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distinct rows. Name from r/oav, three, and reXsios, complete, 

 from the ternary arrangement of the parts of the flower. 



1. T. uniflora (fig. 256). The most familiar species, a 

 native of South America. A small hardy bulb from 6 to 12 

 inches high, producing large tufts of linear somewhat fleshy 

 leaves and numerous scapes bearing solitary terminal pure 

 white or lilac-blue flowers in June or July. 



T. grandlflora, a Californian plant, less commonly seen, has 

 white flowers ; and T. aurea, from Monte Video, is a smaller 

 plant with filiform fleshy leaves and yellow flowers. 



20. HESPEROSC6RD1UM. 



A closely allied North American genus or sub-genus witli a 

 campanulate perianth whose tube is three or four times as long 

 as the segments of the limb. H. hyatinthinum has fleshy 

 herbaceous narrow leaves about a foot long, and flowers in 

 umbels at the summit of a scape. Flowers blue or white, 10 

 to 30 in an umbel ; umbel with an involucre of numerous small 

 bracts. 



21. CUMMIJSTGIA. 



A small genus of Chilian bulbous plants with linear nervose 

 leaves and branched scapes of drooping blue flowers. Perianth 

 campanulate, adhering to the base of the ovary ; limb 6-parted, 

 with spreading segments. Stamens inserted in the tube of the 

 perianth; filaments compressed. In honour of Lady Gordon 

 Gumming. 



1. G. trimaculata. This has deep blue flowers with a dark 

 purple spot on each segment. 



22. ASPHCDELUS. 



A distinct genus of plants with fleshy fasciculated roots, 

 usually radical tufted narrow or triquetrous leaves, and showy 

 yellow or white flowers. Perianth of 6 free equal spreading 

 segments. Stamens 6, hypogynous, alternately long and short. 

 Natives of the South of Europe.* Name said to be derived from 

 a, not, and cr^aXXoo. to supplant, in allusion to the handsome 

 flowers. 



1. A. litteus. King's Spear. This is perhaps the hand- 

 somest and at the same time the best known species. Stem 

 leafy, about 3 or 4 feet high. Leaves small, triangular, pointed, 

 dark green, marked with lines of a paler tint. Flowers in 



