394, 
‘MUSCARI ciliatiim. 
Clusius’s Grape-Hyacinth. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNI4A. 
Nat. ord. AspHovELi. Jussieu. gen. 51. Div. IIL. 
Radix bulbosa. Corolla basi tubulosa. 
_ AspHoDELE® (includentes Asparagos plerosque Jussieuii). 
Brown prod. 1. 274. 
MUSCARI. Cor. veniricoso-tubulosa, fauce coarctata crenis sex bre- 
vissimis marginata. Nobis in Curtis's mag. fol. vers. 1185. Catera omnia ut 
tn Hyacintuo; [vide infra fol. 398.] ‘nt ‘ 
Flores spicati. 
M. ciliatum corollis campanulato-cylindricis, semisexfidis, 
feris longissimis horizontalibus, foliis ciliatis. 
1. 264; (sub Hyactnruo ciliato). 
Hyacinthus-ciliatus.. Marsch. Bieb. loc. cit. Cyrill. neap. 2. 22. t. 10. 
Hyacinthus sarmaticus. Pall. ind. taur. (fide Marsch. Bieb.). 
Hyacinthus romanus. 8. Lamarck encyc. 3. 102. n. 8. 
Hyacinthus comosus byzantinus. Clus. hist. 1. 180. 
Quaterna, quina, aut sena interdum habet folia, humi ut 
expansa, nonnunquam procumbentia duntazat, oblonga, 
Mathioli (Muscari comosi. Nob.) foliis valde similia, 
pedunculis fructi- 
Marsch. Bieb. taur. cauc. 
plurimum fusa et 
Hyacintht) primi 
attore tamen mucrone 
predita, et in lateribus veluti terui lanugine obsita, presertim infima parte, 
circa eorum exortum, ingrati gustis et nauseam facil excitaturi: ex horum 
medio, pedalis, nonnunquam major, nascitur caulis, teres et rotundus, nudus, 
intis fungosus, foris viridis levisque, quem & medio\ad. summum sexageni ple- 
rumgue aut plures ambiunt flores oblongiusculi, oris in sex laciniolas divisis, sex 
staminulis purpureis ints prediti, inodori, ‘tnitio candicantes, deindé cum 
marcescere incipiunt, fisci et inelegantis coloris: pediculi quibus flores nitun- 
tur, initio brevissimt sunt, deindé paulatim wineekeadA tie Jloribus excres~ 
centes, 4 unciarum aut ampliorem longitudinem. adquirunt, sic ut. totus caulis 
suis floribus ita expansis onustus, aspergillum non minus referre videatur, quam 
Hippuris quoddam genus. Caulis suprema pars cum florum pediculis pur- 
purascit : ancipit Slorere ab imis: trigona deindé capitula fert, exigua, pro 
planta amplitudine, in quibus paucum semen, interdum in singulis capitulis 
unicum duntaxat, rotundum nigrum Muscart comosi semine minus contine- 
tur, interdum nullum, nam ut plurimum capitula inania sunt, nec arbitror 
unquam plura collegisse ex unica, quam habebam planta, ternis seminibus, aut 
quando plurima quinis aut sents: radix rotunda, bulbosa, multis candicantibus 
tuntcis constat, exteriore subfusca, et basi multis Jibris albis fultd. Clus. loc. 
cit. : : 
We find no mention of the introduction of this rare 
species into our collections in any of the botanical records; 
nor do we believe any live specimen of it has been seen in 
this country until the present was received by Mr. Griffin 
from Moscow. The drawing was taken at the garden at 
South Lambeth, in April last. It comes pretty near to 
