bo SPRING FLOWERS. 



obliquely campanulate, pale-green^ contracted above the base, 

 the limb tapering to a point, the upper club-shaped naked 

 part of the purplish or yellowish spadix only visible ; berries 

 bright red. — Cuckow-pint, Wake-robin, or Lords-and-Ladies. 

 — Hedge-banks, and groves. Fl. May. 



(93) Trichonema. 



T. Bulboeodium : bulb-tuberous, dwarf; leaves narrow- 

 linear or grass-like, longer than the flower-stalks ; flowers soli- 

 tary, erect, pale purplish-blue, with a yellow centre. — Sandy 

 grassy hillocks near the sea, rare. — Fl. March, April. 



(94) Crocus. 



C. vernus : bulb-tuberous, dwarf ; leaves narrow-linear, 

 grassy ; flowers solitary, bluish-purple, with rich orange wedge- 

 shaped jagged stigmas. — Meadows, rare. Fl. March. 



(95) Narcissus. 



"N. Pseudo-Narcissus : bulbous ; leaves broadly linear, 

 blunt, not keeled ; flowers solitary, large, scentless, with a 

 broad deep yellow tubular coronet as long as the segments, 

 which are paler. — Daffodil or Daffy-down-dilly. — Woods and 

 thickets. Fl. March. 



N. btflorus : bulbous ; leaves broadly linear, bluntly keeled, 

 their edges reflexed ; flowers usually two, pale straw-colour or 

 nearly white, sweet-scented, the coronet short, broadly cup- 

 shaped, yellow. — Primrose Peerless. — Sandy fields. Fl. April, 

 May. 



(96) Galanthus. Snowdrop. 

 Gr. nivalis : bulbous, dwarf ; leaves narrow-linear ; flowers 



