176 112.Phalangium. 15. ASPHODELEiE. PLend.ph. 



Bulbosa Alpina juncifolia, pericarpio iinico ereclo in summo caitliculo 

 dodrantali. Rati Si/n. 374, 1, 



Anthericiim serotinum, Lin. S. P. 444. 

 Bulboodium serotinum, Lin. S . P. ed. 1 , 2994. 

 Oniithngalum striatum, fVilld.S. P. 2, 112. 

 Fhalangium serotinum, Lamarck Enc. Meth. 3, 241. 

 Mountain spiderwort, 



Alpine rocks; perennial; June. 



Stem 8 in. high ; root clubshape, covered with membra- 

 naceous scales; leaves 2 together, involved in avvlshape 

 scales; upper leaves 3 or 4, alternate, nearly embracing; 

 flower terminal, whitish green ; dorsal rib purplish. 



^. multifiorum. Flowers 3 or 4. 



B. Flowers spiked; perigonium tubular at bottom; plant 

 bulbose. 



II. 113. MUSCARI. Clusius. Bluebell. 

 Perigonium ovate, inflated in the middle, 6-toothed ; 



stamem 6 ; filaments simple, smooth, threadshape, inserted 

 in the middle of the perigonium ; stigma 3-sided ; capsule 

 3-sided, angles prominent; seed ovate; corculum straight, 

 the length of the perisperm. — Bulb truncated ; flowers in 

 spikes, blue or white. 



Muscari racemosum. Racemose bluebell. 



Flowers ovate, 6-fun'owed, crowded ; the upper sessile, 

 abortive ; leaves linear, keeled, lax, dependent. 



Hyacinthus rauscarius, Lin. S. P. 455. 

 Muscari racemosum, Curtis Bot. Mag, 122. 



Fields and walls ; perennial ; May. 



Scape 9 in. high ; spike 40 to 50 flowered ; flowers blue 

 or white ; smelling like starch. 



III. 114. HYACINTHUS. Theophrastus. Hyacinth. 

 Perigonium 6-cut, persistent ; sepales revolute, connivent 



at bottom into a tube ; stamens 6 ; filaments single, thread- 

 like, inserted about the middle of the perigonium ; stigma 

 obtuse ; capsule 6-sided ; seeds roundish ; corculum straight, 

 as long as the perisperm. — Bulb ovate, tunicated ; leaves 

 linear ; scape simple ; spike terminal ; flowers pendulous, 

 mostly blue; bractece 2, linear, at the base of the pe- 

 duncle. 



