Ipp «EXAND. — -MONOG. 



3. TRIGYNIA. 



19. CoLCHicuM. Perianth single, tubular, very long;, rising 

 from a spatha ; limb campanulate, G-partite, petaloid. Caps. 

 3-cellecl ; cells united at the base. 



18, Triglochin. Periantk single, of 6 concave, deciduous 

 leaves, the three inner ones inserted higher up. Anlhers ses- 

 sile, posterior. Capsules 3 — G, united by a longitudinal re- 

 ceptacle. 



16. RuMEX. Pericwtli single, of 6 leaves. Nut triquetrous, 

 covered bv the three interior valviform leaves of the Perianth. 



17. ToFiKi.DiA. Perianth single, 6-partite, petaloid, with a 

 small tripartite invohicre. Caps, 3 — 6-celled, cells united at 

 the base, many-seeded. 



4. POLYGYNIA. 



20. Alisma. Ca/. of 3 leaves. Petals 3. Capsules m:\ny dustcr- 

 ed, but distinct, not opening, 1 -seeded. E?«^'r^omuch curved. 



I. MONOGYNIA. 



1. GALANTHUS. 



I. G. 7iivalis [Snoifdrop). E.B.t. 19. 



Hab. Banks about Castlemilk, Glasg., abundant, Hopk. Arniston 

 woods, Edinb. in the greatest abundance, covering whole acres of 

 ground, Maitgh. and Mr. Shuter. Naturalized as in England. FL 

 Feb. H. 



One of the earliest heralds of spring, and, as such, independently of 

 its graceful form, a general favourite. Bulb ovate. Leaves 2, broadly 

 linear, glaucous green. Floicer drooping, large, solitary, white j in- 

 ner segments of the perianth with green lines. 



2. NARCISSUS. 

 1. N. pseudo- Narcissus {common Daffodil), spatha 1-flowered, 

 nectary campanulate erect curled at the margin obsoletely 

 (j-cleft as long as the ovate segments of the perianth. K. B. 

 1. 17. 



Hab. Meadows in the neighbourhood of Culross, Maitgh. ^Vood at 

 Dunoon, scarcely indigenous^ Mr. Murray. Ft. Aj)r. '2/ , 



3. ALLIUM. 



* Cauline leaves plane. Stam. alternatehj tricuspidate. 

 1. A. arenarium {Sand Garlick), umbels bearing bulbs compact 



spherical, leaves linear with cylindrical sheaths, spatha short 



obtuse, petals roughish on the keel. Light/, p. 179. E. B. 



t. 1358. 

 Hab. Foot of mountains in sandy soils, but not common^ Lighif. 



Dupplin^ Perthshire, Mr. Winch. Fl July. 1/ . 



