87. COLCHICACE^E. 335 



JR. x. 503. Bulb ovate. L. angularly folded, acute. Segments 

 of perianth white with a slender green midrib. Hedges in 

 Guernsey. P.V.VL] 



9. A. ursinum (L.) ; st. naked triangular, 1. stalked ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, spath 2-valved ovate, umbel level-topped lax bulbless, 

 stam. simple. E. B. 122. Bulb slender, oblong. L. few, 

 broad, smooth, bright green. Stalk one, as tall or taller than the 

 leaves. Fl. white. Smelling strongly of garlic when bruised. 

 Damp woods and hedges. P. V. VI. Ramsons. 



[A. ambiguum (Sm.) ; st. terete, 1. broadly linear attenuate, 

 umbels few-flowered with a few bulbs, spath 3 4-valved, stam. 

 about half the length of the perianth. Rochester. Eye Castle 

 Hill, Suff. Not a native. E. B. S. 2803.] 



Tribe III. Anthericea. 



9. SIMETHIS Kunth. 



1. S. bicolor (K.). E. B. S. 2952. Root of fleshy fibres. 

 L. linear, flat or a little keeled upwards. St. and 1. inclosed in 

 sheathing scales and surrounded by brown fibres. Fl. panicled. 

 Pet. purple without, white within. Seed-stalks thick, white. 

 Seeds black. Sandy heaths. Near Bournmouth, Dorset. On 

 hills and by sea-side, Derrynane, Kerry. P. V. E. I. 



Tribe IV. Hemerocallidece. 



10. ENDYMION Dumort. Blue Bell. 



1. E. nutans (Dum.) ; 1. linear, raceme nodding, fl. bellshaped 

 cylindrical, apex of the sep. revolute, bracts 2. Scilla Sm., E. B. 

 377- Agraphis Link. Scape about a foot high. Fl. blue, rarely 

 white. Stam. united to the perianth half-way up. L. shorter 

 than the scape. Woods and thickets. P. V. English Blue-bell. 



11. MUSCARI Tourn. Grape Hyacinth. 



1. M. racemosum (Mill.) ; fl. ovate nodding crowded upper 

 ones nearly sessile abortive, 1. linear flaccid recurved. Hyacin- 

 thus Sm., E. B. 1931. Scape 1 ft. high. Fl. dark blue, scented. 

 Sandy fields. Plentiful near Pakenham, Suffolk. P. V. E. 



Order LXXXVII. COLCHICACE.E. 



Perianth inferior, 6 7-parted. Stam. 6, on the receptacle or 



