384 LILIAf 'K.J-:. [Au.ir.M. 



leaves broader linear almost solid nearly flat. A. caritiatuni, Sin. not L. 

 Yorkshire and Northumberland. 



7. A. carina'tum, L. ; leaves linear channelled sheathing the cylindrie 

 scape tn tin- middle, heads bulbiferous, spathes 2, beaks long slender very 

 unequal, stamens at length twice as long as the perianth. 



Near Newark ; fl. Aug. Very similar to A . oltracevm, but at once distinguished 

 by the long filaments. Leave.* flat towards the tip, with 3-5 strut-, flatten 

 bright rose-pink. DISTHIB. Europe, except Spain. 



8. A. trique'trum, L. ; leaves linear sharply keeled sheathing the liase 

 of the triquetrous scape, heads lax-flowered, bnlhils 0, spathes '2 lanceolate. 

 Hedgebanks and meadows, Guernsey; fl. April-June. /// ovoid, rather 



small. Lfucus 5-7 in., ^-^in. broad, recurved or revolute. l*capt* 10-18 in., 

 rather stout, bending over in fruit. Flowers secund, drooping or inclined ; 

 perianth $ in., white, campanulate ; segments linear-oblong.; pedicels curved, 

 clavate at the tip. Stamen* short, free, included, filanents slender. >%- 

 mas 3, distinct, filiform. DISTRIB. S. of France, Spain, Italy. 



9. A. ursi'nnm, L. ; leaves ovate-lanceolate sheathing the base of the 

 3-gonous scape, spathes 2 ovate acuminate. Ramsons. 



cods, hedgebanks, &c. from Skye and Ross southwards ; ascending to 1,200 ft. 

 in Yorkshire ; fl. April-June. Bulbs narrow, compressed, on a short root- 

 stock, outer coat fibrous. Leaves 4-8 in., vernal, acuminate ; petioles 2-4 in. 

 X<;i/,e 6-18 in. Umbel regular, flat-topped ; spathes 1 in. ; pedicels strict, 1- 

 2 in. ; bulbils 0. Perianth white ; segments spreading, lanceolate, acute. 

 Stamen* on the base of and shorter than the segments, filaments tree 

 slender. Stigma minute. Capsule turbinate. DISTHIB. Europe, N. Asia. 



12. GAGE A, Salisb. 



Hull) coated; coats few coriaceous. Leaves radical, linear. Scape with 

 leafy bracts. Flmcers yellow, corymbose or umbellate ; perianth-segments 

 'lit, free., spreading from an erect base, nectary 0. Stamens on the 

 b;i.M- of the segments, filaments flattened subulate; anthers linear, basi- 

 fixed. Ovary 3-gonous or 3-quetrous ; style 3-gonous, stigma obtuse ; 

 cells many-ovuled. Capsule membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 

 niiiny, suiiglobose, pendulous, raphe thick, testa soft yellow; einliryo 

 cylindric, radicle next the hilum. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Asia ; species 

 20. KTYM. Sir Thomas Gage, & British botanist. 



1. G. lu'tea, Ker ; radical leaf solitary ribbed, sheath slender, bracts 

 1-3. Yellow Star of Bethlehem. 

 Copses and pastures on the E. from Perth and Moray to Dorset, local and rare ; 



absent from Ireland ; fl. March-May. Bulb small, subglobose, with bulbil 



at the base. ltwHm.1 /<<'_/ linear, 6-18 in., Jj-iJ in. broad. Scape short; 

 bracts 1-3, 2 sometimes opposite ; pedicels 1-2 in. /'<//////< $-$ in., opens 

 in forenoon only ; segments linear-oblong, obtuse inner narrow west, yellow 



bracts 1-3, 2 sometimes opposite ; pedicels 1-2 in. /',/;,///, $-$ in., 

 in forenoon only ; segments linear-oblong, obtuse inner narrow 

 thin, green on the back. DISTRIB. Europe. N. Asia, Himalaya. 



13. LLOYDIA, Salisb. 



A small slender herb. IiutF> minute, thickly scaly. Leaves filiform. 

 Stem leafy, slender, 1-2-flowered. Flowers erect ; perianth-segments per- 



