THE SNOAVDEOP FAMILY. 397 



13. White Moitntain Orchis — {Habendria dlbida.) 

 Grassy mountainous pastures. Tintwistle. Unsworth. (J. P.) 



Stalybridge Brushes. Fl. June. 

 Curtis, iii. 534; E. B. viii. 505 (as Satyrium albidum); Baxter, v. 387 (as 



Feristylus alhidus). 



Epipactis palustris (E. B. iv. 270.) and Malaxis paludosa (Curtis, iv. 638.) are 

 inserted in Buxton's " Guide." 



CXXVIIL— THE SNOWDROP FAMILY. AmaryllidecB. 



In structure and beautiful appearance, the members of this family 

 closely agree with the Liliacese. The only essential difference is in 

 the position of the perianth and stamens with regard to the ovary. 



Fig. 199. 

 Polyanthus-narcissus. 



which here is "inferior" or underneath them. The stamens, except in 

 the Narcissus triandrus, are always six. Very few species are found 

 in northern Europe, but with every step southward the numbers 

 increase, the maximum being in South America and at the Cape of 

 Good Hope. A very large proportion are cultivated for the sake of 

 their lovely flowers. There are in all about four hundred. 



Five grow wild in England, two of them occurring near Manchestei*. 



