LILIACE^— LILY TEIBE 239 



stamens 3 on different plants from the pistils; filaments connected at the 

 base; style surrounded by a nectary. Name said by Sir W. Hooker to 

 have been anciently Bruscus, from Bruskelen, in Celtic, Box-holly. 



3. Lily of the Valley {Convalldria). — Perianth 6-cleft, bell-shaped; 

 stamens 6, distinct, inserted at the base of the perianth ; stigma 1. Name 

 from the Latin convaUis, a valley, from the usual place of growth of some of 

 the species. 



4. May Lily (Maianthemum). — Perianth in 4 segments; stamens 4 

 attached to the base of the segments; ovary 2-celled, style short, stigma 

 2-lobed; berry Avhite. Name from the Greek maios, May, and anfhonon, 

 flower. 



5. Solomon's Seal (Pohjgondtim). — Perianth cylindrical, shortly 6-cleft, 

 with erect segments ; stamens 6, distinct, inserted on the middle of the tube 

 of the perianth ; stigma L 



Ch-owp IL The Spider-wort G-roup (Anther iccce). 

 Eoot not bulbous ; fruit, a dry capsule. 



6. Simethis. — Perianth 6-parted ; stamens 6, distinct ; filaments bearded. 

 Name from the Sicilian nymph, Simethis. 



Ghmq) III. The Squill Group (Scilkce). 

 Root bulbous ; fruit, a capsule ; fiower-stalk leafless. 



7. Grape Hyacinth (Muscdri). — Perianth inferior, almost globose, con- 

 tracted at the mouth, 6-toothed. Named from the Greek moschos, musk, 

 from the odour of some of the species. 



8. Garlic (^^/«<w).— Perianth of 6 spreading pieces ; flowers in an 

 umbel, having at the base a 2-leaved sheath. Name, the Latin name of the 

 plant. 



9. Squill {Sdlla). — Perianth of 6 spreading pieces ; flowers not arising 

 from a sheath, forming a cluster, and falling off as the seed ripens. Name 

 from Greek, skilla, to injure. 



10. Star of Bethlehem (OmitJidgalum). — Perianth of 6 spreading 

 pieces, which do not fall off, without a sheath, and growing in clusters on a 

 leafless stalk. Name from the Greek ornis, a bird, and gala, milk. 



Group IV. The Tulip Group (TuUpece). 



Root bulbous ; fruit, a dry capsule. 



IL GAgea. — Perianth of 6 pieces, spreading, without a nectary; anthers 

 erect, attached to the filaments by their bases ; style conspicuous. Named 

 in honour of Sir Thomas Gage. 



12. Lloydia. — Perianth of 6 nearly equal spreading pieces, not falling 

 off; anthers erect; flower solitary, or 2 on a stem. Named in honour of 

 Mr. Edward Lloyd, who first discovered this to be a British plant. 



13. Tulip {Tulipa). — Perianth bell-shaped, of 6 pieces, without a nectary, 

 not falling off; anthers erect; stigmas without styles; flowers solitary, 

 rarely 2 on a stem. Name from tulipan, the Persian word for a turban. 



