HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Narthecium. Ibl 

 194. NARTHECIUM. Bog-asphodel. 



Moehring in Eph. Nat. Cur. v. 6. 389. t.o.f. 1. Huds. 145. Fl. Br. 

 368. Pursh2l4. 



Nat. Ord. see 7i. 1 90. 



Cal. none. Petals 6, inferior, linear-lanceolate, spreading, 

 ribbed, membranous at the edges, permanent; 3 of them 

 interior ; all finally hardened, and converging round the 

 capsule. Filam. opposite to each petal, and not so long, 

 erect, awl-shaped, wooll}' all over, except a small space at 

 the top and bottom, permanent. Anth. terminal, oblong, 

 converging, smooth; finally twisted. Germ, superior, 

 oblong, triangular, tapering upwards into a short conical 

 style. Stigma simple. Caps, oblong, tapering, pointed, 

 bluntly triangular, with 3 intermediate furrows, 3 acute 

 rigid valves, and 3 cells, bearing central partitions, which 

 are joined at their base to the short central column. 

 Seeds numerous, erect, small, oblong, smooth, each in- 

 vested with a pale, membranous tunic, tapering, and 

 greatly elongated, at each end, equalling the whole cap- 

 sule in length. 



Root creeping, perennial. Leaves sword-shaped, entire. 

 Stem simple, leafy. Cluster terminal, erect, many-flowered. 

 Bracteas 2 to each partial stalk. Fl. yellow. 



1. N. oss'ifragum. Lancashire Bog-asphodel. 



Cluster uninterrupted. One bractea at the base, the other 

 above the middle, of each partial stalk. 



N. ossifragum. Huih.W:). IVith. '339. H. Br. 363. Engl.Bot. 



V. 8. t. 535. Hook. Lond. t. 139. Scol. 103. Wahlenb. Lapp. 78. 

 Anthericum ossifragum. Linn. Sp. PL 446. Fl. Lapp. ed. 2. 105. 



Willd. V. 2. 147. Fl. Dan. t. 42. 

 Asphodelus Lancastrise. Ger. Ein. 95./. 

 A. luteus palustris. Dod. Pempt. 208./. 

 A. minimus luteu.s acorifolius palustris. Lob. Ic. 92. f. 

 Pseudoasphodelus palustris anglicus. Bauh. Pin. 29. 

 Ps. palu.stris. Bauh. Theatr. 551./. 

 Phalangium anglicum palustre, iridis folio. Raii Sijn. 375. 



In black turfy bogs. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Root tuberous and creeping. Hrrh smooth, rather firm and rigid. 

 Stem ascending, roundish, leafy, 6 or 8 inches high, not quite 

 straight. Leaves partly in radical tufts, 2-ranked, sword-shaped, 

 ribbed, obliquely pointed, half the height of the stem j partly 



