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3. Leucojum, L. 



Resembling Galanthus^ but scape 2-6-flowered ; petals 

 larger ; leaves more numerous and broader. 



L. cestivumy 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., 1-3- 

 flowered, flowering earlier than the last (March); damp 

 meadows; Switzerland, not uncommon. 



Order LXXXVHL— LILIACEiE. 



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. 



I. 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. majalisy L., Lily of the Valley; fragrant; woods, 

 common. 



2. POLYGONATUM, Toum. 

 Flowers axillary and solitary or in racemes, pendulous, 

 usually greenish-white ; sepals and petals united below ; 

 stem leafy, springing from a stout rhizome; perianth 



