HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Naithecium. 151 

 194. NARTHECIUM. Bog-asphodel. 



Moehrhig in Eph. Nat. Cur. v. 6. 389. t.o.f. 1. Iluds. 145. Fl. Br. 

 368. Pursh 214. 



Nat. Orel, see n, 1 90. 



Cal. none. Petals 6, inferior, linear-lanceolate, spreading, 

 ribbed, membranous at the edges, permanent ; 3 of them 

 interior ; all finally hardened, and converging round the 

 capsule. Filam, opposite to each petal, and not so long, 

 erect, awl-shaped, woolly all over, except a small space at 

 the top and bottom, permanent. Anth. terminal, oblong, 

 converging, smooth; finally twisted. Germ, superior, 

 oblong, triangular, tapering upwards into a short conical 

 style. Stigma simple. Caps, oblong, tapering, pointed, 

 bluntly triangular, with 3 intermediate furrows, 3 acute 

 rigid valves, and 3 cells, bearing central partitions, which 

 are joined at their base to the short central column. 

 Seeds numerous, erect, small, oblong, smooth, each in- 

 vested with a pale, membranous tunie, tapering, and 

 greatly elongated, at each end, equalling the whole cap- 

 sule in length. 



Root creeping, perennial. Leaves sword-shaped, entire. 

 Stem simple, leafy. Cluster terminal, erect, many-flowered. 

 Bracteas 2 to each partial stalk. Fl. yellow. 



1. N. ossifragum. Lancashire Bog-asphodel. 



Cluster uninterrupted. One bractea at the base, the other 

 above the middle, of each partial stalk. 



N. ossifragum. Iluds. ]45. Hlth.339. FL Dr.SGS. Engl.Bot. 



V. 8. t. 535. Hook. Lond. t. 139. Scot. 103. Wahlenh. Lapp. 78. 

 Anthericum ossifruguni. Linn. Sp. P/. 446. Fl. Lapp. ed. 2. 105. 



JViUd. r.2.147. Fl.Dan. t. 42. 

 Asphodelus Lancastriae. Ger. Em. 95./. 

 A. luteus palustris. Dod. Pempf. 208. f. 

 A. minimus luteus acorifolius palustris. Lob. Ic. 92./. 

 Pscudoasphodelus palustris anglicus. Bauh. Pin. 29. 

 Ps, palustris. Bauh. Thcatr. ^)')\. f. 

 Phalangium anglicum palustre, iridis folio. Raii Syu. 375. 



In black turfy bogs. 



Perennial. Juhj, Auiiust. 



Hoot tuberous and creeping. II rh smooth, rather firm and rigid. 

 Stem ascending, roimdisli, leafy, 6 or 8 inches higli, not quite 

 straight. Leaves partly in radical tufts, 2-ranked, sword-shaped, 

 ribbed, obliquely pointed, half the height of the stem ; partly 



