P L A T E CCLXXIV.
O R N I T H O G A L U M LACTEUM.
Large Wïûte-flowered Star of Bethlehem.
C L A S S VI. O R D E R I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointai.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
Co HOLLA. C-petala, erecta, perfiftens, fupra med
i um patens. Filamenta bafi dilatata.
Capfula 3-locularis. Semina fubrotunda,
n u d a .
B L O S S OM G-petals, u p r i g h t , remaining, fpreadi
n g above t h e m i d d l e . Threads -widened a t
t h e bafe. Capfule 3-celled. Seeds roundifli,
naked.
See O B N I T H O G A L U M QDOKATUM. Pl.CCLX.
Vol. I V.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
O r n i t h o g a l um racemo longo; filamentis fubul
a t i s . a l t e r n i s f u b - l a n c e o l a t i s ; b r a d e i s membrauaceis,
ovatis, pedúnculo duplo brev
i o r i b u s ; foliis lanceolatis, acutis, a d oras
villofis; floribus albidis.
Star of Bethlehem with a long flower fpike;
threads awl-diaped, alternate ones nearly
Jance-ihaped; flower props fkinny, eggfljaped,
twice as Ihort as the fruit-flalk;
leaves lance-fhaped, acute, finely haired at
t h e edges; flowers white.
REFERENCE TO T H E P L A T E .
1. O n e of t h e Flower-props.
2. T h e Chives and p o i n t a l , t h e petals b e i n g removed.
3. T h e Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.
torn ,1," vereftfrote in w i n t e r ; fl.ould be p l a n t e d i n f a n d y l o a m , kept r a t h e , dry after the decay of
f h e t a T e , a n d only removed from its pot to r e n ew t b e e a r . h . It propagates by t h e root, and flower, m
i n l y . Onr d r a w i n g w a , made from a p l a n t w h i c h h a d b e e n recetved from t h e Cape, m the H.bbertian
Collection.