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^Asparagus. 



9, SciLLA. Flowers racemose, on a scape. Spatha 0. Perianth 

 deciduous. 



10. Ornithogaluk- Flowers white, racemose or corymbose, on a scape. 



Spatha 0. Perianth persistent. 



**** Fruit dry, capsular. Hoot hulbous» Stem more or less leafy, Pedun^ 



cles {or pedicels^ without membranaceous bracteas at their base 

 springing from the axils of true leaves and not Jointed with the 

 flowers. Sepals distinct. Ovules many in each cell, Tulipe^e. 



f Anthers erect, • 



11. Gagea. Flowers yellow, corymbose or umbellate. Sepals without a 



nectariferous fold or depression. Style conspicuous. 



12. Lloydia. Flowers white tinged with red, solitary or fcAV and corym- 



bose. Sepals with a transverse nectariferous fold near the base. 

 Style conspicuous. 



13. Tulipa. Flowers usually solitary, rarely 2 on each stem. Style 0. 



f f Anthers attached above the base in front, 



14. Fritillaria. Sepals with a nectariferous depression at the base. 



Style 3 -cleft at the apex, 

 14a. LiLiUM. Sepals with a longitudinal nectariferous furrow at the 



base. Style undivided. Stigma capitate. 



^ Boots never bulbous. Fruit fleshy. Asparagese. (Gen. 1—4.) 



1. Asparagus Linn. Asparagus. 



Flowers perfect or occasionally imperfect, jointed with the 

 pedicel. Perianth campanulate/^tubular at the base, 6-partite, 

 deciduous. Stamens 6, distinct. Anthers peltate. Ovary 3- 

 celled, with 2 ovules m each cell. Stigmas 3, reflexed. 



Name : aairapayoQ^ in Greek, from uTra- 



Perry 



globose, 3-celled. 



pa(j(7ijj^ to tear; many of the species being armed with spines. 



1. A. officinalis L. (common Asparagus) ; unarmed, stem her- 

 baceous mostly erect rounded very much branched, leaves se- 

 taceous fasciculate flexible, pedimcles jointed in the middle. 

 F. B. t. 339. — /3. stem procumbent. 



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In several parts of the west and south-west coasts of England. On 

 an island, thence called *' Asparagus Island,'' Kynance Cove, Corn- 

 wall. Links near Gosford, Scotland, — )3. south-west coast of 

 Anglesea, rare : Mr. W. Wilson. If.. 6— B. — i?oo^ creeping, throw- 

 ing up numerous scaly erect or rarely procumbent stems, which, when 

 cultivated, are the Asparagus of our tables ; rarely, in a wild state, 

 exceeding a foot in "height. Floivers drooping, greenish-white, often 

 imperfect, with obsolete styles. Berries bright red. 



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2. Euscus Linn. Butcher's Broom. ' 



Dioecious. Perianth spreading, of 6 sepals. Filaments com- 

 bified in a tube. — Barren fl. Anthers 3—6, reniform, placed 



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