LILY FAMILY 



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meadows are with Daisies. In a few weeks after their flowering 

 no part of the plant is visible but the dry capsules containing 

 black, shining seeds.— Fl. April, May. Perennial. 



■Differing from Scilla mainly 



10. Endymion (Wild Hyacinth). - 

 in the perianth which is cam- 

 pan ulate, with united, reflexed 

 segments. (Name, that of 

 the beautiful shepherd of 

 Greek mythology, whose pro- 

 longed sleep may be sug- 

 gested by the drooping in- 

 florescence.) 



I. E. non-scriptum (Wild 

 Hyacinth, Bluebell). — Too 

 well-known a favourite to need 

 much description. Leaves 

 10 — 18 in. long, sub-acute, 

 produced in spring, before 

 the stout, drooping, stalked, 

 bracteate raceme of 6 — 12 

 blue, rarely pink or white, 

 pendulous ftcwers, which have 

 a bell-shaped perianth of 

 united segments, and yellow, 

 included anthers. — Woods ; 

 abundant. The name Hya- 

 cinthus was originally given to 

 some species of Lily into 

 which the youth Hyacinthus 

 was fabled to have been 

 changed by Apollo. The 

 petals were marked with dark 

 spots, arranged so as to re- 

 semble the Greek word AI, 

 alas ! The present species, 

 however, having no such 

 characters on its petals, was 

 named Hyacinthus non-scrip- 

 tus (not written) by Linnaeus, 



and, having been made into a distinct genus, was once called 

 Agraphis. It is sometimes confused with the Harebell {Campanula 

 rotundifolia), the Bluebell of Scotland. — Fl. May, June. Perennial. 



11. Ornithogalum (Star of Bethlehem). — Closely allied to 



ENDYMION NON-SCKIPTL'.M {IViid Hyacinth). 



