72 SPRING FLOWERS. 



leaves, and a terminal drooping flower of a dull red brighter 

 inside, marked with chequered lines and spots. — Snake's-head 

 or Chequered Dafibdil. — Moist meadows. Fl. April. 



(105) Tulipa. Tulip. 

 T. sylvestris : bulbous ; leaves 1-3, lanceolate, glaucous ; 

 flower terminal, yellow, slightly fragrant, drooping in the bud, 

 nearly erect when mature. — Chalk-pits and pastures. Fl. 

 April. 



(106) Gagea. 

 G. lutea : bulbous, dwarf; leaves one, rarely two, linear- 

 lanceolate ; flowers 3-4, corymbosely racemed, yellow, star- 

 like; the leafy bracts as long as the pedicels or longer. — 

 Groves and pastures. Fl. April. 



(107) Convallaria. 

 C. majalis : leaves oblong, stalked, usually two ; peduncle 

 leafless, radical, shorter than the leaves, terminating in a loose 

 raceme of smallish white drooping globosely bell-shaped 

 flowers, which are pure white and very fragrant. — Lily of the 

 Valley. — Groves and thickets. Fl. May. 



(108) Muscari. Grape Hyacinth. 

 M. racemosa : bulbous, dwarf; leaves narrow-linear, thick- 

 ish, channeled, recurved, longer than the scape ; flowers in a 

 close terminal raceme or head, nodding, small, dark blue, 

 ovate, the uppermost paler and erect. — Starch Hyacinth. — 

 Sandy fields. Fl. May. 



(1C9) Hyacinthus. Hyacinth. 

 H. non-scriptus : bulbous ; leaves linear, shorter than the 



