GALANTHUS NIVALIS. SNOWDROP.
GALANTHUS nivalis. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 413; Huis. Angl. p. 140. Hort. C lif. p. 134. Hort.
Ups. p. 73. Jacq. Austr. t. 330. Rot/. Lugi. Bat. p. 35. Mill. Gard. Diet. With.
Bot. Arr. cd. 4. völ. 2. p. 324. Roth Germ. ml. \.p . 144. ml. 2. p. 578.
Ga-m.p. 114. Sm. FI. Brit. ml. 1. p. 353. Engl. Bot. t. 19. Abbot Bedf. p 73.
Dicks. Hort. Sices f asc. 6. ». 2. Willi. Sp. FI. m l 2. />. 28. Alton Hort. Kern,
ci. 1. ml. 1 . /). 406. erf. 2 . w/. 2. /j. 2 1 1 . Redouté PI. Liliac. t. 200. Lamarck
Diet. ml. 2. p . 590. Lam. Illustr. t. 230. Lam. Fl. Fr. erf 3. Pol. 3. p. 234.
Lam. FI. Gall. Syn.p. 166. Scop. Cam. ».391. Deslongch. FI. Galipot. 1. ». 189.
Pers. Si/n. PI. ml. 1. p. 349. . Sturm Deutsch. FI. Martyn Mill. Diet.
GALANTHUS imilloms; petalis al ternis cordatis. Hall. Hist. Help. ». 1254.
NAItCISSO-LEUCOJUM trifolium minus.- Toarn. p. 387.
LEUCOJUM bulbosum trifolium minus. Bank. Pin. p. 56. Dod. Cor. p. 200.
LEUCOJUM bulbosum minus triphyllon. J. Bauh. Hist. ml. 2.p . 59 1.
LEUCOJUM bulbosum præcox minus. Clus. Hist, ml: 1. ». 169.
LEUCOJUM bulbosum tripbyllon. Dod. P'empt. p. 230. •
LEU CON A RCISSO-LIRION minimum. Lob. Ic. 123.
LEUCOJUM bulbosum minus præcox &c. Moris. Ox. ml. 2. p. 364. sec. 4. t. 9. f. 23.
’HPAITEAI'A. Renealm. Spec. p. 97. t. 96.
Dut. TViUertje. Naalcte wyfies. Juffertjes in’t kemd. Zomerzotjes. Er. La Galantine. Germ.
Schneetropjchen. Schneeglöckchen. Schneeblume. Schneeflocken. Schneegallen. Schneegacken. Hor-
nungsblümchcn. Hung. H6-virûg. Gergely napi virag. Fejer Tavaszika. It. Galanto. Welsh.
Lmawl. Hoch baban.
Class an d Ord e r . HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[Natural Order. LILIACFJE, Tribus 3. NARCISSI, De Cand. NARCISSI, Juss.
NARCISSOIDEiE, Vent. SPATHACEiE, Linn.\
Gen. Ciiar. Cor. hexapetala; petalis tribus interioribus brevioribus emarginatis. Stigma simplex.
I Radix bulbosa, ova ta, càta, basi fibris numero;
instructa.
| Folia plèrumquebi-rarius trina, linearia, obtusa, glabra,
glauGO-viridia, triquetro-plana, apicibus callosis,
albidis, basi membrana cylindracea, fusca, trun-
cata vel bifida vaginata.
I Scapus solitarius, spithamæus, debilis, subcompressus,
striatus, nud'us, uniflorus.
[ Spatha cylindracea, striata, membranacea, albida, hinc
[ lateraliter fissa, apice bifida.
j Flos pedicellatus, nutans, sübinódorus.
[ Fetala sex, subcarnosa, tria exteriora majora, patentia,
elliptica, concava, paululum undulata, alba ; in-
tcriora, seu Nectaria, duplo minora, obcordata,
alba, extus, prope apicem, macula viridi notata,
iutus lineis viridibus pulcherrime striata.
I Stamina ex apice Germinis, petalis breviora, conniven-
I a üa" ^lamenta brevissima.
I ntheræ oblongo-lanceolatæ, flavæ, biloculares, apice
poris duobus déhiscentes.
! Germen iriferne oblonguin, truncatum.
F mvlus teres, subuktus, Stigmate simplici.
I U psula obovata,, obtusa, (trilocularis, trivalvis, Sm.)
Root bulbous, ovate, tunicated, a t the base having numerous
fibres.
Leaves generally two, rarely three, linear, obtuse,
smooth, glaucous green, plane or slightly triangular,
having at the apices a white hardened swelling,
at the base a cylindrical, brown, truncate or
bind, sheathing membrane.
Scape solitary, a span high, weak, somewhat compressed,
striated, destitute of leaves, bearing one
flower.
Spathe Cylindrical, striate, membranaceous, white, on
one side cleft, at the apex bifid.
Flower pedicellate, nodding, nearly scentless.
Petals six, somewhat fleshy, the three exterior ones
the largest, patent, elliptical, concave, a little
waved, white; the interior or Nectaries half as
large, obeordate, white, externally, near the apex,
marked with a green spot, within beautifully
striated with green lines.
Stamens arising from the top of the Germen, shorter
than the petals. Filaments very short.
Anthers oblongo-lanceolate, yellow, two-celled, opening
at the extremity with two pores.
G ermen below oblong, truncate.
Style round, subulate, with the Stigma simple.
Capsule obovate, obtuse (three-celled, three-valved.
IPPH! Sm.)
I (Seeds round, Sm.)
(Semina rotunda, Sm.)
|% j | Exterior petal. Ifg . 2 . Interior
do. Fig. 3. Germen and Stamens. Fig. 4. Anther. Fig. 5. Anther
3 at the extremity. Fig. 6. Germen. Fig. 7. Style.
inagn. showing the pore
learly'aiSearanJr i f i f e § n° 1ref J.Senei^ liy esteemed for the elegance and delicacy of its flowers than for their
I f r e q u e n c y unfolding, if there be a few mild days, towards the latter end of January. In Fe-
K ornament o f our gardens, where a double variety is usually cultivated, whose blossoms
I in Sweden It ‘ UGt? exPand,ng generally in the month of April, the season of flowering for the common variety
■ an outcast from n o"8 W , no.w UI?lversally admitted in the list of an English Flora, though perhaps originally
i" ’lierenotn»rp8^ g 6n’ h.^lng. been found> first> 1 believe, by Mr. Ballard at the foot of the Malvern hills,
ion the banks of Percept,blle either of building or garden; since that time, near Cirencester in Gloucestershire:
iBarnstaple• at 1-Ip i w about Blackwell and Conniscliffein Anglesea; on sandy hills in Bedfordshire; about
I Word, M h L iif r 'w o and ir! H Itl0st sequestered parts of Scott’s Wood Dean, in Northumberland; at
! .Hie Skill near RinJ!’ and Laxtield> 111 Suffolk; and in pastures near Kirkstal Abbey, on the banks of
[ sides of the r o S C ,! ! ^^kershaw woods in Yorkshire. Mr. Graves has found it in the Hop-grounds on both
( ’ The flowed « f f ? uSlbble and.Castle Hedingham, Essex.
1 Darwin to POs se J « „S v bees earliest supply of honey in the spring, and the roots are supposed by Dr.
P'ad the insipid quabty> as he found that on taking them up in the winter and boiling them they
■ roost probably make good's ° f tbe ®rclm» whence he infers, that if cured in the same manner they would
m unequd sbe^thTpetak'8 kn°Wn t0 exist' Tbe Senus *s closely allied to Leucojum, from which it differs
Piroi’s ^ ° e*flos’ is sufficiently expressive of the pure whiteness of the petals; but Rene-
I H f / / Atu> irom jjf, ver, and ayyeKog, nuneius, would have been more applicable.