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greenish-white, on long-stalked axillary racemes. Berries red. 

 Hedges about Torquay. Walks above Hope's Nose. Wood near 

 Ansti's Cove. Hedges at Shiphay. Wood by the Newton road, 

 etc. (E. B. t.91.) P. v. vi. 



OED. XCIIL TRILLIACEJE. 



OED. XCIY, LILIACE^E. 



* Roots never bulbous. 

 ASPARAGUS. ASPARAGUS. 



A. ofEcinalis (common Asparagus.) Seacoast and banks of 

 rivers. Rare. Boot creeping and matted ; stem erect, much 

 branched, from 1 to 2 feet high ; leaves numerous, long and hair- 

 like, in feathery clusters. Flowers small, greenish- white, 2 or 3 

 together, on slender axillary flower-stalks ; berries globular, bright 

 red. Banks of the Exe, near Topsharn, Fl. D. Near the bridge 

 above Exeter, Mr. Earle. (E. B. t. 339.) P. viu. 



RUSCUS. BUTCHER'S-BROOM. 



R. aculeatus (common Butcher's- Broom.) In woods and 

 thickets. Plant evergreen, from 2 to 3 feet high ; stem erect and 

 branching ; leaves numerous, rigid, ovate, terminating in a sharp 

 spinous point. Flowers solitary, small and white, on the upper 

 surface of the leaves, which are curiously turned round by a twist 

 at their base. Berries bright red, large in comparison with the 

 flower. Cockington wood. Bradley, near Newton. Wood at 

 Goodrington. (E. B. t. 560.) Sh. m.-v. 



** Root bulbous. 

 AGRAPHIS. BLUEBELL. 



A. nutans (ivild Hyacinth, or Bluebell.) In woods, thickets, 

 and on hedge-banks. Leaves linear, channelled ; flower-stem a 

 foot or more high, terminating in a beautiful nodding cluster of 

 bell-shaped blue flowers, each flower accompanied by a small, 



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