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ORNITHOGALUM niveunt. 
_ Snowy Star-of-Bethlehem. 
—— a 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AspHovELi. Jussieu gen. 53. Div. IV. Flores spicati. - 
Radix bulbosa. Corolla sexpartita, basi staminifera. 
ORNITHOGALUM, Supra vol. 2. fol. 158. 
O. niveum, racemo paucifloro, petalis lanceolatis, foliis filiformibus canae 
liculatis, filamentis subulatis. Solander in Hort. Kew. 1. 440. 
Ornithogalum niveum. Willd. sp. pl. 2.115. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 257. 
Ornithogalum graminifolium. “Thunb. prod. 61? 
Ne, 3367, Burchell catal. herb. afric. ined. 
Bulbus tunicatus, oblato-spharicus, levis, virescens, diametro vix } pare 
‘tium uncie. Fol. radicalia, pauca (subquaterna) filiformi-attenuata, cana- 
liculata, tenaciits graminea, nec carnosa, erecto-recurva, modo duplo longiore. 
scapo, obscure viridia, 2-8-uncialia, superné vix seta crasstora, bast meme 
branaceo-dilatata. Scapus (modo plures) erectus, strictiusculus, 1-3-uncialis. 
Flores erecto-racemosi, 2-10, inodori, albi, vix adcequantes } partes unci@ per 
transversum. Bractez membranose, lato-ovate cum carina fusca, abrupté se- 
taceo-cuspidate, BERR pedicello paulo longiort. Pedicelli erecti, filiformes, 
subbreviores corolla. Cor. intits nivea, patentissima, sexpartita ; lacinize lanceo- 
lato-oblonz@, 3 exteriores sublatiores-concaviores dorso carinate cum macula 
viridi oblonga, interiores plane dorso parcits vel non omnind virescentese 
Fil. alba, plana, corolla % vel ultra breviora, erccto-patentia, alterna lanceo- 
lata sublongiora, 3 subulata subsesquiangustiora: anth. flave, oblonge, 
breves, primo erecta, indé incumbentes. Gann viride, oblongum,, trisulco-3- 
gonum angulis rotundatis : stylus subbrevior Bernie, albus, strictus, 3-queter, 
erectus :’ Stig. apex concolor triqueter, puberulus, non crassior stylo. 
‘© This species was found growing on the rocks in Zwart- 
“ water Poort, and in similar situations in other parts of 
“the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. The cultivated 
plant greatly exceeds in size the wild one, which is re- 
“ markable for being one of the smallest of the natural 
“order. The bulbs produce an abundance of offsets, and 
“seem to prefer being partly out of ground, as in their 
natural state they are always exposed to the air, and they 
‘ exist for a great part of the year without any other nou- 
« rishment than the moisture contained in their diminutive 
bulbs.” 
We are obliged to Mr. Burchell for the preceding notice 
concerning our present subject; the drawing of which wag 
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