138.
p-ul by.ÂJvcefl /¡mcilúb.
GAGEA bracteolaris.
Sheathing bracted Gagea.
Natural Order. A s p h o d e l e æ . B r o ie » p r o * . 1 . p . 2 7 4
G A G E A . Perianthium 6-partitum, subæquale, patens, per
sistens : Stamina 6 : filamenta basi perianthio
planiuscula: antheroe \meares, stnc æ.
Lperum. 3-loculare, 3-valve. Stylus m plerisque
»1« triloba, fimbriata. Semina parva, “ ““ ®;.°®^>
Plantæ gramineoe facie Hypoxidum Radix parva b u M
Folia pauca, obtuse mucronata plus minus
lutei, corymbosi. Pednnculus angulatus, pliu minus decom]^situs
ramis sæpius brevissimis pedicelliffq n g is . ®® “ Genus
lita ris p ra te r alias interdum inferius f ^ l ^ ' ^ ^ r c S c ^ t
ante cum Ornithogalo co»/«sui» m quo corolla ^
inflorescentia longe diversa. Salisbury in Annals of Botany, v. ^
p. 555.
G. bracteolaris, folio radicali unico lineari
naliculato erecto glabro; floralibus opposi is
c a v is , p e d ic e llis s u b um b e lla tis t r iq n e t r i s p flo s is , p e r i a n th i i to
lio lis o b lo n g o - la n c e o la tis o b tu s iu s c u lis s te l la to - p a t e n tib u s .
G a g e a b r a c te o la r is . Salisb in ann. bot 2. p. 5 ^ .
Ornithogalum luteum. Linn. sp. p i. I . P- 30b. Pers. syn. i .
p. 363. non Eng. bot. Ornithogalum pratense. Persoon i^ n tlits *t e n• aNt. BRonit . AAnnnnanll. 55.
Stuck, p .8 . t . 2 . f . l .
Pyrrocbiton. Renealm. spec. y i. t. ju.
B .l i s m a ñ / ¡ Í ¡ i t e t e Í ? ‘ “ j " / “ “ i t shell and from the hase is produced a dense tult oi
small fibres. L e a f at the root solitary, erect, nearly
double the length of the
the upper side, but slightly channelled “ «ar the base
the point bluntish, of a bright green and smooth Lmnes
on the scape opposite, from 2 to 4, lanceolate, broad at
?he bare conci^ve, slightly pubescent, the outer one
double the size of the other. Scape angular,
nearly cylindrical, smooth and glossy. Pedicles triquetrous
umbelled, irregularly clothed with loose spreading
r i deeply 6-parted, „earl, to the baee,
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