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DC.; leaves 2-3, broader towards the tip, erect; 

 orchards and slopes ; Switzerland, Jura, Dauphiny, occa- 

 sional. M. racemosum, DC. ; flowers fragrant, upper ones 

 often imperfect, leaves prostrate, grooved above; grassy 

 slopes ; Switzerland, Jura, Pyrenees. M. neglectum, 

 Guss.; plant more robust, flowers larger, leaves broader, 

 more deeply channelled ; vineyards ; Bale, Winterthur. 



1 8. HEMEROCALLIS, L. 



Flowers large, funnel-shaped, in loose spikes; perianth- 

 leaves united at the base into a long tube; stamens in- 

 serted in the throat of the perianth, anthers dorsifixed ; 

 root tuberous. 



H. fulva, L.; flowers very large (4 in. long), reddish- 

 yellow variegated with purple, sharply veined trans- 

 versely, leaves broadly linear ; orchards ; Rhone Valley, 

 Tirol, Lombardy, Carinthia, Salzburg. H. flava, L., 

 flowers smaller (3 in. long), yellow, scented, not veined 

 transversely, leaves narrowly linear ; orchards ; Lindau, 

 Bregenz, Piedmont, Lombardy, Styria, Carinthia, Pyre- 

 nees. 



19. TULIPA, L. 



Flowers very large, solitary, on a leafy scape; sepals 

 and petals distinct; stamens hypogynous, anthers basi- 

 fixed ; stigma sessile, with radiating lobes ; leaves broad. 

 Not alpine. 



T. sylvestris, L., Tulip ; flowers yellow ; meadows and 

 vineyards; Switzerland, Jura, Pyrenees, not common. 

 T. Didieri, Jord.; flowers deep purple with a black spot 

 at the base of each perianth-leaf; Sion. 



