PLATE VI. 



1. ANTHERICUM LILIASTRUM, 



SAVOY ANTHERICUM. 



THIS genus includes plants of the herbaceous flowery Spider-wort 

 kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Alexandria Monogynia, and ranks 

 in the natural order of Coronarice. 



The characters are: that there is no calyx: the corolla consists 

 of six oblong, obtuse, very spreading petals: the stamina are subu- 

 late, erect filaments: the antherae small, incumbent, and four-fur- 

 rowed: the pistillum is a germ obscurely three-cornered: the style 

 simple, and of the length of the stamina: the stigma obtuse, and 

 three-cornered: the pericarpium an ovate, smooth, three-furrowed, 

 three-celled, and three-valved capsule : the seeds numerous and an- 

 gular. 



The species are numerous, but those that most deserve cultiva- 

 tion are: 1. A revolutum, Curled-flowered Anthericum; 2. A. ramo- 

 sum, Branching Anthericum; 3. A. datum, Tall Anthericum; 4. A. 

 liliago, Grass-leaved Anthericum; 5. A. liliastrum, Savoy Antheri- 

 cum, or Spider-wort; 6.frutescens, Shrubby Anthericum; 7- A. aloo- 

 ides, Aloe-leaved Anthericum; 8. A. asphodeloides, Mock Asphodel, 

 or Glaucous-leaved Anthericum. 



In the first the roots are fleshy, and composed of tubers joined at 

 the crown, like those of the Asphodel: the stalk rises near two feet 

 high, and branches out on each side; each branch being termi- 

 nated by a loose spike of flowers, which are white, and the petals 

 are turned backward to their peduncle. And according to Murray, 



