HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Asparagus. 333 



N. Huds. 





Dicks, b. s.-E. bot. 535-/7. dan. 42-C/z/i. i. I£8. 1-Dod. 

 SOS. 2-L*b. obs. 47. l-Ger. em. 95. Z-J. R % ii. 633. 2- 

 . H. ox. iv. \.7-Pet. 66. 9. 



Stem ascending, cylindrical, 4- to 9 inches high. Root-leave* 

 strap-spear-shaped, flat, scored ; crooked stem-leaves lying close 

 to the stem. Fto<wer~scal?s, 2 to each fruit-stalk, spear-shaped, 

 alternate, concave. Petals strap-spear-shaped, a little concave, 

 greatly expanding, greenish on the outside, of a full yellow 

 1 within. Filaments woolly, yellow. Anthers scarlet. Antheri- 

 cum ossifragum. Linn. 



Asphodelus Lancastri&. Ger, em. 96. «. 2. Lancashire, or 

 Bastard Asphodel. Lancashire King* s-spear. Turf bogs. [Der- 



ftingham Moor, Norfolk. Mr. Crowe.— Bogs in the North, very 

 common. Mr. Woodward. Needwood Forest. Birmingham 

 Heath.] P. July, Aug.* 



urns 



ASPA 'RAGUS. Bloss. with 6 divisions, upright ; 



the tops of the 3 inner petals reflected : berry 

 superior ; 3-celled : seeds 2. 



A. Stem herbaceous^ cylindrical, upright : leaves bristle- officinalis. 



shaped : leaf- scales solitary or in pairs : male and fe- 

 male flowurs sometimes on distinct plants. 



Knlph. 6-Lud<w. 78-FA dan. 505-317/. oo-Sbeldr. 82- ' . 

 E . hot. 339-Mattb. Ml-Fuchs. ht-Trag. %VZ*% B. Hi. 

 726. l-GVr. 9+9 *l-Blackw. 33Q-Clus.il. lJS-Dod.JM. 

 1-Lob. obs. 458~&r.«wu 1110. 1-ParL 454.3-/*r. 501. 



6—Lonic. 1H. 2. 



Stems herbaceous, upright, panicled. Leaf-scales the outer 

 solitary, with 2 smaller ones within, from between which rise 3 9 

 and sometimes 4 and 5 strap-shaped leaves. This is the case in 

 the upper pan of the branches where there are no flowers, but in 

 tl^e lower part of the branches a small branch rises in their stead. 

 Fruit-stalks in pairs, limber, bearing 1 flower, pendent, with 

 a jointed knot. Bloss. bell-shaped ; inner petals longer. In the 

 cultivated varieties the male and female flowers are not on dis- 

 tinct plants. LiKK. The flowers are either male, or female, or 

 hermaphrodite. Seeds from 1 to 3. Bloss. yellowish green. Ber- 

 ries red. 



Common Asparagus. Sparagus y corruptly Sparrowgrass. 



Sperage. Meadows and rocks on the sea coast. Lizard Point. 



# It is belicred in Sweden to be noxious to sheep, and has been sup- 

 posed to soften th€ bones of animals that eat it, but this opinion \ran» 

 fenfirxnatign. Cows and horses eat it. Sheep and swine refuse it. 



