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ORNITHOGALUM fimbriatum. 
Hairy-leaved Star of Bethlehem. 
—= ae 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AsPHODELI. Jussieu gen. 51. Div. IV. Flores spicati- 
Radix bulbosa. Calyx (corolla nob.) sexpartitus, basi sta- 
minifer. : 
ASPHODELER. Brown prod. 1. 274. 
ORNITHOGALUM. Supra vol. 2. fol. 158. 
O. jfimbriatum, racemo subeorymboso paucifloro, pedunculis fructiferis 
elongatis patentissimis: foliis linearibus scapo pedunculisque’ hirsutis.~ 
Marsch. bieb. flor. taur. cauc. 1. 276. a 
Ornithogalum fimbriatum. Willd. in der gesells naturf. freund. zu Berl. neue 
schrifte. 3. 420. Persoon syn. 1. 364. 
-Ornithogalo umbellato affine foliis pilosis, Pallas in nov. act. petrop. 10. 309. 
‘Ornithogalum samium villosum umbellatum album. eaiey cor. 26; (fide 
Marsch. bieb.) 
Folia radicalia, linearia, acuta, margine villis ciliata, (v. nune in spon- 
taneis extis omnind villosa). Scapus erectus via digitalis. Flores facte et 
colore ORNITHOGALI umbellati; pedunculi bint (nunc plures) uniflort pa- 
tentes subalterni in apice scapi. Bractea lanceolata acuta membranacea fere 
longitudine pedunculi. Willd. in loc. cit. Simillimum ORNITHOGALO um- 
bellato, ut preter hirsutiem vix ulld alié nota distinguendum. Pili foliorum 
seapi pedunculorum crebri patult albi. Marsch. bieb. loc. cit. 
ee ree - ae — = rt rn el 
Native of the Crimea, and very recently introduced into 
this country from Moscow, by the Horticultural Society, in 
whose garden the present drawing was taken in May last. 
It comes so close to our “ Common Star of Bethlehem” 
(OrnirHoGaLuM wmbellatum), that we can scarcely perceive 
any difference beyond the fur on the leaves, scape, and 
peduncles, which in wmbellatum are all smooth. In some 
samples the leaves are only fringed, in others furred all over 
the underside; in some the scape is only two-flowered, in 
‘others several-flowered, the flowers disposed in a corymb. 
Numerous native samples in various states of inflorescence 
are preserved in the Lambertian Herbarium. 
Both this and wmbellatum were found growing together 
at the skirts of forests and thickets in the Crimea, by that 
