Hyacinthoides Medicus Hyacinthoides non-scripta, (L.) Chouard ex Rothm.

28. Hyacinthoides Medicus 1 ( Endymion Dumort. )

Like Scilla but bulb-scales coalescent, completely renewed each year; bracts 2. Perianth campanulate or the segments patent.

Literature: P. Chouard. Types de Développement de TAppareil végétatif chez les Scillées. Thèse. Paris. 1930.

1 Perianth-segments 5-7 mm, patent; filaments inserted at base of perianth; leaves 4—8(—14) mm wide 3. italica 1 Perianth ± campanulate, the segments 14-20 mm; filaments inserted above base or at middle of perianth; leaves 7-35

mm wide 2 Racemes unilateral, nodding towards apex; flowers scented;

anthers cream-coloured 1. non-scripta 2 Racemes not or only slightly unilateral, erect; flowers not scented; anthers blue 2. hispanica

1. H. non-scripta (L.) Chouard ex Rothm. , Feddes Repert. 53: 14 (1944)

( Scilla non-scripta (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link, Endymion nutans Dumort. ; incl. E. cernuus (L.) Willk. ).

Leaves 3-6, 20-50 cm x 7-15(-25) mm, linear to linear-lanceolate, as long as or slightly shorter than scape. Raceme 4- to 16-flowered, unilateral, nodding towards apex. Perianth cylindrical-campanulate, the segments 14-20 mm, violet-blue, rarely pink or white, recurved at apex. Stamens unequal, the outer inserted at middle of perianth; anthers cream-coloured. 2n=16, 24. Woods, scrub and heaths. • W. Europe, northwards to N. Scotland; locally naturalized from gardens in C. Europe. Be Br Ga Hb Ho Hs Lu [*Ge It Rm].