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3. LEucojuM, L. 
Resembling Galanthus, but scape 2—6-flowered ; petals 
larger ; leaves more numerous and broader. 
L. e@estivum, L., Snowflake; scape 12-20 in., 3-6- 
flowered; damp meadows, rare; Yverdun, Jura, Pyre- 
nees. L. vernum, L. (Pl. 112); scape 8-15 in., I-3- 
flowered, flowering earlier than the last (March); damp 
meadows; Switzerland, not uncommon. 
Order LXXXVIII.—LILIACEZ. 
Flowers usually regular and conspicuous; sepals and 
petals usually three each, all brightly coloured, distinct or 
united; stamens usually 6; anthers bursting inwards; 
ovary superior ; styles 1-3; fruit a 3-celled capsule or 
berry; stem and leaves mostly springing from a bulb or 
creeping rhizome. A very large order, belonging to all 
climates, chiefly the warmer ; the number of alpine species 
is very small. 
1. CONVALLARIA, L. 
Flowers small, white, in racemes, nearly orbicular, on 
a leafless scape; leaves 2-3, elliptical, springing from 
a slender rhizome; fruit a berry. 
C. majalis, L., Lily of the Valley; fragrant; woods, 
common. 
2. POLYGONATUM, Tourn. 
Flowers axillary and solitary or in racemes, pendulous, 
usually greenish-white ; sepals and petals united below ; 
stem leafy, springing from a stout rhizome; perianth 
