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inside of a bright yellow, the outside greenish and
striate; segments oblongly lanceolate, bluntish, stellately
spreading, 3 inner ones narrowest. Stamens 6,
inserted in the base of the perianthium below the segments,
w’hich may all be taken oft' and the stamens will
still remain : filaments narrow, flat, smooth, tapering
upwards, inserted in the base of the anthers : anthers
linear, straight : pollen yellow. Germen superior, triangular,
narrow at the base, and dilated at the apex.
Style straight, smooth, triangular. Stigma 3-lobed,
fimbriate.
Several very distinct species of this genus appear to
have been confused under the name of Ornithogalum
luteum, which was first cleared up by R. A. Salisbury,
Esq. in the second volume of the Annals of Botany ;
where our plant is shown to be distinct from the English
one with which it is confused in many botanical works,
although, we believe, no person would consider them
as the same species, that had an opportunity of seeing
them growing together. We have ascertained our plant
to be the same as was intended by Linnæus, as we compared
it with Renealm’s figure, which is the authority
for Linnæus’s O. luteum; but as all the species of the
genus have yellow flowers, and so many having been
confused under the name of luteum, it is certainly best
to drop the name altogether, and to adopt the one given
it by Mr. Salisbury.
Several bulbs of this species were sent to Mr. Colvill,
last Autumn, from Switzerland, by Mr. Schleicher,
under the name of O. luteum; and several other species
were received at the same time, of which we intend to
publish figures in our future numbers, which will, we
hope, be the means of clearing up their history a little
more satisfactory ; as they are early Spring flowering
plants, coming into bloom at the.same time as the Snowdrops
and Crocus, they are very desirable for the
flower garden, requiring only to be planted in the open
border, and are increased by the offsets from the bulbs,
or by seeds.
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I . T h e 6 Stamens inserted in the lower p a rt o f the P e rian th ium , below the 6
segments which are tak en off. 2. The trian g u la r Germen, te rmin a ted by a tr iangular
s ty ie , and 3-lobed fimbriate Stigma.
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