85. ASPAEAGACBiE. 339 



3. Galan'ihtts lAnn. Snowdrop. 



1. G. nivalis {!,.).— E.S. 19. iJ. ix. 363.— Bulbous. Fl. solitary, 

 white, drooping; inner segments greenish. L. 2, keeled, broadly 

 linear, glaucous. — Thickets. P. 11. III. E. S. 



Order LXXXV. ASPARAGAciE^. 



Perianth inferior, petal-like, 6-parted or 4— 8-parted. Stani. 

 6 or 4 — 8, inserted into the receptacle or on the perianth. Anth. 

 bursting inwards. Ovary supeiior, 3- (rarely 1-) celled. Ovules 

 1 or many in each cell. Styles 1 — 3. Fr. spcc^knt, not bursting. 

 Moot not bulhous. — Seefigm-es of the generain O. P. G. ^onocot. ii. 



1. Asparagus. Perianth 6-parted, bellshaped, tubular below. 

 Stam. 6. Ovary 3-ceUed ; cells 2-ovuled. Style 1. Stig^ 

 inas B,reflex£d. — Fl. by abortion dicecious. 



2. Convallabia. Perianth bellshaped, &-parted, deciduous. 

 Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Stigma blunt, trigonous, 

 teerry with 1-seeded cells. Fl. jointed to pedicel. 



3. POLYGONATUM. Perianth tulndar, 6-toothed, tardUy d«- 

 ciduotis. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled.'- Stigma blunt, 

 trigonous. Berry with 1— 72-seeded cells. Fl. not jointed 

 to pedicel. 



4. Maianthbmtjm:. Perianth 4i-parted} segments horizon- 

 taEy patent or reflexed, deciduous. Stam. 4. Style 1, 

 bifid. Stigma blunt. Berry 2-celled ; cells l-seeded. 



5. UuscTJS. Dioecious. Perianth 6-parted to the base, per- 

 sistent. Filaments forming an ovoid tube, on the top of 

 which the 3 anth. are placed. — Fem. the same, but the 

 anthers barren. Style 1. Stigmas capitate. Beny 1-celled, 

 rarely 2Tseeded. — Fl. on disk of persistent leaflike shoots. 



1. Aspak'agtis Linn. 



1. A. officindlis (L.) ; st. herbaceous mostly erect without 

 spines branched^ 1. clustered terete flexible setaceous. — E. B. 

 339. — Creeping. Stems many. — a. A. prostratus (Dum.) ; st. 

 plDstraiteatthe base, branches short about 1 ft. long. BM. S. 

 Bot. Belg. i. t. 2.- — /3. campeatris; st. erect about 3 ft. high, 

 brandies lojtg. ^Sea-coast, rare. Kynance Coye, OomwaU. 

 South coast of Anglesea. Giltar Point, Pemb. Tramore,Waterf. 

 — ^. Escape from cultivataon* : P. VIII. E. I. 



2. Convaila'eia Linn. Lily of the Valley. 



1. C. majSis (L.)—E. B. 1035. St. 14 10.— About a foot 

 hio-h. L. 2, ovate-lanceolate, radical. Scape semicylindrical. 



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