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Urginea scilla, Steinh. (U. maritima, Baker). Sea-onion. Squill. Height 1-3 ft.: bulb 4-6 in. thick: lvs. appearing after the fls., lanceolate, somewhat fleshy and glaucous, glabrous, 1 – 1 1/2 ft. long, 2-4 in. wide above middle: racemes 1 – 1 1/2 ft. long, 1 - 1 1/2 in. wide, 50-100-fld.: fls. 1/2 in. across, whitish, with the oblong segms. keeled, greenish purple. Autumn. Canaries to Syria, S. Afr. B.M. 918 (as Ornithogalum Squilla).—In Italy it is said to be seen often blooming in many houses on top of shelves or cupboards, the bulbs producing their long spikes of fls., which last in perfection for weeks, without earth or water.
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