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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 accom- 

 paniment of a chequer-board, which the marking of the 

 flower resembles.) 



* Besides the above, several other genera are de- 

 scribed by British botanists, of which Anthericum or 

 Lloydia (Spider- wort) is the only real native ; it is very 

 rare, growing only near the summit of Snowdon and 

 other mountains in Wales. 



1. ASPARAGUS. 



1. A. officindlis (Common Asparagus). The only 

 British species, occurring sparingly on several parts of 

 the sea-coast, especially near the Lizard Point, Corn- 

 wall ; it differs only in size from the cultivated plant. 

 See "A Week at the Lizard." Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



2. Euscus (Butcher s Broom). 



1. R. aculedtus (Butcher's Broom, Knee Holly). The 

 only British species, and only British shrub of Endo- 

 genous growth. Waste and bushy places, not un- 

 common, especially in the south of England. A low 

 shrub 3 4 feet high, with erect green stems, which are 

 branched and plentifully furnished with very rigid leaves 

 terminating each in a sharp spine. The flowers are 

 minute, greenish- white, and grow singly from the centres 

 of the leaves ; the berries are as large as marbles, round, 

 and of a brilliant scarlet colour. Fl. April, May. 

 Shrub. 



3. CONVALLARIA (Lily of the Valley). 



1. C. majdlis (Lily of the Valley). Leaves all from 

 the root ; flowers drooping, in a long, one-sided cluster. 

 Woods, in a light soil, not frequent. A common, 



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