Hyacinthoides italica, (L.) Rothm.

3. H. italica (L.) Rothm. , op. cit. 15 (1944)

( Scilla italica L. ).

Leaves 2-6, 10-25 cm x 3-6(-12) mm, linear to linear-lanceolate, shorter to longer than scape. Racemes 6- to 30-flowered, dense. Perianth-segments 5-7 mm, patent, bluish-violet (rarely white). Stamens inserted at base of perianth; anthers blue. Woods and rocky places. • S.E. France, N.W. Italy; S.W. Portugal. 2n=16. Ga?Hs It Lu.

Plants from S.W. Portugal with smaller stature (not more than 10 cm), few-flowered racemes and yellow anthers, have sometimes been recognized as a separate species, H. vicentina (Hoffmanns. & Link) Rothm., loc. cit. (1944) ( Scilla vicentina Hoffmanns. & Link), but are probably not more than varietally distinct.

Scilla reverchonii Degen & Hervier , Magyar Bot. Lapok 5: 7 (1906) ( Endymion reverchonii (Degen & Hervier) Breistr. ), from S.E. Spain (Sierra de Cazorla), appears to belong in this genus and is like 3 but with leaves more or less equalling the scape, lax-flowered raceme and deep blue perianth with erect segments. It has seldom been collected and requires further study. It has 2/ i= 16.