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Illustrations. — De Candolle, " Plantes Grasses," tab. 118. Curtis, " Flora 

 Londin." 3, pi. 113. Sowerby, "English Bot." ed. 3, pi. 533. Reichenbach, 

 " Flora German." 23, tab. 57. Zenker, " Flor. Thuringen," 5, tab. 579. 



A European species long cultivated in gardens, and sometimes 

 run wild in areas where it is not indigenous. It makes a fine mass 



xl x3 



Fig. 154. — S. multiceps Coss. and Dur. 



of golden-yellow when in bloom, resembling acre at a distance, but 

 the flowers are smaller and the leaves very different, being linear and 

 arranged in six spiral rows, not triangular with a broad base. In 

 foliage it somewhat resembles 5. Lydium and 5. gracile, but both 

 of these have white flowers. Occasionally the characteristic spiral 

 arrangement of the leaves is absent. Usually correctly named in 

 gardens. 



