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4. Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal). Corolla 6-cleit, elongated, 

 persistent, jointed with the pedicle ; stamens 6, distinct ; stigma I. 

 (Name in Greek denoting " many angled," from the character of 

 the stem.) 



5. Maianthemum (May Lily). Stem erect, with a few alternate 

 leaves ; flowers in a simple terminal raceme ; perianth spreading, 

 divided in four. 



6. Scilla. Flowers blue, white, or pink ; perianth 6-cleft, 

 falling off. (Name, the Latin name of the plant.) 



7. Ornithogalum (Star of Bethlehem). Like Scilla, except 

 that the perianth is white, and does not fall off. (Name from the 

 Greek, ornis, a bird, and gala, milk. This plant is supposed by 

 Linnaeus to be the "dove's dung" mentioned in 2 Kings vi. 25.) 



8. Allium (Garlic). Corolla of 6 spreading petals ; flowers in 

 an umbel, at the base of which is a sheath of 1 or 2 leaves. (Name, 

 the Latin name of the plant.) 



9. Simethis. Roots not bulbous ; flowers panicled ; perianth 

 divided into 6 segments. 



10. Muscari. Perianth globular, with 6 minute, tooth-like, 

 indications of division. (Name from its musky smell.) 



11. Fritillaria (Fritillary). Flowers solitary ; petals 6, with 

 a nectary at the base of each ; anthers attached above their bases ; 

 style 3-cleft at the summit. (Name from the Latin, fritillus, a dice- 

 box, the common accompaniment of a chequer-board, which the 

 marking of the flower resembles.) 



12. Tulipa (Tulip). Flowers solitary, rarely 2 on a stem ; petals 

 and anthers as in Gagea ; style o. (Name from toliban, the Persian 

 name for a turban.) 



13. Gagea. Flowers in an umbel or corymb ; petals 6, without 

 a nectary ; anthers erect, attached to the filaments by their bases ; 

 style conspicuous. (Named in honour of Sir Thomas Gage.) 



14. Lloydia. Flowers mostly solitary, small ; perianth 6-parted, 

 spreading, not falling off. (Named after Ed. Lloyd, who discovered 

 it.) 



15. Colchicum (Meadow Saffron). Perianth with a very long 

 tube, rising from a sheath. (Name from Colchis, a country famous 

 for medicinal herbs.) 



16. Tofieldia (Scottish Asphodel). Perianth 6-parted ; flowers 

 each from a small 3-lobed sheath, greenish yellow ; styles 3. (Name 

 in honour of Mr. Tofield, an English botanist.) 



17. Narthecium. Flowers bright yellow ; perianth 6-parted ; 

 style 1. (Name from the Greek, narthex, a rod.) 



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