HEXANDRIA. 89 



British Plants of this Order. 



Botanical Generic Names. Common Names. 



2 Acorus 1 Myrtlegrass 



45 Allium 7 Garlick 



34 Anthericum 3 Spider-wort 



13 AsPARAGUsy 1 Asparagus 



1 Beuueris 1 Barberry 



11 Co.wallaria 4 Lily of the Valley 



3 Fkankenia 2 Frank-wort 



5 fritillaria 1 frutillary 



1 Galanthus 1 Snowdrop 



17 Hyacinthus 2 Hyacinth 



29 Juncus 18 Rush z 



4 Leucojum l Great spring snow- 



drop 



15 Narcissus 3 Daffodil 



35 Ornithogalum 3 Bethlem-star 



2 Peplis 1 Purslane 



22 Scilla 3 Starry Hyacinth 



5 Tulipa 1 Tulip 



y Asparagus was so much esteemed by the ancient Ro- 

 mans, and so highly cultivated, that in the neighbourhood of 

 Ravenna, Pliny says, three were sufficiently large to weigh a 

 pound: " Ecce altiles spectantur asparagi. Et Ravenna ternos 

 libris rependit." Lib. xix. c 4. 



z Of the twenty-nine species of Rush, all are of this Class 

 and Order, except Scirpus lacustrn and Juncus ctnglomeratus y which 

 are of the Class and Order Triandria monogynia. 



