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reduced to minute scales, with fascicles of needle-like 
branches in their axils; fruit a berry. 
A. officinalis, L., Asparagus ; stem 20-40 in., flower- 
stalk jointed near the middle, berry about the size of a 
pea; stony places near water; Switzerland, rare. A. 
tenutfolius, L.; stem 12-20 in., flower-stalk jointed close 
to the flower, berry about the size of a cherry; mountain 
woods ; Ticino, Dauphiny, rare. 
6. Roses, -L: 
Flowers unisexual and dicecious ; stem shrubby; leaves 
reduced to minute scales, and bearing in their axils leaf- 
like branches (cladodes), with the flowers on their upper 
surface; stamens 3, united into a short column; fruit 
usually a I-celled berry. 
R. aculeatus, L., Butcher’s-Broom, Knee-Holly ; stem 
IO-24 in., erect, cladodes very stiff, ending in a short 
spine, berry bright red; stony thickets; Southern Switzer- 
land, Jura, Savoy, Dauphiny, Pyrenees, rare. 
7, LLOYDIA, Salisb. 
Flowers erect, white or yellow, solitary ; stem usually 
simple, leafy, springing from a small scaly bulb; leaves 
linear ; seed-vessel a 3-celled capsule. 
L. serotina, Rchb. (Pl. 113); stem 2-8 in., flowers 
solitary, milk-white with yellowish base and three red 
streaks, leaves linear; rocky places, very high. 
8. LILIUM, L. 
Flowers large, white, yellow, or red; sepals and petals 
distinct; stem leafy, springing from a bulb covered with 
