100 HEXAND. MONOG. 



3. TRIGYNIA. 



19. COLCHICUM. Perianth single, tubular, very long, rising 

 from a spatha ; /zm# campanulate, 6-partite^ petaloid. Caps. 

 3-celled ; cells united at the base. 



18. TRIGLOCHIN. Perianth single, of 6 concave, deciduous 

 leaves, the three inner ones inserted higher up. Anlhers ses- 

 sile, posterior. Capsules 3 (>, united by a longitudinal re- 

 ceptacle. 



16. RUMEX. Perianth single, of G leaves. Nut triquetrous, 

 covered by the three interior valviform leases of the Perianth. 



17- TOFIET.DIA. Perianth single, 6-partite, petaloid, with a 

 small tripartite involucre. Caps. 3 6-celled, cells united at 

 the base, many- seeded. 



4. POLYGYNIA. 



20. ALISMA. Cal. of 3 leaves. Petals^. Capsules many cluster- 

 ed, but distinct, not opening, 1 -seeded. Embryo much curved. 



I. MONOGYNIA. 



1. GALANTHUS. 



t. G. nivalis (Snowdrop). E.B.t. 19. 



HAB. Banks about Castlemilk, Glasg., abundant, Hopk. Arnistoti 

 woods, Edinb. in the greatest abundance, covering whole acres of 

 ground, Maugh. and Mr. Shuter. Naturalized as in England. Fl. 

 Feb. 11. 



One of the earliest heralds of spring, and, as such, independently of 

 its graceful form, a general favourite. Bulb ovate. Leaves 2,broadly 

 linear, glaucous green. Flower drooping, large, solitary, white; in- 

 ner segments of the perianth with green lines. 



2. NARCISSUS. 



1. N. pseudo- Narcissus (common Daffodil), spatha 1-flowered, 

 nectary campanulate erect curled at the margin obsoletely 

 6-cleft as long as the ovate segments of the perianth. E. B. 

 t.\l. 



HAB. Meadows in the neighbourhood of Culross, Maugh. Wood at 

 Dunoon, scarcely indigenous, Mr. Murray. Fl. Apr. If. . 



3. ALLIUM. 



* Caul'me leaves plane. Stam. alternately tricuspidate. 

 1. A. arenarium (Sand Gar lick) 9 umbels bearing bulbs compact 



spherical, leaves linear with cylindrical sheaths, spatha short 



obtuse, petals roughish on the keel. 'Lightf. p* 179. E. B. 



t. 1358. 

 HAP,. Foot of mountains in sandy soils, but not common, Lighff. 



Dupplin, Perthshire, Mr. Winch. Fl. July. 7/ . 



