Pt.md.ph. 15. ASPHODELEiE. 112. Phalanglum. 175 



1. Filamejits smooth, not tricuspidate, inserted at the base 



of the perigoidum. 



Root fibrous ; scape 1 -flowered ; 

 filaments tlireadiike, not dilated Phalangium 112, 



Root bulbose; flowers yellow, umbelled; 

 Jilaments threadlike, not dilated Gag-ea. 118. 



Root bulbose; flowers blue, racemose; 

 Jilaments dilated, awlshape Scilla. 116. 



Root hwVoo&Q', flowers whitish, racemose,; 

 filaments dilated at bottom Ornjthogalum. 117- 



Root bulbose ; flowers umbelled ; 

 filaments dilated at bottom; spatha 2-leaved . . Cepa. 121, 



2. Filaments smooth, not tricuspidate, attached above the 



base of the perigo?iinm; root bulbose, 



Verigonium S-sepaled, persisting ; 

 flowers racemose; bractece 2-leaved . . . Hyacinthuf. 114^. 



jPer/^o/z«/7w 6-sepaled, persisting; 

 flowers umbelled ; spatha 3-leaved MoLV. 1 19. 



Perigonium 6-toothed, ovate, ventricose ; 

 flowers racemose Muscari. 1 IS. 



3. Filaments alternately 3-cuspidate, inserted at the lam 



of the perigonium. 



Flowers racemose; spathe none; 

 bractece 1, at the bottom, of the peduncle. Honorius. 115. 



Flowers umbelled; spathe 2-valved; 

 bractece none Allium. 120. 



A. Flowers solitary; perigonium 6-sepaIed; root fibrous. 



I. 112. PHALANGIUM. Dioscorides. Spiderwori. 



Perigonium 6-sepaled, spreading ; stamens 6 ; filaments 

 smooth, threadshape, equal, inserted in the base of the 

 sepales; stigma 3-sided; seed 3-sided. — Root fibrous; leaves 

 sheathing; sheaths membranaceous; npper leaves alternate, 

 stem- clasping, lanceolate ; flowers terminal, white, veined : 

 bractece none. 



Phalangium serotinum. Late spiderwort. 



Leaves 2, thick, semicylindrical ; upper lanceolate, dilated. 



incurved, subulate ; scape 1 -flowered ; capsule oblong, 



crowned. 



