ANTHE'RICUM LILIASTRUM. 



SAVOY SPIDERWORT; OR, ST. BRUNO'S LILY. 

 Class. Order. 



HEXANDRIA. MONOGYMA. 



Natural Order. 



ASPHODELEjE. 



No. 88. 



Anthericum is deduced from two Greek words ; 

 ANTHOS, a flower; and REKOS, a hedge. 



Liliastrum may signify star lily. The term has 

 probably been transferred from some other plant to 

 the present species. It was found wild in Savoy, 

 and formerly called Phalangium, the name of a ve- 

 nomous species of spider, from its being considered 

 an antidote to the bite of that insect. Hence comes 

 our term Spiderwort. The French, we believe, in- 

 scribed it to St. Bruno, the celebrated founder of the 

 Carthusians. 



Linneus first considered it an Hemerocallis ; but 

 afterwards an Anthericum. Botanists are divided 

 in opinion on this subject, and some now term it 

 Hemerocallis liliastrum. 



It increases but slowly, and if too often divided, 

 will either not flower at all, or produce a diminutive 

 show of blossoms. Autumn is the proper season 

 for removing it, and if planted in a rather shady 

 situation, though not immediately under the bran- 

 ches of shrubs or trees, it will succeed very well, and 

 the duration of its delicate flowers, will be length- 

 ened by shade from the direct rays of the sun. 

 Hort. Kew.2,v. 2, 269. 



