114 SWISS FLOWERS. 



■white flowers, something like the white Lily of our gardens, 

 but much smaller and more frail. The stamens, unequal 

 in length, and pistil are yellow. Generally only two or 

 three flowers are open at the same time ; when they begin 

 to fade they very soon wither and shrivel up. The scent is 

 sweet. The leaves spring from the root; they are very 

 narrow and long. Mountain-rocks and pastures. 



94. Lloydia. 



(PLATE LV.) 



Lloydia serotina, or Anthericum serotinum (Fig. 94), a 

 pretty little flower which is classed by some as an Antheri- 

 cum, to which the last Lily belongs. It has a bulbous 

 root, and grows from three to five inches high, bearing a 

 single flower with six segments, and six yellow stamens, 

 inserted at the base of the flower. The segments are white 

 within, petal-like, and marked with from one to three 

 reddish-purple lines, being purple at the base without. The 

 root-leaves are very long, thread-like, and half cylindrical, 

 those of the stem shorter and linear. It has been found on 

 the Welsh mountains, but is very rare there. In pastures 

 on the top of the Alps : Great St. Bernard, Mont Cenis, 

 Eifl'el. 



