85. ASPARAGACE^E. 327 



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

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



3. N. Pseudo-narcissus (L.) ; 1. linear obtuse not 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. Fl. large, yellow. Woods and thickets. P. III. IV. Daf- 

 fodil 



[JV. lobularis (Schult.) ; "perianth-segm. exactly twice as 

 long as tube, crown 6-lobed." Tenby. N. minor (L.); "crown 

 6-lobed equalling the perianth, pedicel long." Penrice Castle, 

 Glam. N. incomparabilis (Curt.) ; crown erect i as long as 

 perianth, otherwise like No. 3. In several places in the south. 

 These are not native plants.] 



2. LEUCOJTJM Linn. Snowflake. 



tl. L. testivum(L.}; spath many-flowered, style thickened up- 

 wards. E. B. 621. R. ix. 362. Bulbous. Height 2 2 feet. 

 Fl. white, drooping ; tips greenish. L. broadly linear, keeled. 

 Scape 2-edged. Wet meadows. P. V. E. 



3. GALANTHUS Linn. Snowdrop. 



1. G.nivalis (L.).E.B. 19. E. ix. 363. Fl. solitary, white, 

 drooping ; inner segments greenish. L. 2, keeled, broadly 

 linear, glaucous. Bulbous. Thickets. P. II. III. 



Order LXXXV. ASPARAGACE^E. 



Perianth inferior, petaloid, 6-parted or 4 8-parted. Stani. 6 

 or 4 8, inserted into the receptacle or on the perianth. Anth. 

 bursting inwards. Ovary superior, 3-celled. Ovules 1 or many 

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

 not bulbous. In this and the two succeeding Orders I follow 

 Koch, who appears to have paid great attention to them. For 

 figures of the genera see G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 



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

 Stam. 6. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Style 1. Stig- 

 mas 3, reflexed. Fl. by abortion dioecious. 



2. CONVALLARIA. Perianth bellshaped, ^-parted, deciduous. 

 Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Stigma blunt, trigonous. 

 Berry with 1 -seeded cells. Fl. jointed to pedicel. 



3. POLYGONATUM. Perianth tubular, 6-toothed, tardily de- 

 ciduous. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Stigma blunt, 



