Refugium Botanicum.] [| November, 1871. 
TAB. 304. 
Natural Order LintAcre®. 
Tribe ALLIES. 
Genus Nornoscorpum (Kunth Enum. iv. 457). Perianthium albi- 
dum segmentis equalibus oblanceolato-spathulatis ima basi 
solum connatis, flore expanso falcato-patentibus. Stamina 
6 perigyna filamentis equalibus leviter applanatis segmentis 
brevioribus antheris oblongis versatilibus. Ovarium sessile 
oblongum trisuleatum, ovulis in loculo 6—12; stylus termi- 
nalis rectus filiformis; stigma capitatum. Capsula sessilis 
membranacea loculicide trivalvis, seminibus paucis triquetris, 
testa nigra. Herb bulbose scapigere foliis angustissimis car- 
nosis floribus umbellatis odore nullo modo alliaceo.—Hesperodes 
et Oligosma, Salish. Gen. p. 85. 
N. srriarum (Kunth Hnum. iv. 459). Foliis 83—4 synanthiis angus- 
tissime linearibus carnoso-herbaceis dorso convexis, scapis folis 
paulo brevioribus, spathe valvis lanceolatis pedicellis 2—8- 
plo brevioribus, umbellis 4—8-floris, perianthii seementis 
oblanceolatis albis dorso purpureo-viridi vittatis, filamentis 
leviter applanatis segmentis distincte brevioribus, ovarii loculis 
5—6-ovulatis, stylo ovario longiore.—Allium striatum, Jacq. Ic. 
t. 3866; Redouté, Lil. t. 50. Ornithogalum bivalve, Linn. Sp. 
Plant. p. 306. 
Widely dispersed in tropical and subtemperate America, and 
introduced thence to other regions. 
Bulb ovoid, half an inch thick. Leaves three or four to a bulb, 
cotemporary with the leaves, suberect, fleshy in texture, light 
green, convex on the back, six to nine inches long, a line anda 
half to two lines broad. Scape slightly compressed, nearly as 
long as the leaves. Valves of the spathe two, membranous, one- 
quarter to half an inch long. Flowers four to eight to an wmbel. 
Pedicels about an inch long. Perianth six to eight lines deep, 
the pure white segments oblanceolate-spathulate, subacute, with a 
purplish green keel on the outside, united at the base in a cup 
one-half to three-fourths of a line deep. J*ilamenis slightly 
flattened, a quarter of an inch long. Ovary oblong; ovules five 
or six in each cell; style filiform, two to two and a half lines 
long. 
