MONOCOTYLEDONS. AMARYLMDE.T. Narcissus. 185 



***** Leaves all radvcal. 



5. A. ursinum, umbel nearly plane, leaves ovato-lanccolate on 

 footstalks, scape triangular, p. 101. Woods. 



6. A. Schae?ioprasum, leaves rounded subulate-filiform, scape 

 rounded as long as the leaves, p. 101. Pastures. . 



ORDER IX. LILIACE^. J-uss. 

 (Narcissorum, Sect. I. Juss. HemerocallidetB, Br.) 



Perianth coloured, equal, 6-partite, or, by the cohesion of the 

 claws of the segments into a tube, 6-cleft. Stam. 6, inserted 

 either into the base of the segments, or the tube. Ovary su- 

 perior, 3-celled, many-seeded. Stigma simple or 3-lobed. 

 Caps 3-celled. Seeds flat, with a spongy, dilated, often wing- 

 ed, integument, neither black nor crustaceous. Albumen 

 fleshy. Embryo with the same direction as the seed. Flow- 

 ers large, usually of vivid colours, often solitary. Leaves 

 fleshy, cauline indistinctly nerved. Root bulbous. Br. 



1. TULIPA. 



Perianth campanulate, 6-partite. Stigma thick, sessile. Caps. 

 triangular. 



\. T. sylvestris, stem 1 -flowered somewhat drooping, segments 

 of the perianth ovato-acuminate bearded at the extremity, 

 stam. hairy at the base, stigma obtuse, p. 102. Pastures, rare. 



ORDER X. AMARVT.LIDE.E. Br. Prodr. 



(Narclssorum. SECT. II. Jnss.) 



Perianth coloured, 6-partite or 6-cleft. Stam. 6, inserted into 

 the segments \ l\\zjllaments sometimes united by a membrane. 

 Anthers turned inwards. Ovary inferior, 3-celled, many- seed- 

 ed; or, in those whose fruit is fleshy, 1 2-seeded. .Sty lei. 

 Stigma 3-lobed. Pericarp capsular ; either dry with 3 valves, 

 3 cells, bearing the septa in their middle, and many seeds; or 

 fleshy with 1 3 seeds. Integument of the seed not crusta- 

 ceous. Embryo straight, in the axis of a fleshy albumen , 

 having the same direction as the seed. Flowers large, gene- 

 rally of a bright colour. Leaves fleshy, indistinctly nerved, all 

 radical. Roots bulbous. Br. 



1. NARCISSUS. 



flowers spathaceous. Perianth infundibuliform, the limb patent, 

 6-partite. Crown (Nectary, Linn.) at the mouth of the pe- 

 rianth, petaloid cylindrical or campanulate, entire or divided. 

 Stam. inserted in the tube and concealed within the crown. 



