128 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Galanthus. 



204. RUMEX. Co/, of 3 leaves. Pet.i. Sf^rf 1, naked, 



triangular. 



205. TOFIELDIA. Cal S-cleft. Pet. ^ Capsules 3, 



with many seeds. 



Elatine. 



Order IV. POLYGYNIA. Fistih numerous, 



209. ALISMA. Ca^. of 3 leaves. P^^ 3. Caps. 6 or more, 

 aggregate. Seeds 1 or 2. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



184. GALANTHUS. Snowdrop. 



Linn. Gen. 160. Juss. 55. Fl. Br. 352. Lam. t. 230. 



Narcissoleucoium. Tourn. t. 208. B. 



Nat. Ord. SpathacecE. Linn. 9. Narcissi. Juss, 17. Amaryl- 

 lidece. Br. Pr. 296. Two following genera the same. 



Cal. none. Pet. 6, superior, regular, deciduous ; 3 outer- 

 most obovate, concave, spreading, equal ; 3 innermost 

 shorter, intermediate, erect, wedge-shaped, obtuse, with a 

 notch, internally furrowed. Filam. from the summit of 

 the germen, capillary, very short, erect. Anth. terminal, 

 much longer, shorter than the inner petals, erect, con- 

 verging, lanceolate, acute, with a bristly point, discharg- 

 ing their pollen by 2 terminal pores. Germ, inferior, 

 globose, abrupt. Style cylindrical, longer than the sta- 

 mens. Stigma simple, acute. Caps, nearly globular, 

 with 3 obtuse angles, of 3 cells, and 3 valves, each valve 

 with a central partition. Seeds numerous, globose, at- 

 tached to the partitions. 



Root a coated bulb. Leaves radical, in pairs, linear, entire. 

 Fl. on a radical stalk, solitary, drooping, with a distant, 



