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Hedges, woods, thickets, etc. Both on the littoral and in the lower moun- 

 tains. May-June. 



LILIACE^. 



Tribe I. COLCHICE^E. Root-stock a corm. Leaves radical. Scape short, 

 subterranean, 1-3 fid. Perianth with very long slender tube. Flowers 

 radical, with long tube commencing underground. Styles free. COLCHICUM. 



Tribe II. TULIPE^E. Leaves radical and cauline. Flowers few, solitary or 



loosely racemed. Perianth segments 6, free. 

 Flowers solitary, pendent, with reflexed segments. Nectaries 2-4. Anthers 



erect ERYTHRONIUM. 



Flowers few, large. Nectary o or obscure. Anthers versatile LILIUM. 



Flowers large, nodding. Nectary oblong. Anthers erect FRITILLARIA. 



Flowers large, solitary. Nectary o. Anthers erect. TULIPA. 



Flowers few, small, yellow. Nectary o. Anthers erect GAGEA. 



Tribe III. SCILLE^E. Leaves radical. Flowers i-bracteate, racemed on a 



terminal naked scape. 



Perianth globose, mouth constricted, 6-cleft MUSCARI. 



Perianth of 6 blue or white segments, star-shaped SCILLA. 



Perianth of 6 white, yellow, or greenish segments. Stamens as long as the 



perianth URGINEA. 



Perianth of 6 white segments. Stamens short ORNITHOGALUM. 



Perianth bell-shaped, of 6 blue or rose recurved or spreading segments. 



ENDYMION. 



Perianth divided to middle into 6 spreading segments HYACINTHUS. 



Perianth divided almost to the middle into 6 erect segments BELLEVALIA. 



Tribe IV. ALLIED. Flowers umbelled or capitate, on a naked terminal scape. 

 Heads at first enclosed in a 2-leaved membranous involucre ALLIUM. 



Tribe V. ASPHODELEyE. Infloresc. mostly racemose. Flowers stellate. 

 Flowers large, yellow or orange. Segments united to the base. HEMEROCALLIS. 



Flowers whitish, paniculate. Segments 3-5 nerved ANTHERICUM. 



Flowers white or pinkish, perianth segments i-nerved (coloured). ASPHODELUS. 

 Flowers blue, solitary. No true leaves. Stem naked APHYLLANTHES. 



Tribe VI. POLYGON A.TEM. Stem herbaceous, leafy. Flowers axillary or 

 terminal. Fruit a berry. 



Flowers axillary. Perianth tubular, 6-cleft ., POLYGONATUM. 



Flowers on a lateral naked scape, racemed CONVALLARIA. 



Leaves net- veined, in a whorl of 4 or rarely 5. Flowers solitary PARIS. 



Tribe VII. ASPARAGE^E. Stem rigid, branched or climbing. Leaves small, 



scale-like (except Smilax) with cladodes in their axils. 

 Leaves ovate, stiff, and prickly. Flowers on the cladodes, dioecious. Stamens 



3, filaments connate Ruscus. 



Leaves short, subulate clustered ; flowers axillary. Stamens 6, filaments 



distinct ASPARAGUS. 



A prickly climber. Leaves cordate. Flowers small, dioecious. Stamens 6. 



Berries red, in a cluster. Leaves net-veined SMILAX. 



COLCHICUM L. 



C. autumnale L. Common Colchicum or Autumn Crocus. No leaves at 

 time of flowering. The flowers rise from the brown bulb, ending in a sheath 

 of scales, by means of a long tube several inches above the ground. Perianth 

 segments oblong, 6, deep mauve, lilac, or rarely white, often i in. to 2 in. long. 

 The leaves appear in the spring and are 8 or to in. long by i in. wide. The 

 capsule then rises above the surface of the ground by the lengthening of the pe- 

 duncle, and the leaves soon wither away. 



Meadows, more or less throughout the whole region. September-October. 



