90 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
covered the ground under the trees, as the common fern 
does in other parts. 
HeEeXxANDRIA. MonoGynia. 
PETALOIDEZ. LILIACE. 
HYACINTHUS. (Hyactrnrs.) 
Generic Character. Calyx none. Corolla of one petal, with 
a somewhat bell-shaped tube, divided at the top into six parts, 
each rolled back. Seed-vessel roundish, three-cornered, and having 
three cells. 
Hyacrntuus non scriptus. Wild Hyacinth. This well- 
known plant makes the hedges, thickets, and woods look 
gay towards the end of the month, and where it is found 1s 
generally very abundant. The clusters of blue drooping 
flowers are very pretty, the leaves are numerous and pale 
green. Stalk about a foot high. Some of the old writers 
call this the Hare-Bell; but that term is now confined to the 
Campanula rotundifolia. 
The genus is supposed to derive its name from the youth 
Hyacinthus, who was killed by Apollo, and said to be 
changed into this plant, the leaves having dark marks 
showing the initials of his name. The only British species 
