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2. Ruscus (Butcher's Broom). Corolla deeply 6-cleft j 

 stamens and pistils on different plants (dioecious) ; stamens 

 connected at the base ; style surrounded by a nectary. 

 (Name, " anciently bruscus, from bruskelen ; in Celtic, 

 box-holly. " Sir- W. J. Hooker.) 



3. CONVALLARIA (Lily of the Valley). Corolla 6- 

 cleft, bell-shaped, soon falling off, not jointed with the 

 pedicel ; stamens 6, distinct ; stigma 1. (Name from 

 the Latin convallis, a valley, the usual locality of this 

 family.) 



4. POLYGONATUM (Solomon's Seal). Corolla 6-cleft, 

 elongated, persistent, jointed with the pedicel ; stamens 6, 

 distinct; stigma I. (Name in Greek denoting "many 

 angled," from the character of the stem.) 



Group II. SCILLE^E. The Squill Group. 

 Root bulbous ; fruit a capsule ; stalk leafless. 



5. AGRAPHIS (Hyacinth). Corolla deeply 6-cleft, 

 tubular, bell-shaped ; lobes of the corolla renexed at the 

 extremity. (Name, a Greek compound, which signifies 

 " unwritten," denoting that the petals do not bear marks 

 resembling written characters, as is the case with some 

 species of Hyacinthus, in which genus this plant was 

 formerly placed.) 



6. SCILLA (Squill). Corolla of 6 spreading petals ; 

 flowers blue or purple, in a cluster or corymb, not 

 enclosed in a sheath, falling off as the seed ripens. 

 (Name, the Latin name of the plant.) 



7. ORNITHOGALUM (Star of Bethlehem). Like Scilla, 

 except that the petals are white, and do 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.) 



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