380 LILIACE.E. [SMII.ICINA. 



or 6 in 2 series, deciduous. Stamens 4 or 6, on the bases of the periantli- 



segments. Ovary 2-3-celled ; style short, simple, stigma obscurely 2-3- 



lobed ; cells 1-2-ovuled. Berry and seeds as in Convallaria. DI.STKIU. 



N. temp, zone ; species about 10. ETYM. Diminutive of Smila-x. 



1 1. S. bifo'lia, Ker; leaves cordate acute. Maianthemum, Desf. 



Woods, very rare, wild at Hackness, Yorkshire, and probably in Lancashire 



and Bodfonlshire ; fl. May-June. Glabro as or pubescent. Stnn 4-8 in., 



flexuous. Radical leaves l^-2 in., base deeply 2-lobed, many-nerved, long- 



petioled ; cauline 2-3, short-petioled or upper sessile. Raceme 1-2 in., 



8-10-nowcred ; pedicels slender, solitary or 2-3 ; bracts minute. Flo"; >< 



$ in. diam., 4-merous, suberect, fragrant. Kerry ^ in. diam., apiculate, 



white, dotted. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), excl. Turkey, N. Asia, N. America. 



7. SIME'THIS, Kunth. 



A slender herb. Hoot of fascicled fibres. Leaves radical, grassy. Scape 

 panicled, bracteate. Flowers jointed ou the pedicel. Perianth spreading, 

 deciduous ; segments 6, almost free. Stamens 6 on the base of the 

 perianth-segments, filaments woolly below ; anthers oblong. Ovary sub- 

 globose, 3-celled ; style slender, stigma a point ; ovules ~2 in each cell, 

 superposed. Capsule 3-celled. Seeds 6, subglohose, arillate, testa hlark 

 crustaceous shining; embryo long, radicle towards the hilum. DISTIMI;. 

 S.W. France, Spain, Corsica and Sardinia, N. Africa. ETYM. Classical. 



1. S. bi'color, Kunth; leaves linear acuminate. S. planifolia, "Woods. 

 Fir woods, Bournemouth; Derrynane, Ireland ; an alien or denizen, Watson; 

 fl. June. Root-fibres stout. Leaves 6-18 in., ^in. diam., recurved, surrounded 

 at the base with torn fibrous brown sheaths, flat or concave. Scape as 

 long, dichotomously branched ; bracts slender ; pedicels rigid, slender. 

 Flowers $ in. diam., corymbose; segments oblong, obtuse, concave, purple 

 on the back, white inside. Capsule obtusely angled, \ in. diam. 



8. SOIL LA, L. SQUILL. 



Bulb coated. Leaves radical, linear. Flowers usually racemose, blue, 

 rarely purple or white. Perianth deciduous ; segments 6, spreading or 

 conniving, free or nearly so ; nectary 0. Stamens 6, on the base of the 

 perianth-segments or above it, filaments subulate ; anthers olilong. Ovary 

 ovoid ; style filiform, stigma minute ; ovules 4 or more in each cell. 

 Capsule 3-angled, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds many, testa black, albu- 

 men Meshy; embryo terete, radicle next the hilum. Disritm. Chielly 

 Europe and W. Asia; species about 60. ETYM. Classical. 



Sr.rTioN 1. Perianth-segments free, spreading; stamens inserted on 

 their bases ; anthers purple. Seeds angular. 



1. 8. ver'na, Huds.\ leaves vernal preceding the subcorymbose 

 flowers, bracts as long as the pedicels or longer. 



Rocky pastures on the coast, very local, from Cornwall to Shetland ; E. and 

 N.E. of Ireland, very rare ; fl. April-May. Bulb as large as a hazel- 

 nut. Leaves 3-10 in., |-Jin. broad, recurved, concave. Scapes 1-2, shorter 

 than the leaves. Flowers % in. diam., bright-blue, fragrant ; lower pedicels 

 in. Capsules in. diam. DISTRIB. Coasts of France and Spain. 



