146 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 
2. (GLADIOLUS, 1: 
Flowers in a unilateral spike, somewhat irregular ; 
sepals and petals 3 each, all coloured, combined into a 
short tube; stigmas 3, broad, undivided. 
G. segetum, Gawl.; flowers numerous, purple, stem 
18-30 in., anthers longer than the filaments; cultivated 
land ; Geneva, Lugano. G. communis, L. (including z/ly- 
ricus, Koch); flowers. 5-10, stem 12-24 in., anthers 
shorter than the filaments; Canton-de-Vaud, Pyrenees. 
G. imbricatus, L.; very similar, but flowers more nume- 
rous, more crowded; Ticino. G. palustris, Gaud. ; spikes 
few- (2-5) flowered; anthers shorter than the filaments ; 
corm enveloped in a fibrous tissue; damp meadows; 
Switzerland (rare), Tirol, Lombardy, Salzburg. 
Order LXXXVII.—AMARYLLIDE. 
Flowers usually regular, solitary or few on a leafless 
scape; sepals and petals conspicuous, coloured, often 
united at the base, and with a crown at the mouth of the 
tube; stamens 6; stigmas I-3; ovary inferior, 3-celled ; 
seed-vessel usually a 3-celled capsule; leaves radical, 
springing from a bulb. A large order, belonging chiefly 
to the warmer Temperate and Tropical Zones; no truly 
alpine species. 
1. NARCISSUS, L. 
Flowers solitary or in umbels, large, yellow or white, 
enclosed in a brown membranous spathe; sepals and 
petals united below into a tube, the mouth of which is 
surmounted by a circular crown. 
