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ASPHODELUS LUTEUS. YELLOW ASPHODEL, 

 Or KlNGSPEAR. 



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HEXANDRIA MoNOGYNlA. 



Generic CharacJer. 



Cor. 6-partita. Stam. filamemis bafi latioribus fornicatis 

 (Neclarium Linn.) germen tegentibus. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



ASPHODELUS luteus ; caulefoliofo, foliis triquetris ftriatis. 



Spec. Plant. 443. Wiltd. Sp. PL 2. p. 132. 



Blacktvell t. 233. Jacq. Hort. 1. p. 32. /. 77. 



#«/>£. Gr»/, 8. n. 9. A/ar/. A////. DU1. n. 1. 

 ASPHODELUS caule foliofo, foliis angulatis, ftriatis, ftipulis 



maximis. Hall. Helv. n. 1206. 

 ASPHODELUS luteus flore et radice. Baub. Pin. 28. 

 ASPHODELUS fcemina. Cam. Epit. 372. 

 ASPHODELUS luteus. Dodon. Coron. p. 142, 143. Dod. 



Pempt. 208. Rati Hijl. 1192. 

 ASPHODELUS luteus minor five haftula regia. Park. Parad. 



p. 147. /. 149. /. 3. 

 ASPHODELUS luteus major. IVetnm. Phyt. t. 185. 6. 



Of the three fpecies of Afphodel cultivated in our gardens 

 the luteus is by far the moft common ; which is eafily ac- 

 counted for, as it is perfectly hardy, will grow in any foil, and 

 multiplies greatly by offsets, by which it fpreads fo much as to 

 require frequent reducing. Its flowering Items, covered with 

 three-cornered ftriated leaves fancifully curling round it, rife 

 to the height of two or three feet, terminated with a fpike of 

 flowers, a foot or more in length. Corolla nearly fix-petaled, 

 the ungues only being united together : petals yellow with a 

 green ftripe, fomewhat irregular, four of them growing croffwife 

 and two inferted between the three uppermoft, thus leaving the 

 lowermoft petal {landing alone. Stamens and ftyle affurgent, 

 three of the filaments much fhorter than the others. Seed-veffel 

 globular. Seeds angular. Flowers from May to the end of July. 



The yellow fucculent roots, the ftems, and the feeds, we learn 

 from Haller, who derives his information from Suidas and 

 Baptist Porta, are all convertible into bread, but we do not 

 find that any other author has noticed the edible nature of this 

 plant. It is a native of Sicily ; was cultivated here by Ger a ro 

 in 1596. 



