(33.) 
G ALA'NTHUS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. IlEXA'NDRiAf, Monogv'nia. 
Natural Order. Amarylli'dEjE. Dr. R. Brown. — Lind. Syn. 
p. 264. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 259. — Narcissea^, Rich, 
by Macgillv. p. 407. 
Gen. Char. Calyx none. Corolla (Rerianthium £ of Lind, and 
Hook.) superior, of six petals, deciduous; the three outer inversely- 
egg-shaped, concave, spreading, equal; the three inner ( nectaries 
of Linn.) shorter, intermediate, upright, wedge-shaped, blunt, 
notched, internally furrowed. Filaments, from the summit of the 
germen, hair-like, very short, upright. Anthers terminal, much 
longer, upright, approaching, tapering, ending in a bristly point, 
and discharging their pollen by two terminal pores. Germen in- 
ferior, globose, abrupt. Style thread-shaped, longer than the 
stamens. Stigma simple, pointed. Capsule nearly globular, with 
three obtuse angles, of three cells, and three valves, each valve with 
a central partition. Seeds many, globose, attached to the parti- 
tions. — The three shorter, innermost petals, will distinguish this 
Genus from all other Genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
GALA'NTHUS NIVA'LIS. Common Snowdrop. Fair Maid 
of February. 
Spec. Char. Leaves not plaited. Bindley. 
Engl. Bot. t. 19. — Hook. FI. Lond. t. 14. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 352. — Engl. 
FI. v. ii. p. 129. — With. ( 7th ed.) v. ii. p. 417. — Lindl. Syn. p.265 — Hook. Br. 
FI. p. 151. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 73. — Purt. Mid FI. v. i. p. 170. v. iii. p.350. 
— Hook. FI. Scot. p. 100. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 75. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 90. — 
Leucoium bulbosum preecox minus. Johnson’s Gerarde, 147. 
Localities. —In meadows, orchards, woods, hedges, and on the banks of 
rivers. — In the chapel-yard at Rycot, near Thame, Oxfordshire, in abundance, 
but probably an escape from gardens. Mr. P. B. Ayres. — At the foot of the 
Malvern Hills, Worcestershire : on the right of the road running below the 
camp. Mr. Ballard, in Bot. Guide. — Astley Wood, near Stourport, Worces- 
tershire. Hickman, in Purt. Mid. FI. — Packington, Warwickshire. Countess 
of Aylesford, in llof. Guide. — In Bedfordshire. Rev. C. Abbot, in FI. Bedf. — 
Near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Mr. A rrowsmitii, in With. Bot. Arr. — 
On the banks of the Tees, about Blackwell and Conniscliffe, certainly wild. 
Mr. E. Robson, ibid. — Near St. John’s Chapel, and at Broad-gate, Barnstable, 
Devon. Mr. Polwhele, ibid — Heaton Wood ; and in the most sequestered 
situations of Scott’s Wood Dean, Northumberland. Mr. Winch, ibid. — Hedges 
at Laxfield, Suffolk, in great profusion. Mr. D. Turner, ibid. — Pasture near 
Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire. Rev. W. Wood, ibid. — Banks of the Skell, near 
Fig. 1. One of the inner Petals. — Fig. 2. Germen, Style, and Stamens. — 
Fig. 3. Germen, Style, and Stigma ; the stamens being removed. — Fig. 4. Cap- 
sule. — Fig. 5. The same burst open, showing the 3 valves, with the central 
partitions, and the Seeds. 
* From gala, Gr. milk, and anthos, Gr. a flower, from the milky whiteness 
of the Corolla. 
t The sixth class in the Artificial System of Linnaeus, it comprehends all 
those plants which have perfect flowers, with six distinct, equal stamens. 
t The word Perianthium is employed to designate a calyx and corolla, the 
limits of which are undefined, so that they cannot be satisfactorily distinguish- 
ed from each other, as in most Monocotyledonous plants, of which the Fritil- 
lary, t. 1. the Tulip, t. 2. the Bee Ophrys, t. 8. and the Snowdrop, t. 33. 
are examples. See Lindl. Introd. to Bot. p. 113. 
