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P L A T E CCCLXV.
S C 1 L L A SIBEUICA.
Siberian Squill.
CLASS VL ORDER L
HEXJNDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHAEACTEK.
COKOLLA 6-petala, patens, decidua. Filamenta
liliforaiia.
C O R O L L A 6 petaled, expanding, deciduous. Filaments
thread-fliaped.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
Scilla, letraphylla, icapis plurimis ieraiteretibus,
ftrialis, bifloris, pofl florefcentiani decumbentibus.
Scilla, four-leaved, with many femicylindrical,
fcored, two-flowered ftalks, which after
flowering are decumbent.
D E S C R I P T , o. Radix bulbofus, magnus pro ratione tnagnitudinis plantae. Folia in bu bis fenea.s,
fspius 4, latiufcula, aliquo ftriatula, parum recurvata, apice obcuneata et fubmvoluta. Scapi
3-5 : 1-2, vel rariffime 3-flori, inaequales, femicylindrici, valde ftriati, luctdi, vix palmares, fúñeme
atro-caerulefcentes. Pedunculi alterni, remoti, difformes, 1-6 hneares, bafi bibradeatt,
c r e a i , apice nutantes, vel cernui, uniflori, atro-caerulefcentes. Bracteoe d.lfornaes, parvulae, n.-
ferne purpurafcentes, fuperne alb«= et membranaceoe. Corolla hexapetala, nutans, vel cernua,
campanulata. Pelala fublanceolata, obtufa, concavo-incurva, laetiffime caerulea; intus palhd,ora,
bafi albican,ia, coftâ utrinque faturatiore. Filamenta 6, flliformia, comprefl-a, alba, ^perne
profunde caerulea, petalis duplo breviora. Anthers majufculîE a^ruginofa. Germen pallidum,
fubrotundum, 6-fulcatum, fulcis alternis profundioribus. Stylus antheris fuperans, decumbens,
bafi albus, fuperne azureus. Stigma obfoletiflimum.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Flower fpread open, with one Chive magnified.
2. The Pointal and Seed-bud, the Summit magnified.
T H I S nondefcript and beautiful fpecies of the genus Scilla, is allied to Scilla pra^cox of Willdenowj
but appears to differ in too many partictJars, to admit of their being united. It :s a native of Siberia,
incr f« flowly by the root, but fLe t ime s ripens feeds in this country. It commences flowering in
be b e g L i n / o f kbruary. before the common Scilla bifolia; but continues in beauty long after that
p i n t h paft r and although perfedly hardy, its flowers are liable to be injured by ftrong frofts, unlefs
S a light foil, and warm fituation, but, like all dwarf plants, appears to mofl advantage
in a pot : and indeed, fucceeds beft with the treatment ufually given to alpme plants.
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