LILIUM. ORNITHOGALUM. 331 



linear-lanceolate. E. E. 622. St. 18. 4. E. x. 442. About a 

 foot high. Fl. flesh-coloured with many dark spots, rarely 

 white. Meadows and pastures in the east and south. P. V. E. 



3. LILIUM Linn. Lily. 



[*1. L. Martagon (L.); 1. whorled elliptic-lanceolate, st. pu- 

 bescent-scabrous, fl. nodding, perianth reflexed. E. B. S. 2799. 

 R. x. 451. Height 1 H foot. Fl. violet-flesh-coloured with 

 dark purple spots. Copses. P. VI. VII. TurJc's-cap Lity.~\ E. 



[*2. L. pomponium (L.) ; 1. scattered linear-lanceolate, fl. 

 nodding, perianth reflexed. About 1 ft. high. Fl. yellow with 

 black dots below. Between S. Molton and Mollond, Devon.] 



4. LLOYDIA Salisb. 



1. L.serotina (R.); root-1. semicylindrical, st.-l. dilated below 

 and sheathing, fl. mostly solitary, nectary a transverse plait. 

 E. B. 793. St. 28. 2. R. x. 440. Anthericum Sm. Height 

 5 or 6 in. St. and 1. springing separately from the root. St.-l. 

 several, short. Fl. white with reddish lines internally. Welsh 

 mountains, very rare. Snowdon. Glyder Fawr. P. VI. E. 



Tribe II. Asphodelece. 



5. ORNITHOGAJLUM Linn. Star of Bethlehem. 



fl. O.umbellatum (L.); fl. corymbose, peduncles exceeding 

 the linear-lanceolate bracts, filaments lanceolate simple, 1. linear 

 glabrous. E. B. 130. E. x. 467. L. exceeding the stem or 

 filiform arid shorter. Height 8 12 in. Fl. white with a broad 

 green longitudinal band externally. Meadows and pastures. 

 P. V. E. S. 



2. 0. pyrenaicum (L.) ; fl. in an elongated raceme, peduncles 

 at first spreading afterwards erect, bracts lanceolate-acuminate, 

 filaments dilated below with a long point, 1. fugacious linear 

 grooved. E. B. 499. St. leafless, 23 feet high. Raceme 

 very long. Fl. greenish-white ; segments of the perianth variable 

 in breadth. L. withering before the stalk appears, rarely con- 

 temporaneous. Woods. Extremely common near Bath. Sussex. 

 Bedfordshire. P. VI. E. 



*3. 0. nutans (L.) ; fl. few in a lax nodding raceme, peduncles 

 falling short of the bracts, filaments flat membranous trifid, the 

 lateral points acute, middle one very short bearing the anther, L 

 linear-lanceolate. E. B. 1997. Albucea R. x. 473. Height 



