LILIACE.E 



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but also met with wild. They are larger plants 

 with more numerous leaves, and with rather long 

 and narrow greenish-white flowers, drooping on one 

 side of the flower-stalk, like the Lily of the Valley. 



Order XCVII. Liliacea (n genera) 



Though considerably restricted by the removal 

 of several small groups of plants, the Liliacetz still 

 include a considerable number of plants, with large 

 handsome flowers, with a 6-lobed perianth and 

 6 stamens, and generally a bulbous root and large 

 leaves. To this Order, as restricted, belong the 

 Tulips, Lilies, Onions, Hyacinths, etc. 



Wild Tulip — Tulipa sylvestris 



(Plate CIII) 



The Wild Tulip flowers in May and June, but 

 is a scarce flower in the south of England. The 

 bulb is succulent throughout, not fibrous. The 

 flower-stalk bears only a single yellow flower, of an 

 agreeable odour. There are 3 long and 3 short 

 stamens, which are rough and hairy at the base. 



Broad Garlic — Allium ursinum 



(Plate CIV) 



This is one of the commonest species of wild 

 Garlic in the British Islands ; though there are 

 several others. It usually grows in damp woods. 

 The flower-stalk is almost bare, the flower-heads 

 are arranged in equally long umbels, and the leaves 

 are stalked, broad, and lanceolate. The roots 

 consist of long whitish bulbs, clustered together. 

 There are about 1 2 white, strongly smelling flowers 

 in each flower-head. The seed is almost kidney- 

 shaped, black and wrinkled. 



Yellow Day-flower — Hemerocallis flava 

 (Plate CV) 



This is not a British plant, but is allied to the 

 Hyacinths, among which the Bluebell (Endymioii 

 nutans), with its long leaves, hollow stalk, and 

 heads of bright blue flowers, is common in woods 

 in spring in most parts of the country. 



The Yellow Day-flower is found in swampy woods 



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