CL. VI.] HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 169 



the tube, deciduous; stigma obtuse. Capsule roundish, three- 

 cornered, three-celled, three-valved. Seeds few, globular. 

 Named after the youth Hyacinthus. 188. 



1. H. racemosus. Starch Hyacinth. Flowers egg-shaped, with six 

 furrows ; leaves linear, channelled, flaccid. Leaves numerous, deep- 

 green : stalk solitary, erect, round, shorter than the leaves : flowers dark- 

 blue. Perennial : flowers in May : grows in grassy fields, or among 

 ruins, in England, but not truly wild: rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvii. 

 pi. 1931. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 149. 516. 



2. H. nonscripttis. Harebell. Wild Hyacinth. Cluster drooping ; 

 flowers hanging, the points of the petals reflected ; bracteas in pairs. 



Leaves numerous, pale-green : stalk about a foot high : corolla 



pale-blue. Perennial : flowers in May : grows in thickets, woods, 

 fields, &c. : abundant. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 377. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. 

 p. 147. 517. 



10. ANTHE'RICUM. SPIDERWORT. 



Calyx none. Petals six, inferior, oblong, spreading. Filaments 

 thread-shaped ; anthers roundish. Germen inferior, roundish, 

 with three angles. Style thread-shaped, erect, permanent ; stigma 

 obtuse. Capsule roundish, three-cornered, three-celled, three- 

 valved, crowned with the style. Seeds few, angular. Named 

 from anthericos of the Greeks. 189. 



1. A. serotinum. Mountain Spiderwort. Leaves semi-cylindrical, 



those on the stem dilated at the base ; flower solitary Flowers erect, 



white, veined externally with green. Perennial : flowers in June: grows 

 on some of the highest Welsh mountains: very rare. Eng. But. vol. xii. 

 pi. 793. Eng. Ft. vol.ii. p. 150. 518. 



11. NARTHE'CIUM. ASPHODEL. 



Calyx none. Petals six, equal, lance-shaped, spreading, per- 

 manent. Filaments six, awl-shaped, woolly ; anthers small, ob- 

 long. Germen superior, oblong, triangular. Style conical, short ; 

 stigma simple. Capsule oblong, pointed, bluntly triangular, 

 three-celled, three-valved. Seeds numerous, erect, small, oblong. 

 Named from narthes, a rod. 190. 



1. N. Ossifragum. Bog Asphodel. Cluster uninterrupted ; one brae- 

 tea at the base, another above the middle of each partial stalk. 



Six or eight inches high : leaves sword-shaped, those on the stem much 

 smaller: flowers yellow, green on the back. Perennial: flowers in June 

 and July : grows on wet heaths : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 535. 

 Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 151. 519. 



12. ASPA'RAGUS. ASPARAGUS. 



Calyx none. Corolla inferior, divided into six equal, oblong 

 segments, permanent. Filaments three-shaped, short; anthers 

 oblong, erect. Germen globular. Style very short ; stigma three- 

 lobed. Berry globular, three-celled. Seeds one or two in each 

 cell. Name used by the Greeks, from asparasso, to tear. 191. 



1. A. officindlis. Common Asparagus. Stem herbaceous, cylindrical, 



erect ; leaves bristle-shaped, flexible ; stipules solitary. About a foot 



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