416 88. LILIACE^E. 



in the middle, filaments glabrous. Conv all aria Poly qonatum(\j.}, 

 E. />'. 280. R. x. 434.' Height 1 Irj foot. Berry bluish. 

 Woods, rare. P. V. E. 



3. P. muUiflorum (All.) ; 1. ovate-oblong half-clasping glabrous 

 alternate, st. round, peduncles 1- or many-flowered, cor. narrowed 

 in the middle, filaments downy. E. B. 279. R. x. 433. Height 

 '2 feet. Berry bluish. Woods. P. V. E. S. 



4. MAIAN'THEMCM Weber. 



1. M. ConvaUdrin (Web.) ; st. with 2 alternate stalked 

 triangular-cordate leaves. Ger. Herb. p. 409. Smilacina, 

 >s//. E. B. 1510. R. x. 43C. M. bifolium (DC.) ed. viii. St. 

 (' 8 in. high. Root filiform. L. very deeply cordate. Ha- 

 t-erne terminal, resembling a spike. Fl. small ; segments 

 rt:flexed. Woods. Near Scarborough, in plenty. Howick, 

 Xorthumb. (now eradicated). Caen Wood, Middlesex. Dingley 

 Wood, Preston; Har wood, Blackburn. Gerard. Hunstanworth, 

 Durham. P. V. E. 



5. Kos'cus Linn. Butcher's Broom. 



1. -R. acuhdtus (L.) ; leaflike flattened shoots ovate-attenu- 

 ate very acute rigid bearing the fl. upon the middle of their 

 upper surface, fl. 1 rarely 2 with aflat subulate scarious 1-veined 

 bract. E.B.56Q. R. x. 437. Evergreen. Jb'l. small. L. very 

 minute. Thickets. Sh. III. IV. E. S.'? 



Order LXXXVIIL LILIACE^. 



Perianth inferior, petal-like, 6-leaved, 6-parted or with 6 teeth. 

 Stain. 6, inserted on the receptacle or on the perianth. Anth. 

 bursting inwards. Ovary superior, 3-celled. Ovules many in 

 each cell. Style 1 . Stigmas 3 or 1 . Fr. dry, capsular, bursting 

 with 3 valves bearing the dissepiment on their middle. 



Tribe I. TULIPEJE. Periantn-1. nearly or quite distinct. 

 Cells of caps, many-seeded. Seeds flat (in Lloydia angu- 

 lar), placed closely one above another ; testa pale or fuscous, 

 not crustaceous. St. usually more or less leafy. Bulbous. 



1. TULIPA. Perianth without nectaries, deciduous. Anth. 

 erect. Style 0. Stigma 3-lobed. Seeds flat. 



2. ERITILLARIA. Perianth deciduous; a nectariferous de- 

 pression at the base of each leal. Anth. attached above their 

 base. Style 3-fid at the apex, Seeds flat. 



