SCILLA SIBIRICA. 
(Siberian Squill.) 
Class. 
HEXANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ASPHODELACEiE. 
Generic Character.— Perianth inferior ; Sepals six, 
petaloid, spreading, deciduous. Stamens equal ; fila- 
ments filiform, glabrous, inserted at the base of the 
sepals. Capsule somewhat round, three or four-celled, 
many seeded. Seeds globose. 
Specific Character. — Bulb tunicate ; leaves four ; 
scapes many, striated, upright, decumbent after 
flowering ; flowers spikedly racemose, rather distant, 
nodding ; pedicels short ; bractece minute, membra- 
nous, shorter than the pedicels. Sepals six, campanu- 
lately rotate, blue. Stamens six, shorter than the 
sepals, flat, adhering to the sepals by their backs at 
the base. Ovary ovate. 
Synonymes. — Scilla amcena, var. Sibirica, Bot. Mag. 
1025. Scilla pracox, Don's Hort. Cant., old Edit. 
This old but very pretty hardy bulb is very deserving of cultivation. It was 
raised from seeds imported from Siberia about the year 1796. It only grows a few 
inches high, and is a bulb well suited to plant amongst rock-work, as it flowers 
early in March, and its bright blue colour is very striking. If grown in borders it 
requires a rich sandy soil, and plenty of moisture during the time it is growing ; 
but when at rest it is liable to perish unless the soil be well drained. 
SCILLA BIFOLIA. 
(Two-leaved Squill.) 
Generic Character.— See above. | mose ; raceme loose, somewhat corymbiform. Bracts 
Specific Character.— Bulb coated. Flowers race- | wanting. Leaves lanceolate, linear, mostly two. 
This species, although a native of this country, appears to be remarkably scarce. 
It is very pretty, and well deserves to occupy similar situations to the last. 
The generic name is derived from the Arabic name asgyl. 
