I1KXAND. MONOG. 



103 



few-fi<nveved, hractras lanceolate obtuse, leaves linear chan- 

 nelled. Lig/itf. p. IS I (S. bijblia) . E. B. t. 23. 



HAB. Rocks covered with a shallow soil, near the sea; in lona and 

 S tafia abundantly j Duncansby head, Caithness ; Braes of Armi- 

 dule and Durness Coast, Sutherland, Mr. Borrer and Hook. Ork- 

 ney isles, abundantly and Shetland, Mr. Neill. Ft. May. 7/ . 



Plant 4 5 inches high. Leaves few, nearly as long as the scape. 

 Flowers deep blue, bracteas membranaceous. This seems to be 

 little known on the continent. Smith considers it to be the S. bi/olia 

 of Fl.Dan.; and it is probably confined to the more northern parts of 

 Europe. 



S. NARTHECIUM. 



1. N. ossifragum (Lancashire Asphodel). Lightf.p. 181 {An- 

 thericum ossif.). E. B. t. 535. 



HAB. Common throughout Scotland, in moorish ground. FL July, 

 Aug. 3/. 



Six to eight inches high, decumbent at the base. Root creeping. 

 Leaves all radical, ensiform, equitant, striated,, about half as long as 

 the scape. Scape with several lanceolate scales, rather than leaves, 

 running into bracteas as they approach the flowers. Spike terminal 

 Kolitary. Flower yellow j perianth persistent, shorter than the brown 

 prismatic capsule. 



9. ASPARAGUS. 



1 . A. officinalis (common Asparagus), unarmed, stem herbaceous 

 erect rounded very much branched, leaves setaceous fascicu- 

 late flexible,, peduncles jointed in the middle. E. B. t. 339. 



HAB. Sandy places by the sea-side, rare. Links near Gosford, Maugh. 

 and Mr. E. J. Maughan. FL. Aug. I/. 



Root creeping, throwing up numerous scaly erect stems, which, when 

 cultivated in their early state, form the Asparagus of our tables ; 

 rarely in a wild state exceeding a foot in height. Flowers drooping 1 , 

 greenish white. Berries bright scarlet. 



10. CONVALLARIA. 

 * Flowers, campanulate. 



1. C. majalis (Lily of the Falley), scape semicylindrical, leaves 

 ovato-lanceolate bilious, flowers racemoso-spicate campanu- 

 late drooping on short footstalks. Liqhtf. p. 182. E. B. 

 t. 1035. 



HAB. Woods and coppices. Scotland-Wald and Methven wood, Perth- 

 shire, Sibbald. Arniston and Collington woods, Edinb., Maugh. 

 Near the Falls of the Clyde, plentifully, Hopk. Den of Rechip, 

 Rev. Mr. M e Ritchie. Cliesh, Mr. Arnott. In a small glen called 

 the Clough, N. of Gask, Perthshire, I). Don. FL May. I/ . 



Flowers very pure white and fragrant, segments curved back. Berries 

 red, spherical. 



** Flowers cylindrical. 



2. C. verticillata (narrow- leaved Solomon's Seal), leaves lan- 

 ceolate whorled. U. #. M28. 



