. The Botanical register consisting of coloured figures of . cles, upper ones graduallyshortened, greenly or sphacelately membranous. Corolla Q 2 divaricately expanded, segments revolute at the sides, hfeneewith the appearance of being linear and convex in front,outer ones somewhat obovate, often emarginate or slightlythreetoothed; inner ones more pointed and entire. Fila-ments three times shorter than the corolla, upright, con-nivent subulate, involutely channelled downwards, mem-branously winged towards the base where they are pressedclose to the germen, the three alternate ones opposite to
. The Botanical register consisting of coloured figures of . cles, upper ones graduallyshortened, greenly or sphacelately membranous. Corolla Q 2 divaricately expanded, segments revolute at the sides, hfeneewith the appearance of being linear and convex in front,outer ones somewhat obovate, often emarginate or slightlythreetoothed; inner ones more pointed and entire. Fila-ments three times shorter than the corolla, upright, con-nivent subulate, involutely channelled downwards, mem-branously winged towards the base where they are pressedclose to the germen, the three alternate ones opposite to theinner segments have their membranous wings flatly extendedand terminating in two connivent teethlets, but not so con-spicuously as in many other species of the genus. Anthersincumbent, dehiscent at both ends. Pistil equal to the sta-mens. Germen oblongly oval, bluntly three-cornered,blackish green, marked by six parallel lines continued alongthe style. Style subulate, twice shorter than the germenor more; stigma subtrilobedly capitate, lobes 316 ORNITHOGALUM thyrsoides; a. thyrse-Jlowering Star-of-Bethlehem. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat, ord. Asphodeli. Jussieu gen, 53. AsPHODELEiE. Brown prod. 274<.ORNITHOGAL UM. Suprh vol. 158. Ornithogalum thyrsoides. Vide supra fol. 305. In the 305th article of the number of this work for lastAugust, we have already given the synonymy and descrip-tion of this fine species. In that article the yellow varietywas the subject, in this the white one, which seems to havebeen no where represented in a way which it deserves. Weare obliged to Mr. Griffin for the specimen for the bulb was imported by that gentleman from the Cape ofGood Hope. It is a free flowerer, and lasts a long time inbloom. 307. lin^ Qfrom bottom; for was* read is.*
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