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which is stiff and erect. The leaves are linear 

 below, flattened vertically, sheathed below, and in 

 two rows. The upper are reduced to short scales. 



Bright-yellow in colour, and in a stiff, terminal 

 raceme, the flowers are large, the scape having a few, 

 clasping, short leaves. The perianth-segments are 

 nearly equal, spreading, sword-shaped, lance-shaped, 

 linear to oblong, pointed, green on the back, longer 

 than the stamens, not so long as the capsule, 

 persistent. There is a single awl-like bracteole at 

 the base of the ultimate flower-stalks, and a second 

 above the middle. The anther-stalks are white 

 and woolly. The anthers are deep orange. The 

 capsule is smooth, red or dark yellow, and pointed, 

 oblong, triangular, narrow, with six longitudinal 

 furrows. The seeds have an awl-like point at each 

 end, and are pale yellow. 



The Bog Asphodel is 6 to 12 in. high. It flowers 

 in July and August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



There is a similarity between the stamens of the 

 Bog Asphodel and those of Simethis, the anther- 

 stalks being bearded. The style is simple as in the 

 latter. The flowers are scented like those of 

 Hahenaria hifolia. There is no honey. The anthers 

 and stigma ripen simultaneously. The flowers are 

 pollen flowers. But insects also visit them for the 

 sweet sap in the tissues. 



Being three-valved below the capsule allows the 

 seeds to fall out near the plant or to be blown away 

 by the wind. 



