86. ALISMACEJE. 411 



very short concave crenate at the pale (ultimately white) 

 margin. E. B. 276. It. ix. 305. Pet. of a pale sulphur-colour, 

 sides slightly inflexed. Sandy fields. A rather doubtful 

 native. P. IV. V. E. I. 



[2. N. poet'icm (L.) ; 1. linear bluntly keeled, scape com- 

 pressed 2-edged mostly 1-flowered, crown very short concave 

 crenate at the red margin. E. E. 275. JR. ix. 364. Pet. 

 white, broadly ovate, crown yellow. Heathy open fields on a 

 sandy soil. Norf., Kent. P. V.] E. 



3. -N. Pseudo-narcis' sus (L.) : 1. linear bluntly keeled, scape 

 2-edged 1-flowered, perianth -segm. scarcely exceeding tube, 

 crown bellshaped crisped at the margin and crenate equalling 

 the perianth, pedicel within the spath short. E. B. 17. R. ix. 

 369. L. 2 or 3, scarcely a foot long. Fl. large, yellow. Open 

 woods and pastures. P. III. IV. Daffodil. E. S. 



[ JV. obvalldris (Salisb.) ; " perianth all yellow, its segm. 

 exactly twice as long as tube, crown 6-lobed." Tenby. 

 N. incomparab' His (Mill.) Si/. E. B. 1502 ; crown erect j as 

 long as perianth, otherwise like Sp. 3. In several places in the 

 South. These are not native plants.] 



2. LEUCO'JUM Linn. Snowflake. 



tl. L. (zstwum (L.) ; spath many-flowered, style thickened 

 upwards. E. B. 621. R. ix. 362. Bulbous. Height 22^ 

 feet. Fl. festival, white, drooping ; tips greenish. L. broadly 

 linear, keeled, hibarnal. Scape 2-edged. Wet meadows in 

 the South and East. P. V. E. 



t2. L. ver'num (L.) ; spath 1-flowered, style thickened up- 

 wards. #?/. E. B. 150(5. J. ofB. iv. t. 49. Bulbous. Height 

 8 10 inches. L. and white drooping flowers vernal. Near 

 Bridport and Bicester. P. II. IV. E. 



3. GALAN'THOS Linn. Snowdrop. 



] . G. nivdlis (L.). J?. B. 19. R. ix. 363. Bulbous. Fl. soli- 

 tary, white, drooping; inner segments greenish. L. 2, keeled, 

 broadly linear, glaucous. Thickets in the West. P. II. III. E. 



Order LXXXVI. ALISMACEJE. 



Perianth free, of 6 leaves ; 3 inner or all coloured. Stam. 6. 

 Ovaries 3 6 or many, always distinct or ultimately separable; 

 carp, opening at the suture or not at all ; seeds 1 or many. 

 Embryo straight or curved ; albumen 0. No raphides. 



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