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Flower solitary (very rarely 2 together). 
- leaves till after flowering; tube of the flower com--~ 
mencing below the ground. | 
: Colchicum autumna'le. Meadow S affron 2 
ps es present; flowers stalked. 
| -Flowers bell-shaped, with wide segments. 
oe yellow, not variegated, nearly erect when 
out. 
Tulipa sylves'tris. Wild Tulip. J 
ee ers chequered in lines and spots, usually~ 
| red-purple, drooping. ; 
Fritilla‘ria Melea’gris. Sxate’s-head. 
~Flowers with narrow, spreading segments, white with~ 
red lines ; (Snowdon Range only). J 
2 Lloydiia serot’/ina. 
Flowers several. 
Flowers yellow, their stalks nearly from the same ~ 
é point. | 
L Ga/gea lu'tea. Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem- 
Flowers not yellow. 
Flowers (or little “bulbs’’) in a dense, rounded 
head, or on stalks all springing from one poy 
in an umbel. Allium. 
Flowers not in a head or umbel. 
pElers narrowly bell-shaped, the segments~ 
spreading only at the tips. | 
L Scilla nutans. Bluebell 
Flower segments spreading throughout. 
as blue or purple. B 
L Scilla. J 
Flowers white or greenish. 
ie gts not + inch, greenish; styles 3 > 
leaves set edge-ways to the stem. 
L Tofiel'dia palus'tris - 
Flowers over } inch across; style single (or 
hidden by the wide stamens); leaves not | 
edge-ways. , 
Ornithog’alum. Star-of-Bethlehem. 
