Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE- 	Plate No. 341

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-COMMON_NAMES- Byzantine Squill
-GENUS- Scilla
-SPECIES- Scilla amaena
-CLASS- Hexandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Linnaeus
-MODERN_GENUS- Scilla 
-MODERN_SPECIES- Scilla amoena
-MODERN_FAMILY- Liliaceae. Also placed in Hyacinthaceae.
-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- "The blossoms are violet-coloured."
-SEASON- "It flowers in early May."
-NATIVE_REGION- "A native of the Levant" (Eastern Mediteranean countries.)
-ZONE- 7
-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 10
-PUB_DATE- 1796
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR- William Curtis
-ARTIST- S. Edwards
-NALPCD- Disc 0416 IMG0084.PCD
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