ORNITHOGALUM UMBELLATUM. COMMON STAR
OF BETHLEHEM.
ORNITHOGALUM -perandbus,
ORNITHOGALUM umbellatum. Lima. IRH ». 441. Huis. Angl. p. 143. With. S o t A rr
ed. 4. m l.a .p . 330. Hull S r . FI. ed. a.p. 95. Iioffm. Germ.p. l ] g Roth
n i ï l ' s ï i Ü Ü H Th,lf ' r f r ' *?■ "• 1 11B- Smith SL Brit. p. 364.
M M ’ p°- w U h U F r - al- 3- « 1 .3 . ?■ 217. Second, Ft. Gall.
M B ! IS f l & l L /'• 364. Alton Hort. Koto. ed. S. * . 2. ƒ>. 257. vacy. Austr. ml. 4. p. 22. a 343.
^ î t î î ï ? I0GALUM stipulis maximis> Petiolis lateralibus longissimis. Hall: Helv. n. 1215.
ORNITHOGALUM vulgare et verius, majus et minus. Rail Sun p 372
HA10XAPM02. Renealmi, p . 88. t, 87. ' |
Fr. L'Ornitkogale à bouquet. L a dame d'onze heures
' S 17.'Â t s c h f g l l jT J l ,hldc"Jür",'Se J 0Sdmikk. Huhnermilch. Ackcrzwicbel. Pol. Snoidek.
Class awd Ok d e e . HEXANDRIA MONOGTNIA.
[Natural Oedeü. ASPHODELEÆ, J uss. S r . LILIA.CEÆ Trib. IL ASPHODELI, Decand.] *
Ont. Char. Pcriattthium sex-parlitam, persistons, supra medium patens. Filamenta basi dilatata. Capsula
tnlocularis. Semina subrotunda, nuda. "
Bülbüs ovatus, tunicatus, fuseus, basi fibrosus.
Folia omnia radicalia, mollia, flexuosa, linearia, canaliculate,
linea media alba, dorso convexa, apice
obtusa. ■ r
Scapes palmaris et ultra, erectus, teres.
Flores in corymbum terminalem, octo ad decem, pe- j
dunculati; pedunculis alternis, uniflorjs, inferi-
oribus longioribus; omnibus bracteatis, bracteis
solitariis, subulatis, membranaceis, fuscis, pedun-
culo brevioribüs.
Periantiiiüm hexaphyllum; foliolis ovatis, patenti-
bus, albis, dorso viridibus.
Stamina : Filamenta sex, subulata, basi dilatata, inte-
gerrima, alba. Anther® oblong®, flav®.
OvAKluar ovatum, snlcis sex longitudinaliter nototum.
Stylus brevis. Stigma simplex.
Bdlb ovate, tunicated, brown, fibrous at the base.
L eaves all radical, soft, flexuose, linear, grooved, with
a white central line, convex on the back, obtuse
at the extremity.
Scape a span' or more in height» erect, round. .
Flowers in a terminal corymb, from eight to ten, pedunculate
; peduncles alternate, one-flowered’ the
lower ones the longest; all bracteated, the bracts
solitaiy, subulate, membranaceous, brown, shorter
than the peduncle.
P e r ia n t h six-leaved; leaflets ovate, patent, white, the
back greenish.
Stamens : Filaments six, subulate, dilated at the base,
entire, white. Anthers oblong, yellow. '
Ovary ovate, marked with six longitudinal grooves.
Style short. Stigma simple.
Sig. l. Leaflet o f the Perianth. Fig. 2. Stamens. Fig. 3. A single Stamen. % . 4. Ovary and Style.
^ . ^ T S curl
1 W A i i C“ - ! ' * Oxen ; in a wood a, ! , a S
« oven ‘on the c o J r f S i p . On the comment o f Europe line pretty flower is very common,
ll«igl«»uii”ti!osmerioronS6 ? f the infeli 7 flo're;-stnlks> "’hich »ievnte the lower blossoms to an equal
, . ° SUpei,°l B ll,us lor,m"S » corymbus, and not an nmbel, as Sir James Smith has well remaSed!
Sir Jalnes SudtlThn^tnfcf*n°0* oPBlls P'an"tohe the Stercus columbimtm, mentioned in the Rook of Kings • whence
«* derived from i S S “f " «ch Tournefort f n p p S m
others, from the ■ • r of the flowers to the plumage o f some birds: Caspar Bauliin and
"'"ilSt IienCOl‘"iS^ ^
k WeTflke"he™nute o r 'b o iw l’n S , 9 * P°Lrei me"tion? !n the Encychplik Sotanique, that they may
«IMlIygood. • “ ’ “ d ’ or cooked under Ule a“d that he finds them in each method
tlle S ow » open at about eleven in the morning,
This is S S ' , S f ? gathered some time they expand again if exposed to
gaudentem, quod eo enlnm i mr a ’ 01 * Renealmi long ago said, HKioxccpuov vocandam censui, i. e. sole
'* » » • ^ ' “ asnoslibere in fL n n ejaculatur; si’ e n im t l
^ o £ 25')^ “^»'Olaus Celsius (tilro to t1 ^^Il'Tancl manTothe^crid^^ fUr!?S the siege of C obtain Z!>‘) M cluel to..t.h..e.. d..e.l.,.vatjon Samaria (Second Book of Kim
applyt'xAT.rfclue to the deri..........
of colour. ; 'VJltp which always accom
Oi»iik£' “^green and white of this fl
wS<wam. Smith in Engl. Ból.