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GALANTHUS plicatus. 
Russian Snow-drop. 
a 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNLA. 
Nat. ord. Narcisst. Jussieu gen. 54. Div. I. Germen inferum. » 
b AMARYLLIDEE. Brown prod. 1. 296. Sect. J, Radix bul- 
9sa. Flores spathacei, umbellati, rard solitarii. 
N GALANTHUS. Corolle laciniis petalodibus, 3 alternis difformibus. 
obis in journ. of science and the arts. 2.344. Czxtera omnino Leucosii 
quod proxim’ STRUMARIA differt per spatham follicularem antherasque in- 
Yersas apice dehiscentes nec non filamento longiores. Ovula in G. plicato 
u longa rostrata. Fad ' ae 
~—&. Plicatus, foliis plicatis: plicd utrinque margine paralleld, spatha pedun- 
Ga culum superante. Marsch. @ bieb. flor. taur. cauc. suppl, 255. 
salanthus plicatus. Curtis's magaz. 2162. Fives 
lanthus nivalis. @. Redouté liliac. 200. B; (absque icone). 
‘arcissoleucojum trifolium majus. Tournef. inst. 387, 
€ucojum bulbosum secundum. Tabern. krauterb. 2. 1005, 
ucojum bulbosum precox byzantinum. Clus. hist. 1. 169. 
Differt niyali, occidentali Europe familiar, staturd in universum majore 
ue robustiore, foliis latioribus utrinque propé marginem plica longitudinal 
Signi instructis, hinc bicarinatis illinc bicanaliculatis, pedunculo breviore, 
Petalorum nectanii plagé viridi latiore. Discrimina hec, antiquiorum vesti- 
Meenas nuper agnovit atque culturd confirmavit. amicissimus Fischer. 
Sch. 1. c. ” , rp ee 
in Lertium genus (GALANTHUS plicatus) secundo (nivali) feré simile est, 
pace Martio bind folia promit illi similia, sed latiora, eruginet etiam 
iy oris, floris gemmam ut in illo complectentia: crassiusculus caulis tandem 
Cerescens, unicum florem vaginuld inclusum sustinet, forma nivali similem, 
pals feré majorem, 3 externis foliis alarum modo expansis, prorsus nivets, in- 
erioribus vero brevibus, bisulcis ut in nivali, simul coeuntibus, et velutt tu- 
rate quempiamn efformantibus, foris plerumque circd ungues virescentibus, 
sere parte albis, oras tamen secundim crenas virides macule inficiunt, 
erius verd aut magna ex parte viridia sunt, aut octo radtis ab imis ungut- 
US secundim longitudinem ductis predita: LEUCOJI verni fragrantiam 
Weungque emulatur hic flos, et suavius quidpiam spirare mihi videtur: radix 
AWalis major. Clus. hist. loc. cit. 
ipl Ue Med | ee I ee Ee, eS, 
‘Many of the plants of Northern Asia, which had found 
eir way into the gardens of the western countries of Eu- 
‘Ope, through Vienna, and had been registered in the works 
of the older botanists, having been subsequently lost, are 
Now reappearing amongst us through Moscow, where mag- 
Nificent botanical collections have been formed, and where 
€ communication with the Asiatic provinces of the Russian 
