150 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Anthericum. 



naked filaments, may be a good genus, but the name, 

 long since appropriated to a genus of insects, is, of course, 

 inadmissible. 



1. A. serotiniim. Mountain Spiderwort. 



Leaves semicvlindrical ; those on the stem dilated at their 

 base. Flower mostly solitary. 



A. serotinum. Linn.Sp.PlAU. Willd. v.2.\ZA. Fl.Br.StU. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 12. t. 793. Jucq. Austr. app. t. 38. 



Phalangium n. 1209, Hull. Hint. v. 2. 101. 



Bulbosa alpina juncifolia, pericarpio unico erecto in summo cauli- 



culo dodrantali. Rail Sijn. ed. 2. 233. 

 Bulbocodium alpinum, pumilum, juncifolium, flore unico, intus 



albo, extus squalide rubente. Dill, in Ruii Sijn. 374. t. \7-f. 1 . 



B. serotinum. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1. 294. 



Pseudo-narcissus, gramineo folio. Bauh. Pin.bi. Prodr.27. Riidb. 



Ehjs.v.2.64.f.9. 

 Narcissus autumnalis minor. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. GGS, left-hand Jig. 



onhj. 



On the loftiest Welsh mountains. 



Upon Snowdon, and other mountains in Wales. Ray. On Crib y 

 Ddescil, near Llanberris, rare ; on rocks above Cvvm Idwal, 

 Caernarvonshire, in abundance. Mr. Griffith. 



Perennial. June. 



Root somewhat tuberous, rather than bulbous, with many long- 

 slender fibres. Herb smooth, slender. Stem solitary, 3 or 4 

 inches high, round, generally sim|)le and .single-flowered ; not 

 unfrequently branched and bearing several flowers ; according 

 to Mr. Griffith, the only British botanist perhaps who has had an 

 opportunity of studying this curious plant in its natural situa- 

 tion. Radical-leaves few, erect, taller than the stem, semicy- 

 lindrical, solid, very narrow ; those on the stem much shorter, 

 lanceolate, sheathing, scattered, more like bracteas. Ft. erect, 

 white, veined externally with dull red. Pet. scarcely half an 

 inch long, tapering at the base, withering, permanent as well as 

 the stamens. Caps, the size of a pea, membranous. Seeds an- 

 gular, wrinkled, of a bright chesnut colour ; nor can I perceive 

 the black brittle skin, proper, as Mr. Brown observes, to his As- 

 phodelecp. 



The specific name, which is incorrect for a plant blossoming in 

 June, seems to have originated in a confusion of synonyms be- 

 tween this Anthericum and the Narcissus serotinus of Chis. Hist, 

 v.l. lt)2./. copied in John Bauhin's Historia, and there placed 

 with our Anthericum. The plant of Clusius deserves inquiry ; 

 for it is not Narcissus serotinus of Linnaeus, though quoted as 

 such. Haller and Jacquin, as well as LinnEeus, err greatly in 

 their application of this synonym. 



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