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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
THE MOUNTAIN GARLIC. (A. coniatum, Lin.) 
This plant possesses no beauty, but it has very little of the Garlic smell. 
WILD GARLIC, OR STREAKED FIELD GARLIC. (A. oleraceum, Lin.) 
A plant of no beauty, but common on pieces of waste ground throughout Great Britain. It is supposed to 
be the original of the cultivated Garlic. 
CROW GARLIC. (A. vincale, Lin.) 
Still more abundant than the last, this species possesses no beauty, but it is curious, partly from the great 
quantity of bulbs which it produces among the flowers, and partly because in the flowers themselves the stamens 
project far beyond the perianthium. 
GENUS II. 
THE GAGEA. (Gagea, Salisb.) 
Lin. Syst. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Perianthium somewhat herbaceous, six-parted, persistent, converging at the base, spreading at the apex. Stamens six; 
filaments not dilated at the base. Stigma gaping. Capsule three-cornered._Flowers yellow, corymbose, with leafy bractea;. ( Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —There is only one species in this genus, which has been separated from Ornithogalum on 
account of the structure of the stamens. The name of Gagea was given in honour of Sir Thomas Gage, a 
botanical amateur. 
1.— THE YELLOW GAGEA. (Gagea lutea, Ker.) 
Synonymes. —Ornithogalum luteum, Lin.; Yellow Star of Beth 
lehem. 
Engravings.— Eng. Bot., t. 21 ; 2nd ed., t. 480; and our fig. 
in PI. 59. 
Description, &c. —A pretty little bulbous plant, 
with in various parts of England and the lowlands of 
flowers in March and April. 
Specific Character. —Radical leaves one or two, linear, much 
longer than the angular leafless scape. Pedicels solitary, shorter than 
, the taper-pointed bractea;. Segments of the perianth lanceolate, 
obtuse. ( Lindl .) 
with greenish yellow flowers, not very common, but met 
Scotland, where the soil is at once moist and sandy. It 
GENUS III. 
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. (Ornithogalum, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Perianthium petaloid, six-parted, withering Ovary bluntly three-cornered. Flowers racemose, white, green, or 
upon the stalk, converging at the base, diverging at the apex. Stamens yellow, with membranous bracte®. {Lindley.) 
six, the three outer with dilated filaments. Stigma small, capitate. 
Description, &c. —There are several British species of Ornithogalum, all of which are more or less 
ornamental. The name of Ornithogalum signifies Bird’s-milk. 
1.—THE COMMON STAR OF BETHLEHEM. (Ornithogalum umbellatum, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 130 ; 2nd ed., t. 482 ; and our fig. 3, in PI. 59. 
Specific Character. —Flowers corymbose ; their partial stalks overtopping the main one. Filaments dilated, tapering, entire. {Smith.) 
Description, &c.— This very pretty plant is only a doubtful native; but it is found occasionally in woods 
