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pale yellow. Ovarium of a glossy green, smooth, six-
angular. Style smooth, slightly 3-sided, scarcely so long as
the stamens. Stigma of 3 short lobes, fimbriate, the lobes
spreading.
Our drawing of this pretty species of Ornithogalum, was
taken from a plant at the Garden belonging to the Apothecaries
Company, at Chelsea, in May last, the only collection
in which we have yet seen it. Mr. Anderson had received it
from the Botanic Garden at Berlin, in 1825. It is a native
of grass-fields in Hungary, and is quite hardy, thriving well
in a border of the Flower-garden, and producing its flowers
from the end of April till June: it is nearly related to O.
exscdpum of Tenore, with which it has been joined by Sprengel,
but it is always easy to distinguish it from that species,
by the white stripe up the centre of the leaf, as well as other
differences: we are well acquainted with O. exscapum of
Tenore, having cultivated it several years, the bulbs of which
came direct from Tenore himself: there are several other
species nearly related to the present, which we have enumerated
at folio 42, under O. montanum, the whole of which
are well deserving a place in the flower-borders ; they are
all of easy culture, and some of them are readily increased,
as they produce numerous offsets from their bulbs, others
produce them more scantily, but will ripen seeds readily, if
a little pains be taken to fertilize the stigma with the pollen
when in a fit state.
For the derivation of the generic name, see folio 42 of
series the second.
1. The six Stamens, showing how they are dilated downwards. 2. Ovarium, terminated
by the short Style, and slightly 3-lobed Stigma.
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