90 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Leucojum. 



Mossy, turfy bogs. Bullmarsh Heath. Bogs in Windsor Great 



Park. Tur. 

 Per. July, August. 



Like the last, but rather larger. Ls. oblong. 



PENTANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



MYOSU'RUS. Mouse-tail. 



M. minimus. Mouse-tail. E. B. 435. C. 4. 26. 

 Cauda muris. G. E. 426. 



Cornfields, gravel. Sm. Magdalen College ^Yalks, near the meadow 

 gate. Southleigh. North Aston. Sb. Between Bayswater 

 and Stanton St. John's. J3.v. 



An. June. 



Root fibrous. Herb smooth, variable in size, stemless. Ls. 

 numerous, nearly vipright, linear, somewhat battledore-shaped, 

 pale-green. Stalks upright, longer than the Is., simple, roimd, 

 each bearing a small upright _^. of a pale yellowish colour. Stam. 

 variable in number, about five. Pistil composed oi a conical 

 receptacle, with a great number of egg-shaped, slightly striated 

 germens, two or three hundred, not unlike a mouse's tail. Plant 

 acrid. 



Class VI. HEXANDRIA. Stamens 6. 

 Each 3 equal. 



Order I. MONO G YNIA. Pistil 1 . 



(* Galanthus nivalis. Common Snow-drop. Packing- 

 ton, Warwickshire. Tur. Sometimes difficult to 

 draw the line of demarcation between indigenous wild 

 plants, and exotics.) 



LEUCOJUM. Snow-flake. 



L. cBstivum. Summer Snow-Jlake. Flowers several. 

 Style club-shaped. E. B. 621. C. 5. 23. L. bulbo- 

 sum majus polyanthemum. G. E. 148. 



In moist meadows, and marshes near rivers. Sandford. Y. St. 



John's Island, opposite Kennington. Mr. Barnes, Christ Church, 



0.cford. Near Reading. Tur. 

 Per. May. 



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