XC1Y. LILIACEyE. 
A' Ilium.] 
451 
at the extremity. Stamens 6, inserted below the middle of 
the perianth, on which the filaments are decurrent; alternate 
ones longer and somewhat exserted. Capsule obtusely 3- 
angled, 3-celled, 3-valved at the apex, few-seeded. — Flowers 
racemose , with membranous bracteas at the base of the pedi- 
cels. — Named from a , not , and ypa<pw, to write or mark. These 
plants which were supposed by some commentators to be the 
flowers noticed by Virgil (Eel. iii. 106), whereon were in- 
scribed the names of kings, but which now exhibit nothing 
resembling written characters, were placed in the genus named 
after the youth Hyacinthus, killed by Apollo, and by him 
changed into a plant whose foliage bore in dark streaks the 
initials of his name: the A. nutans having no mark or figure 
on the leaf was hence called Hyacinthus non-scriptus , which 
specific name is the same as Agraphis. 
1. A. nutans Link ( wild Hyacinth , or 2?.); flowers in a ra- 
ceme drooping, sepals revolute at the points, bracteas in pairs, 
leaves linear. Scilla Sm. : E. B. t. 377. Endymion Dumort. 
Hyacinthus non-scriptus L. 
Woods, copses, and hedge-rows ; varying with white and more 
rarely rose-coloured flowers. 2/. . 4 — 6. — Leaves long, linear, chan- 
nelled, acuminate. Scape 1 foot high, with two bracteas at the base 
of each short pedicel. 
8. Muscari Tourn. Grape-Hyacinth. 
Perianth of 1 piece, globose or subcylindrical, contracted at 
the mouth, 6-toothed. Filaments very short, inserted about 
the middle of the perianth and not decurrent on it, inflated 
6-toothed. Capsule trigonous, with prominent angles; cells 2- 
seeded. — Flowers racemose. — Named from p.oo\oQ, musk , a 
smell yielded by one species. 
1. M. *racemosum Mill ( Starch G.) ; flowers crowded ovate 
upper ones nearly sessile abortive, leaves linear flaccid keeled 
longer than the scape. Hyacinthus L. : E. B. t. 1931. 
Grassy fields, &c. Sandy fields at Packenham, Suffolk, plentiful. 
2f. 5. — Flowers deep blue, smelling like starch. 
9. A'lliem Linn. Onion. Leek. Garlic. 
Perianth petaloid, of 6 ovate spreading pieces. Stamens 
inserted into the base of the perianth. Caps, triquetrous. — 
Flowers umbellate, arising from a 1 — 2-leaved spatha. — Named 
from the Celtic all, which signifies acrid, burning. ( Theis .) 
