Juncus.} 



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tables ; rarely, in a wild state, exceeding a foot in height. Floivers 

 drooping, greenish-white. Berries bright red. 



16. Narthecium. Huds. Bog-Asphodel. 



1. N. ossifragum, Huds. (^Lancashire Bog- Asphodel); leaves 

 linear uniform, pedicels with bracteas above the middle, stamens 

 much shorter than the perianth. E. Bot. t. 535. 



Wet places in moors, and mountains, frequent. Fl. July, Aug. If. — 

 6 — 8 inches high, decumbent at the base. Roots creeping. Leaves all 

 radical, uniform, equitant, striated, about i as long as the scape which has 

 many scales or bracteas. Stamens considerably shorter than the perianth. 

 Seeds with a very long arillus forming an appendage to each extremity, 

 attached to a longitudinal receptacle on each valve : the receptacles 

 form the dissepiments. 



17. Fritillaria. Linn. Fritillary. 



1. F. 3Ieledgris, L. (commo?i Fritillary); stem single-flow- 

 ered, leaves alternate linear-lanceolate, points of the perianth 

 inflexed, nectary linear. E. Bot. t. 622. 



Meadows and pastures, principally in the east and south of England. 

 Fl. April, ■y. — Varies with white_/?o?r(;rs. Specific name derived from 

 the Numidia Melearjris, or Pintado, whose plumage is chequered in a 

 somewhat similar manner. 



18. Tulipa. Linn. Tulip. 



1. T.*sylvestris, h, {wild Tulip); stem 1 -flowered some- 

 what drooping, leaves of the perianth ovato-acuminate bearded 

 at the extremity, stamens hairy at the base, stigma obtuse. E. 

 Bot. t. 63. 



Chalk-pits in Norfolk, Suffolk, Hertfordshire and Middlesex. In 

 Scotland, near Hamilton and Brechin ; and in an old quarry at Bennie 

 Craig, Firth of Forth. Petreane and Otterstone, Dr Deicar. Fl. 

 April. Vr. — Flowers yellow, fragrant. Anthers and pollen yellow. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate. The wild Tulip increases by throwing out 

 a long stout fibre from its root, at the extremity of which a bulb appears. 

 Thus is a new individual planted at a considerable distance from the 

 parent. 



19. AcoRUS. Lin7i. Sweet Sedge. 



1. A. Calamus, L. (common Sweet Sedge) ; scape ancipitate 

 rising mucli above the spadix. E. Bot. t. 356. 



Watery places on the banks of rivers, in the middle and south-eastern 

 counties of England ; abundant in Norfolk and Suffolk. Rare in Scot- 

 land. Ayrshire. Loch Winnoch, Renfrewshire. Castle Semple Loch. 

 Fl. June. If. — Root aromatic. Scape similar to the leaves, ensiformi- 

 ancipitate. The agreeable scent of this plant has recommended it for 

 garlands, and for strewing on the floor of the cathedral at Norwich on 

 festival-days. 



20. JuNCUs. Linn. Rush. 



* Leaves none. Barren scapes resembling leaves. Panicle lateral. 



Flowers scattered. 

 1. J. glaucus, Sibtli. (Jiard Rush); scape deeply striated 

 rigid, panicle much branched, leaves of the perianth lanceolate 



