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ANTHEKICUM LILIASTRUM. SAVOY ANTHEUICUM ; 

 or ST. BRUNO'S LILY. 



Class and Order. 

 HEXANDIIIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 

 Cor. 6-petala, patens. Caps, ovata. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 

 ANTHERICUM Litiastrum foliis planis, scapo simplicissimo, corol- 



lis campanulatis, staminibus declinatis. Linn. 



Sijst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Mar?-, p. 330. Ait. Kew. v. L 



p. 449. 



HEMEROCALLI3 floribus patulia secundis. Hall. Hist. n. 1230. 

 PHALANGIUM magno flore. Bauh. Pin. 29. 

 PHALANGIUM Allobrogicum rnajus. Civs. cur. app. alt. 

 PHALANGIUM Allobrogicum. The Savoye Spider-wort. Park. 



Parad.p. 150. tab. 151. /. 1. 



Botanists are divided in their opinions respecting the genus of this 

 plant ; LINNAEUS considers it as an Anthericum, HALLER and MILLER 

 make it an Hemerocallis. 



It is a native of Switzerland, where, HALLER informs us it grows 

 abundantly in the Alpine meadows, and even on the summits of the 

 mountains ; with us it flowers in May and June. 



It is a plant of great elegance, producing on an unbranched stem 

 about a foot and a half high, numerous flowers of a delicate white 

 colour, much smaller but resembling in form those of the common 

 white lily, possessing a considerable degree of fragrance, their beauty 

 is heightened by the rich orange colour of their antherae ; unfortu- 

 nately they are but of short duration. 



MILLER describes two varieties of it differing merely in size. 



A loamy soil, a situation moderately moist, with an eastern or west- 

 ern exposure, suits this plant best ; so situated, it will increase by its 

 roots, though not very fast, and by parting of these in the autumn, 

 it is usually propagated. 



PARKINSON describes and figures it in his Parad. Terrest., observing 

 that "divers allured by the beauty of its flowers, had brought it into 

 these parts. 1 ' 



