178 i!6. Scilla. 15. A SPHODELEiE. PUnd.pli . 
seeds many, roundish. — Bulb solid or tunicated ; leaves 
linear, keeled ; scape upright ; flowers peduncled, racemose 
or corymbose, blue or white; braclece 1 -leafed, lanceolate, 
at the base of the peduncle; or none. 
1. Scilla autumnalis. Autumn squilL 
Leaves threadshape, linear, shorter than the scape; flowers 
corymbose; peduncle ascending, as long as the flower; 
braclece 0 ; root tunicated. 
Hyacinthus autumnalis minor, Ger, em. 110 ; Park, Paradise , 132; Jiaii 
Syn. 373, 3. 
Scilla autumnalis, Lin. S. P. 443. 
Anthericuni autumnale, Scop. Cam. 4 15- 
Ornithogalum autumnale, Lamarck FI. Fr. 3,274. 
Autumn star -hyacinth. 
Dry barren pastures ; perennial ; September. 
Bulb ovate ; leaves spreading, many ; scape twice as long 
as the leaves, upright ; flowers come out before the leaves, 
bluish purple ; stamens blue. 
2. Scilla bifolia . Two-leafed squilL 
Leaves 2, lanceolate, linear, rather shorter than the 
scape ; flowers racemose, nearly upright ; braclece none ; 
root solid. 
Hyacinthus stellatus Fuschii, Ger. em. 97 ; Raii Syn. 372, i. 
Hyacinthus 3tellatus vulgaris sive bifolius Fuschii, Park, Parad. 126. 
Scilla bifolia, Lin. S. P. 445. 
Anthericum bifolium. Scop. Cam. 414. 
Ornithogalum bifolium, Lamark FI, Fr, 3,274. 
Star-hyacinth. 
Woods; perennial; March and April. 
Bulb ovate ; leaves obtuse, slightly keeled ; corymbus 
inclining to racemose; peduncles long; flowers 4? to 10, 
mostly pointing one way, blue; anthers brownish. 
3. Scilla verna. Spring squilL 
Leaves linear, thick, slightly channelled, upright, 2 or 
more, shorter than the scape ; flowers few, racemose, 
umbelled ; braclece lanceolate, obtuse, persisting ; root 
truncated. 
Hyacinthus stellaris vernus pumilus Lobelii in Adv. Raii Syn, Ind, 
plant, dab. 
Hyacinthus primus, Raii Syn. 372, omitting some synonyms. 
Scilla verna, Huds. FI. Angl. 142. 
Scilla bifolia, Lightfoot FI. Scot. 181. 
Scilla umbel lata, Ram Bull. Philom. 130. 
Sea clifts ; perennial ; April. 
Leaves seldom more than two ; scape round ; flowers 3 
to 6, blue ; bractece as long as the peduncles. 
