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SPECIES I.— LLOYD I A SE ROT IN A. Ifekh. 



Plate IIDXXI. 



F^!ch. Tc. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. X. Tab. CCCCXl,. 

 Billuf, Fl. Gall, ct Germ. Exsicc. No. 17G9. 



Anthcricnm serotinum, Linn. Sin. Engl. Bot. cd. i. No. 793 ; and Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. 

 p. 150. 



Bulb very small, covered as well as the lower part of the stem with 

 numerous fuscous sheaths. Leaves filiform, semicjlindrical-trigonous, 

 those on the stem short and slightly dilated below. Flowers solitary, 

 or 2 on a stem. Perianth rotate-cupshaped, not attenuated below ; the 

 leaves with a transverse nectariferous pore a little above the base. 

 Capsule turbinate, 3-lobed, scarcely longer than broad. 



On rocky ledges. Very rare, and confined to the Snowdon range 

 of mountains in Carnarvonshire, whence I have specimens labelled 

 " Clogwyn Ddu " and " Glyder Ffawr." 



England. Perennial. Early Summer. 



Bulb so minute that it does not bulge out the sheaths which sur- 

 round it and the base of the stem sufficiently to indicate where it ends 

 and the base of the stem begins. Radical leaves 1 or 2, very slender, 

 3 to 9 inches long. Stem 2 to 8 inches long with 2 to 4 rather 

 short leaves, and usually a single terminal erect flower, but some- 

 times with a second flower beneath the terminal one. Perianth spi-ead- 

 ing while in flower, about i inch long, oval-elli})tical, obtuse, )^ellowish- 

 wliite, with three dull reddish lines on the outside of each leaf. Capsule 

 about the size of a pea, surrounded by the withered stamens and pistil. 

 The ripe seeds I have not seen : Smith describes them as " angular, 

 wrinkled, and of bright chestnut colour." 



Mountain Lloydia. 

 Frencli, Loydie tardive. 



Tribe II.— HYACINTHE^. 



Perianth leaves free or more or less coherent. Seeds globular, with 

 the testa commonly black. Rootstock a tunicated bulb, or very rarely 

 a scaly bulb. Leaves usually all radical and sheathing at the base. 



GENUS J^/.— GAGE A. Salisb. 



Perianth coloured, yellow, widely funnelshaped-rotate ; perianth 

 leaves G, free, subpersistent and marcescent, more or less spreading, 

 Avitliout a nectariferous pore at the base ; the outer leaves herbaceous 



