72 SPRING FLOWERS. 



leaves, and a terminal drooping flower of a dull red brighter 

 inside, marked with chequered lines and spots. Snake's-head 

 or Chequered Daffodil. Moist meadows. Fl. April. 



(105) Tulipa. TULIP. 



T. sylvestris : bulbous ; leaves 13, lanceolate, glaucous ; 

 flower terminal, yellow, slightly fragrant, drooping in the bud, 

 nearly erect when mature. Chalk-pits and pastures. Fl. 

 April. 



(106) Gagea. 



G-. lutea : bulbous, dwarf; leaves one, rarely two, linear- 

 lanceolate ; flowers 3-4, cprymbosely racemed, yellow, star- 

 like; the leafy bracts as long as the pedicels or longer. 

 Groves and pastures. Fl. April. 



(107) Convallaria. 



C. majalis : leaves oblong, stalked, usually two ; peduncle 

 leafless, radical, shorter than the leaves, terminating in a loose 

 raceme of smallish white drooping globosely bell- shaped 

 flowers, which are pure white and very fragrant. Lily of the 

 Valley. Groves and thickets. Fl. May. 



(108) Muscari. GRAPE HYACINTH. 



M. racemosa : bulbous, dwarf; leaves narrow -linear, thick - 

 ish, channeled, recurved, longer than the scape ; flowers in a 

 close terminal raceme or head, nodding, small, dark blue, 

 ovate, the uppermost paler and erect. Starch Hyacinth. 

 Sandy fields. Fl. May. 



(1C9) Hyacinthus. HYACINTH. 

 H. non-scriptus : bulbous ; leaves linear, shorter than the 



