ing upwards, and becoming slender again at the points,
where they are inserted into the base of the anthers: anthers
ereet, 2-celled, scarcely extending to the end of the style.
Ovarium large, oval, slightly 3-furrowed, narrowing to the
base, 3-celled, many seeded. Style bent at the base, very
slender, thickening upwards. Stigma deeply 3-cleft, the segments
all cleft again at the points.
Var. ^albidum, differs chiefly in its leaves being paler,
and its flower white, marked with yellow at the base, and
marked, more or less^with inconspicuous small brown specks.
We now favour our readers with the other species of
Erythronium, so long confused with E. Dens canis, though
so well distinguished by the early authors. The figure in the
Botanical Magazine is a weak specimen of the present plant,
as may be readily seen by the cleft points of the segments
-of the stigma, and by the form of the foliage ; it was well
distinguished by Miller, both the varieties; the white one
was also well figured, both by Clusius and Lobel, and the
cleft segments shown in both their figures. We are obliged
to Mr. Thomas Milne, of the Fulham Nursery, for first pointing
out to us that they were certainly different species, and
on examining them we were directly satisfied that such was
the case. Our drawing of both the above varieties in the
figure, was made from plants, in the Fulham Nursery, where
a great quantity of both species, and the white variety, are
cultivated with great success; the ground being light and
dry, occasions them to grow with great luxuriance, and produce
a great quantity of flowers, in March and April. The
present species is a native of Italy, and the South of Europe;
and we are informed by Mr. D. Don, that there is a specimen
of it in the late Sir J. E. Smith’s herbarium, marked as having
been received from Switzerland. In our Hortus Britannicus,
we have given it under the name of E. bijida, not having
then ascertained that it was so well distinguished by the
ancient Botanists. Both varieties thrive well in the open
borders of the Flower Garden, but neither of them produce
near so many offsets as E. Dens canis.
For the derivation of the generic name, .see folio 71, of
the last Number.
1. Root. 2. Outer leaflet of the Perianthium, with the Stamen united to the base.
8. Inner leaflet considerably smaller, showing the membranaceous scale a little above the
base. 4. Ovarium, terminated with the Style that is twisted at the base a little, terminated
by the 8-cleft Stigma, the segments cleft at the points.