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the neglect into which the culture of hardy bulbous plants has
fallen, it has almost wholly disappeared from collections.
From the names applied to the plant by ancient authors, it
would appear to have been originally obtained from Constantinople,
wdiich coupled with the fact of its having preserved
its characters unchanged for so long a period is in favour of
its claim to the rank of a species. It differs from candidum
in its narrow sepals attenuated and apart at the base, and by
its style being furnished with three angles at the apex.
We are indebted to Mr. Sabine for the specimen represented
in our plate, which was derived from the choice
collection of Robert Henry Jenkinson, Esq., at Norbiton Hall,
near Kingston, in July last. The bulb had been imported
from the Cape of Good Hope, the plant having been most
probably introduced there from Holland hy some of the
Dutch colonists.
F’or the explanation of the generic name see fol. 185.
D . Don.
1. Sepal of L. candidum.
