CI/. VI.] HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 165 



shaped, notched. Filaments hair-like, very short ; anthers ob- 

 long, with a bristly point. Germen globular, inferior. Style 

 cylindrical, longer than the stamens ; stigma simple, acute. 

 Capsule nearly globular, with three blunt angles, three cells, 

 and three valves. Seeds numerous, globular. Named from 

 gala, milk, and anthos, a flower. 180. 



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

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



membranous bractea or sheath. Flower pendulous, with white 



petals, the three inner streaked with green on the inside, and hav- 

 ing a spot of the same colour on the outside. Perennial : flowers 

 in February : grows in meadows, hedges, and woods, but not in- 

 digenous : common. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 19. Eng. FL 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. cestivum. Summer Snowflake. Flowers several ; style 

 club-shaped. About a foot and a half high : leaves linear, ob- 

 tuse, 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 perhaps 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. Nec- 

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

 coloured border. Filaments awl-shaped, attached to the tube 

 of the nectary, short ; anthers linear; Germen inferior, round- 

 ish, 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, globular. Named after the youth Narcissus. 182. 



1. N, poeticus. Poetic Narcissus. Flowers solitary ; cup of the 

 nectary 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. biflorus. 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-yellow : border of the nectary white. Perennial : 



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