414 87. ASrARAGACE3. 



Suborder II. Butomece. 



4. BU'TOMUS Linn. Flowering Rush. 



1. B.umbelldtus(L.).E.B.mi. R. vii. t. 58. Flowerstalk 

 radical, 2 3 feet high, overtopping the leaves, bearing an irre- 

 gular many-flowered simple umbel with scarious bracts and a 

 membranous 3-leaved involucre. Fl. rose-coloured. L. radical 

 slender, triangular. Rivers and ponds. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



Suborder III. Juncayinea. 



5. SCHEUCHZE'RIA Linn. 



1. S.palus'tris(L>}. E.B. 1801. SK. 78. 4. E. x. 419. St. 

 6 8 in. high, erect. L. distichous, few, alternate, semicylin- 

 drical, blunt, with a minute pore on the upper side of the apex. 

 Raceme terminal, of about 5 greenish flowers. Caps, about 3, 

 much inflated. Sphagnous bogs, rare. P. VII. E. S. 



6. TRTGLO'CHIN Linn. Arrow-grass. 



1. T. mar it' t mum (L.) ; fr. ovoid of 6 combined carpels. 

 J?. B. 255. R. vii. t. 52. L. radical, linear, Fl. in a lax simple 

 f^pike or raceme, greenish. Muddy salt marshes. P. VII. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



2. T. palus'tre (L.) ; fr. linear angular of 3 combined carpels. 

 E. B. 366. JR. vii. t. 51. Slenderer than the preceding but 

 closely resembling it, 8 10 in. high. Stoloniferous. Marshy 

 places. P. VI. VII. E.S.I. 



Order LXXXVII. ASPARAGACE^l. 



Perianth inferior, petal-like, 6-parted or 4 8-parted. Stain. 



or 4 8, inserted into the receptacle or on the perianth. A nth . 

 bursting inwards. Ovary superior, 3- (rarely 1-) celled. Ovules 



1 or many in each cell. Styles 1 3. Fr. succulent, not bursting 

 Root not bulbous. Raphidiferous. 



1. ASPABAGUS. Perianth 6-parted, bellshaped, tubular below 

 Stam. 6. Ovary4-celled; cells 2-ovuled. Style 1. Stiff 

 mas 3, reflexed* Fl. by abortion direeious. 



