220 | HEXANDRIA.. MONOGYNIA. 
reforms which this and other species of the same genus re- 
quired, he suffered it still to stand asan Anthericum. Moeh- 
ringius, and after him Mr. Hudson, made it a distinct genus. 
It differs from the Anthericum in having a permanent blossom, 
woolly filaments, cylindrical seeds tapering to a point each 
way, and ending in a long thread-like appendage. 7v 
~ ASPARAGUS. Tourn, 154. Gert. 16.0 
Ca, Cup none. * | weet 
Buoss. Petals 6, oblong, permanent, connected by. the | 
claws into an upright tube. The 3 inner_petals alter- 
nate, reflected at the top. 
Sram. Filaments 6, thread-shaped, standing on the petals, 
_\' upright, shorter than the blossom. _Anthers roundish. 
Pisr. en turban-shaped, with 3 corners. Style very 
reg 
short. Summit a prominent point. as 
S. Vess. Berry globular, with 3 cells and a dot at the end, 
SEEDs 2, smooth, roundish, but angular on the inside. — 
., Ons. It is not easy to say whether the blossom is composed 
of 1 petal or of 6. The Flowers are pendant, though the 
is very short. Flowers either male or female, or hermaphro- 
dite. Seedsfromlto3. at agen 
CONVALLA’RIA. Tourn, 14, Lil. convall, @ Poly: 
gonatum. Gertn. 16, — Ade Aan 
alee 
Caz. Cup none, ) | oe 
Bross. 1 Petal, bell-shaped, smooth. Border with 6clefts, 
segments blunt, expanding, and reflected. if 
Sram. Filaments 6, awl-shaped, standing on the petal, 
shorter than the blossom. Anthers oblong, upright. _ 
Pist. Germen globular. Style thread-shaped, . longer. 
than the stamens. Swmmit lunt, 3-cornered. 9 
S. Viss. Berry globular, with 1 cell, but with 3 divisions 
at the base; spotted before it is ripe. os aes 
SEEDs ! or 2, roundish. ae ae ee 
Oss. In Convallaria maialis the blossom is globular, but : 
open and bell-shaped at its mouth ; in the other British species 
it is tubular below and bell-shaped upwards, and in all the 
species the unripe berry is spotted. ae eee 
