CL. VI.] HEXANDRIA AIONOGYNIA. 165 



notched. Filaments hair-like, very short ; anthers oblong, with 

 a bristly point. Germen globular, inferior. Style cylindrical, 

 longer than the stamens ; stigma simple, acute. Capsule nearly 



Elobular, with three blunt angles, three cells, and three valves, 

 eeds numerous, globular. Named from gala, milk, and anthos, 

 a flower. 180. 



1. G. nivdlis. Snowdrop. Bulb egg-shaped ; leaves keeled, linear, 

 obtuse ; stalk three or four inches high, round ; a two-nerved membra- 

 nous bractea or sheath. Flower pendulous, with white petals, the 



three inner streaked with green on the inside, and having a spot of the 

 same colour on the outside. Perennial : flowers in February : grows in 

 meadows, hedges, and woods, but not indigenous : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. i. pi. 19. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 129. 495. 



2. LEUCO'JUM. SNOWFLAKE. 



Calyx none. Petals six, regular, egg-shaped, nearly equal. 

 Filaments short, erect, flattened ; anthers linear, four-cornered. 

 Germen egg-shaped, inferior. Style round, blunt ; stigma acute, 

 with a bristly point. Capsule turbinate, obtuse, three-celled, 

 three-valved. Seeds numerous, globular. Named from leucos, 

 white, and ion, a violet. 181. 



1. L. astivum. Summer Snowflake. Flowers several ; style club- 

 shaped. About a foot and a half high : leaves linear, obtuse, with a 



blunt keel : stalk two-edged, hollow, bearing four or more flowers : petals 

 uniform, each with a green spot on both sides. Perennial : flowers in 

 May : grows in moist meadows, near rivers in England : rare, and per- 

 haps not indigenous. Between Greenwich and Woolwich, and in the 

 Isle of Dogs ; in an island in the river, near Kendal ; at Little Stonham, 

 Suffolk. Eng. Bot. vol.ix. pi. 621. Eng. Fl. vol.ii. p. 130. 496. 



3. NARCIS'SUS. NARCISSUS. 



Calyx none. Petals six, egg-shaped, pointed, flat, attached to 

 the outside of the tube of the nectary, above the base. Nectary 

 of one leaf, cylindrical below, funnel-shaped above, with a co- 

 loured border. Filaments awl-shaped, attached to the tube of the 

 nectary, short; anthers linear. Germen inferior, roundish, with 

 three blunt corners. Style thread-shaped, triangular, longer than 

 the stamens ; stigma three-cleft. Capsule roundish, with three 

 blunt corners, three-celled, three-valved. Seeds numerous, glo- 

 bular. Named after the youth Narcissus. 182. 



1. N. po^ticus. Poetic Narcissus. Flowers solitary ; cup of the nec- 

 tary very short, membranous and notched at the edge ; leaves bluntly 



keeled, with reflected edges. Flower pure white : the nectary edged 



with crimson : fragrant. Perennial : flowers in May : grows in dry 

 open fields in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 275. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 131. 497. 



2. N. hi/torus. Pale Narcissus. Primrose-peerless. Flowers in pairs ; 

 cup of the nectary very short, membranous and notched at the edge ; 

 leaves acutely keeled, with inflected edges. Petals pale sulphur-yel- 

 low : border of the nectary white. Perennial : flowers in April and 



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