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2. Grandiflora. — PI. 30. fig. 4. Specim. Herb. Linn. 
Leucojum Redoute lil. 217. 2-4-flowered, perianth 
oval, white. 
3. Rosea. — Sweet Br. fl. g. 297. One-flowered, perianth 
oval, pink ; leaves glaucescent. 
4. Autumnalis. — Parad. Lond. 21. Leucojum aut. Bot. 
Mag. 960. 2-3-flowered, perianth white, red at the 
base; segments 3-cleft at the end ; leaves green. 
The first is said to produce its blossom in the spring, the 
others in autumn before the leaves push. They are all natives 
of the countries bordering on the Mediterranean. I have 
had no opportunity of inspecting these myself, never having 
seen any but autumnalis in flower, and that many years ago. 
I have it in the greenhouse, where it requires to be left quite 
dry in summer. It grows abundantly near the river in the 
neighbourhood of Badajos. Rosea and autumnalis might 
have been united as varieties of one species under the name 
hiemalis, but they will probably maintain themselves dis- 
tinct. 
<§. 2. Scape hollow ; seeds shelly, black, shining. 
83. Leucojum.— Perianth six-cleft, segments separate, nearly 
equal (narrowed near the point), style slender, cla- 
vate ; stigma acuminate ; filaments inserted in the 
disk ; anthers erect, dehiscent on the outer side, from 
the terminal orifice, but not to the base ; capsule soft, 
triangular, turbinate, 3-valved, semi-dehiscent (bulb 
ovate ; leaves vaginating, erect, linear, lorate ; scape 
few -many -flowered ; spathe 1-leaved, deeply slit, 
withering; germen obovate.) Seeds nearly round, 
outer coat loose, foliaceous, glossy black ; inner coat 
brown, soft, separable ; albumen horny, with a large 
circular chalaza not visible till the coats are removed ; 
embryo curved, reaching the foramen. 
1. iEstivum. — Bot. Mag. 30. 1210. Leaves green ; scape 
flattened, 2-edged ; peduncles about an inch long 
or less ; perianth white, with a faint green spot on 
each segment near the end ; seeds as big as a pea. 
The valves of the capsule gape near the top, but 
adhere at the point, and do not open to the base. 
2. Pulchellum. — Parad. Lond. 74. Leaves deep green, 
appearing in Nov. ; scape 3-7-flowered, peduncles 
