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LEUCO'JUM* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Hexa'Ndria-J-, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Amarylli'deai. Dr. R. Brown. — Lind. Syn. 
p. 264; Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 259 . — Narci'ssea:, Rich, by 
Macgilliv. p. 407. 
Gen. Char. Calyx none. Corolla ( Pcrianthium bell- 
shaped, superior, of 6 regular, nearly equal, egg-shaped, moderately 
spreading petals, which are combined at the base, and somewhat 
thickened, and contracted at the summit; 3 of them external. 
Filaments 6, from the summit of the germen, bristle-like, flattened, 
short, equal, upright. Anthers terminal, oblong, blunt, 4-sided, 
upright, simple, slightly spreading, opening by 2 terminal pores. 
Germen (figs. 2 & 3) inferior, roundish, abrupt. Style round, club- 
shaped, blunt. Stigma bristle-shaped, upright, pointed, longer 
than the stamens. Capsule (figs. 1 & 4) turbinate (top-shaped), 
blunt, of 3 cells, and 3 valves, each valve with a central partition. 
Seeds (fig. 5) several, globose. 
The naked, superior, bell-shaped corolla of 6 equal petals, and 
simple equal stamens, will distinguish this from other Genera in the 
same class and order. 
One species British. 
LEUCO'JUM iESTI'VUM. Summer Snowflake. Mountain 
Snowdrop. 
Spec. Char. Spatha (sheath) many-flowered. Style club- 
shaped. 
Eng. Bot. t. 621. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. . — Jacquin’s Florae Austriacae, t. 
203. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 353. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 130. — With. (7tli ed.) v. ii. 
p. 418. — Lindl Syn. p. 265. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 151. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 
192. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 174. and v.iii. p. 351. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 90. — 
Leucoium bulbosum majus polyanthemum, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 148. 
Localities. — In moist meadows, and marshes near rivers. Rare. — Oxford- 
shire ; Banks of the Isis between lffley and Sandford, near Oxford : Rev. W.T. 
Brf.e, in Purt. Midi. FI.; and N. B. Young, Esq. in Walker’s Flora of 
Oxfordshire. In St.John’s Island, opposite Kennington, near Oxford : Mr. 
Barn is. Christ Church: ibid. — Berkshire; Near Reading: Mr. Murray, 
in FI. Brit. Not uncommon on the islands and banks of the Thames near the 
efflux of the I.oddon : Mr. Bicheno. On the banks of the Thames between the 
Mill and the Pound at Sunning near Reading, plentiful, 1833 : Mr. A. R. Burt. 
— Buckinghamshire ; In a moist meadow at Upton, also in a peat-field near 
Dorney : Mr. Gotobkd, in Bot. Guide. — Kent ; Between Greenwich and 
Woolwich, about half a mile below the former, close by the Thames side just 
above high water mark : Mr. Cvhtis, in FI. Lond. — Middlesex ; In the Isle of 
Dogs: Mr. Curtis, ibid .— Northumberland; In Rennoldson’s Mill Dam. 
near Heaton : Mr. YVincii, in With. Bot. Arr. — Suffolk; A troublesome weed 
Fig. 1. Transverse Section of unripe Capsule, showing the 3 Cells, the 3 cen- 
tral Partitions, and the Seeds. — Fig. 2. Germen, 6 Stamens, and Pistil. — 
Fig 3. The same, with the Stamens removed. — Fig. 4. Ripe Capsule. — Fig. 5. 
A Seed : and Fig. 6. The Root and Leaves reduced in size. 
* From leukos, Gr. white, and ion, Gr. a. violet. But the name Leukoion 
was by the Greeks applied to the Wall-flmver. Dr. Hooker. 
t See Galduthus nivalis, p. 33. i See p. 33. 
