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ANTHERICUM LILIASTRUM. SAVOY ANTHERICUM, or 

 ST BRUNO'S LILY. 



Class and Order. 

 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 

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



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



ANTHEEICUM Liliastrum foliis planis, scapo simplicissimo, 



corollis campanulatis, staminibus declinatis. 



Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 330. 



Ait. Kew. v. I. p. 449. 



HEMEROCALLIS floribus patulis secundis. Hall. Hist. 



n. 1230. 



PHALANGIUM magno flore. Bauh. Pin. 29. 

 PHALANGIUM Allobrogicum majus. Clus. 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 HemerocalUs. 



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, pos- 

 sessing a considerable degree of fragrance, their beauty is heightened 

 by the rich orange colour of their antherse ; unfortunately 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 western 

 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 usu- 

 ally 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." 



