Manual of British botany, containing the flowering plants and ferns / arranged according to the natural orders by Charles Cardale Babington.

  • Babington, Charles C. (Charles Cardale), 1808-1895.
Date:
1881
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Manual of British botany, containing the flowering plants and ferns / arranged according to the natural orders by Charles Cardale Babington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    7. Scix'la Linn, Squill. 1. S. autumndlis (L.); 1. liuear many, raceme lax, peduncles ascendino', bracts 0.—E. B. 78. R. x. 4(33.—Height 4—6 in. Fl. purplish blue with a green line down the back, in perfection before the 1. appear.—Dry pastiu-es in the South and West. P. Vin. Autumnal Squill. E. 2. S. ver'na (Huds.); 1. linear channelled hooded at the end many, raceme few-flowered corymbose, bracts lanceolate as long as or longer than the pedimcles.—E. B. 23. R. x. 463.—Height 4—5 in. Fl. blue. L. as long as or longer than the stalk.— Western and Northern coasts. P. IV. V. Vernal Squill. E. S. I. 8. Al'lium Linn. Garlic. * Alternate stamens broader and o-})ointed, the middle ]}oini alone bearing an anther. Poehum Tourn. t Stem-leaves flat or keeled, not hollow. *A. Ampelo})'rasum (L.); st. leafy below, 1. linear, spath long, umbel (jlobose compact, stam. exserted, anther-bearing point of 3-pointed filaments as long as the imdivided part, bulb compound of 2—4 divisions.—E. B. 1657.—Bulb with large off- sets within its coats. St. 2—6 feet high. L. long, linear. Spath parting at the base, and falhngoft'in one piece before the fl. open; horn 1—2 in. long. El. pale purple, the keel of the outer subemargiuate segments greenish find roughish. Germen rather globose ; transverse projections at about the middle; lower sjiaces slightly excavated. Head-bulbs very rare, when present small, the size of peas.—Steep Plohnes Lilands in the Severn (remains of former cultivation). Clifts in Guerusev. P. vni. E. fl. A. Babingtihiii (Borr.); st. leafy below, 1. acutely keeled, spath long-pointed, umbel loose irreffular with hemispherical bulbs, stam. exserted, anther-bearimi point of 3-pointed filaments rather shorter than the undivided part and jcjy/j an incurved tip when younc/, bulb compound of few (2) divisions.—E. B. S. 2906.—St. 4—6 feet high. L. long, linear, broad. Heads large, ^vith many bulbs about as large as hazelnuts (a character quite constant in cidtivatiou). Spath usually deciduous in two pieces or persistent; horn 1—2 in. long. El. pale reddish purple, rather few, more conical than in the procodiug, only slightly opening; outcu segments with a green keel, ovate- oblong, with callous points, edges and back rough with miuute pellucid points; inner segments slightly emarginate and with- out points. Lengthened stalks 1—2 in. long, bearing seco7idary
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