliamcus. Others, Hyacinlhusfidlaris vermis. 
2. Common Blue Hyacinth. 
Hyaciiithus atruleus vulgaris. 
The root is round white. 
The leaves are long, graffy, and of a pale 
green. 
The flowers grow on the top of a thick, round, 
juicy ftalk, which is a foot high, and bends a: 
the furhmit : they are long, tubular, and of a 
deep blue. 
It is common under hedges, and flowers in 
April. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hyacinthus caruho fiore oh- 
longo iimjor. Others, Hyacinthus vulgaris, and 
Hyacinthus Anglicus. 
3. LelTer Autumnal Star-Hyacinth. 
Hyacinthus jiellaris autumnalis minor. 
The root is fmall and round. 
The leaves are numerous, long, narrow, and 
of a faint green. 
The ftalk is flender, of a pale green, and fix 
inches high. 
The flowers ftand in a fpike at the top ; and are 
fmall, deeply divided into pointed fegments, and 
of a fine Iky-blue. 
We have it on heaths, but not common. It 
flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hyacinthus Jiellaris autumna. 
lis minor > a name others have copied. 
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