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Ornithogalum .] 
as lontr as or longer than the pedicels, leaves linear channelled. 
E. B? t. 23. 
Common on the western and northern coasts of Great Britain, fre- 
quent in Orkney and Shetland. Ireland. 2f. 4,5. — Plants — 5 
inches high. Leaves few, nearly as long as the scape. Flowers fra- 
grant, deep blue. Filaments dilated downwards, cells of ovary with 4 
ovules in a double row. 
2. S. * bifolia L. ( twin-leaved S.) ; bulb coated, raceme lax 
subcorymbose, bracteas obsolete, leaves lanceolate 2 (rarely 3). 
E. B. t. 24. 
A very dubious native. It exists in Buddie's Herbarium, and was 
received from the west of England by Mr. Sims of Norwich. 2/.. 
3, 4. — Flowers pale blue. Cells of ovary with 6 ovules in a double 
row. 
3. S. autumnalis L. (autumnal S .) ; bulb coated, raceme 
scarcely corymbose, bracteas none, pedicels and stamens about 
as long as the perianth, leaves linear numerous. E. B. t. 78. 
Dry pastures and rocks. In the south and south-west of England. 
Jersey. V-. 7 — 9. — Flowers pinkish-blue, in perfection before the 
leaves appear. Cells of ovary with 2 collateral ovules. 
11. Ornithogalum Linn. Star of Bethlehem. 
Perianth spreading, of 6 sepals, persistent. Stam. hypogynous, 
scarcely adhering to the perianth, alternately larger or dilated 
at the base. Capsules with 3 angles and 3 furrows. — Flowers 
usually white (not blue or purple), racemose or corymbose , on a 
leafless scape. Bracteas membranous. — Named from opvig, 
upviOoe, a bird, and ya\a, milk. 
1. 0. Pyrendicum L. ( spiked Si) ; racemes elongated, fila- 
ments dilated below with a long point, peduncles equal spreading 
erect in fruit. E. B. t. 499. 
Rare. Pastures in Somersetshire, Sussex, and Bedfordshire. %. 
i 6,7. — Bulb ovate. Leaves long, linear, acuminate, channelled. Scape 
1| — 2 ft. long. Raceme elongated. Flowers much smaller than in 
the two following species, greenish-white. 
2. O. * umbelldtum L. (common S.) ; racemes corymbose, pe- 
duncles longer than the bracteas, filaments lanceolato -subulate 
simple. E. B. t. 130. 
Meadows and pastures in various parts of England. Near Glasgow; 
Kinross-shire ; banks of the Jed, near the old castle of Fernihurst, 
Jedburgh. 2/.. 5, 6. — Stem 8 — 10 inches high. Leaves linear, 
acuminate, grooved. Flowers large, few, 6 — 9; lower pedicels very 
51 long, so that their flowers reach to the same height with the upper 
ones, thus forming a corymb, each having a membranous lanceolate 
! j bractea. Segments of the perianth green, with a white margin and 
white within. 
