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Galanthus (Species are confined to Europe)

The species are confined to Europe and Western Asia. To the species and varieties described on p. 41, Vol. II., the following should now be added: G. nivalis caucasicus (Caucasian). fl., outer segments pure white, broader, more convex on the back, and with a narrower claw, than in the genuine G. nivalis, 3/4in. to 1in. long, the inner ones obovate-cuneate, with a deep notch and two erect, rounded lobes, only marked green outside in a horse-shoe patch round the notch, but within streaked with green and white more than half-way down. The varieties latifolius (=Redoutei) and virescens belong to this sub-species.