LILIACEAE 283 



* Lapageria rosea. Chilean Bell Flower. 15. June-October. E. Climber. 

 Ls. alternate, ov., 4, entire, pointed, heart-shaped or rounded base, dark glossy 

 green, stiff and leathery, 3-5-nerved, short-stalked. Fls. 3, crimson, bell-shaped, 

 drooping, solitary or in few-flowered clusters in terminal 1. -axils. Fruit 2, egg- 

 shaped, 3-sided. Chile. (Fig. 38 b.) 



* Philesia buxifolia. 3. September-October. E. Branchlets angled, hairless. 

 Ls. alternate, lane, or oblong, i ^, entire, stiff, dark green above, grey-green below, 

 with green midrib, margins recurved, terminated by a beak which is often yellow. 

 Fls. 2, rosy red, solitary at end of shoot. Fruit a berry. South Chile. (Fig. 38 c.) 



PHORMIUM. Ls. long, linear or awl-shaped, entire, pointed, green, keeled, 

 very tough, rising in a tuft at ground-level. Fls. 2, in large panicle. 



* P. Cokfisoi. Mountain Flax. 5. Summer. E. Ls. 60 x 2, pale green. Fls. 



yellow or yellowish red. Seed vessel twisted. New Zealand. (Fig. 40 a.) 

 Variety variegatum. Variegated form. 



* P. tenax. New Zealand Flax. 9. Summer. E. Ls. 108x5, ^^^^ green, 



margins red or orange-coloured. Fls. red. Seed vessel not twisted. 

 New Zealand. 



Variety alpinmn. Dwarf. 



Variety purpureum. Ls. purple. 



Variety variegatum. Ls. striped with yellow. 



Variety Veitchii. Ls. with broad yellow stripe down middle. 



RUSCUS. Stems green. Ls. alternate, entire, pointed, set in vertical plane 

 (are really l.-like branches), stiff and leathery. Fls. I, solitary or in few-flowered 

 clusters in centre of 'leaf.' Fruit a red berry. 



R. aculeatus. Butcher's Broom. 3. March- April. E. Stems grooved, 

 branched. Ls. ov., i|, spine-tipped. Fls. white. Europe (including 

 Britain). (Fig. 38 f.) 

 R. hypoglossum. i-|. March-April. E. Stems unbranched. Ls. ov., lane, 4, 

 not spine-tipped. Fls. yellowish, in axil of l.-like bract on upper surface 

 of 'leaf.' South Europe. (Fig. 38 G.) 

 R. hypophyllum. i. March-April. E. Stems unbranched. Ls. ov., 2i, not 

 spine-tipped. Fls. white, in small cluster in axil of minute bract on 

 upper surface of 'leaf.' South-west Europe and North Africa. 



SMILAX. Climbers with prickly stems. Ls. alternate, ov., entire, pointed, 

 heart-shaped base, palmately veined, hairless, a pair of tendrils at base of 1. -stalk. 

 Fls. small, greenish yellow or white. Fruit a berry. 



S. aspera. Rough Bindweed. August-September. E. Stems zigzagged, 

 angled. Ls. 4, often prickly on margins and midrib below. Fls. in terminal 

 and axillary racemes. Berry red. Mediterranean region. (Fig. 38 d.) 

 S. hispida. Hag Brier. June. D. Stems very bristly. Ls. 6, sometimes 

 straight or tapering. Fls. in axillary clusters, stalk of cluster longer than 

 1. -stalk. Berry black. North America. 

 S. rotundifolia. Horse Brier. June. D. Stems 4-angled, with a few short 

 prickles between joints. Ls. nearly circular, 3. Fls. in axillary clusters, 

 stalk of cluster not longer than 1. -stalk. Berry bluish black. North 

 America. (Fig. 38 e.) 



