CL. VI.] HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 169 



shorter than 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 nume- 

 rous, 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. Fl. vol. ii. p. 149. 516. 



2. H. nonscriptus. Harebell. Wild Hyacinth. Cluster droop- 

 ing ; 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. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 147. 517. 



10. ANTHE'BICUM. SPIDERWORT. 



Calyx none. Petals six, inferior, oblong, spreading. Fila- 

 ments thread-shaped ; anthers roundish. Germen inferior, 

 roundish, with three angles. Style thread-shaped, erect, per- 

 manent ; 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. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 793. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 150. 518. 



11. NAKTHE'CIUM. ASPHODEL. 



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

 permanent. Filaments six, awl- shaped, woolly ; anthers small,' 

 oblong. Germen superior, oblong, triangular. Style conical, 

 short; stigma simple. Capsule oblong, pointed, bluntly tri- 

 angular, three-celled, three-valved. Seeds numerous, erect, 

 small, oblong. Named from narthes, a rod. 190. 



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

 bractea 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. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in June and July : grows on wet heaths : frequent. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 535. Eng. Fl. vol. ii, p. 151. 519. 



12. ASPA'RAGUS. ASPARAGUS. 



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

 segments, permanent. Filaments thread-shaped, short; an- 

 thers oblong, erect. Germen globular. Style very short ; stig- 

 ma 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, cylin- 

 drical, erect ; leaves bristle- shaped, flexible; stipules solitary. 



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