PLATE CCLX.
ORNITHOGALUM ODORATUM.
Sweet-scented Star of Bethlehem.
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx nullus.
Corolla. Petala sex, lanceolata, infra medium erecta, supra medium patentia, persistentia, colorem demittentia.
Stamina. Filamenta sex, erecta, alterna basi dilatata, corolla breviora. Antheræ simplices.
Pistillum. Germen angulatum. Stylus subulatus, persistens. Stigma obtusum.
Pericarpium. Capsula subrotunda, angulata, trilocularis, trivalvis.