128 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Galanthus. 



204.. RUMEX. Cal. of 3 leaves. Pet. 3. Seed 1, naked, 



triangular. 

 2Q5, TOFIELDIA. Cal, 3-cleft. Pet. 6. Capsules 3, 



with many seeds. 



Elatine-. 



Order IF. POLYGYNIA. Pisiih numerous. 



209. ALISMA. Ca/.of 3 leaves. P^if. 3. Caps. 6 or more^ 

 affffre^ate. Seeds 1 or 2. 



H EX A ND R I A MONOGYNIA . 

 184. GALANTHUS. Snowdrop. 



Linn. Gen. 160. Jiiss.5d. Fl. Br. 3r>2. Lam. t. 230. 



Narcissoleucoium. Tourn. t. 208. B. 



Nat. Ord. Spathacecc. Linn. 9. Narcissi. Juss. 17. Amaryl" 

 lidece. Br. Pr. 296. Two following genera the same. 



Cal. none. Pet. 6, superior, regular, deciduous ; 3 outer- 

 most obovate, concave, spreading, equal ; 3 innermost 

 shorter, intermediate, erect, wedge-shaped, obtuse, with a^ 

 notch, internally furrowed. Filam. from the summit of 

 the germen, capillary, very short, erect. Anth. terminal, 

 much longer, shorter than the inner petals, erect, con- 

 verging, lanceolate, acute, vvith a bristly point, discharg- 

 ing their pollen by 2 terminal pores. Germ, inferior, 

 o-lobose, abrupt. Style cylindrical, longer than the sta- 

 mens. Stigma simple, acute. Caps, nearly globular, 

 with 3 obtuse angles, of 3 cells, and 3 valves, each valve 

 with a central partition. Seeds numerous, globose, at- 

 tached to the partitions. 



Boot a coated bulb. Leaves radical, in pairs, linear, entire. 

 Fl. on a radical stalk, solitarv, drooping, with a distant. 



