340 85. ASPAEAGACEiE. 86, LILIACEiE. 



Fl. racemose, nodding, purewhite, glplsose-beilsliaped, fragrant. 

 —Woods and thickets. P.V. ,' E, S. 



3. PoiTGtONA'TUM Toum. -.Solomooi's Seal. 



1. P. vertidlldtum (All.) ; I. linear-lanceolate whorled, St. erect 

 ang'ulai-.— JB". ,£._ 128. H. x. 435.— St. .2 jfe^t high,. L. 3—5 in 

 a whorl. Berries red. — Woods. Perthshire. Smalesmouth, 

 Northumberland. P. VI. . ,, E.S. 



2. P. officinale (All:) ; I. OTate-oblong half-clasping- glabrous 

 alternate, st: angular, peduncles 1 — 2-flowered, cor. not nairowed 

 in the TmAdilejJilamehtagtahroiis.^-ConvallnriaPoh/ffonatf/m (L.), 

 E. B. 280. R. X. ■484.-^Height 1— IJ foot. Berry bluish.- 

 Woods, rare. P. V. , ., ,,..., E. 



3. P. muttifl&rumiAXt.'); 1; ovate-oblong halfJclaspingglabrous 

 alternate, St. TOM?«c?, peduncles 1- or maby-flowered', cor! nan'owed 

 ill the middle,_/?foweMfe downy. — E. B. 279. M. x. 433. — Height 

 2 feet. Berry .bluish.— Woods. P. V. ., ,, ' , E.S. 



4. Maian'themtjm Wiggers. 



.1. M,, hifdlium^ (BC.) ; st. with 2, fvjternat^ stalied triangular- 

 cordate leaves. — Ger. Herb. p. 4Q9.i ■, , Coip^allaria- L., St, 13. 6. 

 a. X. 436. — St. 6 — 8 in. high. Root fllifonn. L. vpry deeply cor- 

 date. Baceme terminal, resembling a spike. Fl. small ; seg- 

 ments reflexed. — Woods. Near Scarborough, inplenty. Howiok, 

 Northumb. (now eradicated').' Oaen Wood, Middlesex. Bingley 

 Wood, Preston ; and Harwood near BlacklDUrri.- Gerard. P. V. 



■; , .V ' . ^ ., ,,E. 



5. Etjs'ous Linn. ..Buteher'SiBrpom. 



1. iJ. acafeafes (L.) ; I'eaflike flattened shoo'ts ' pvate-attenu- 

 ate very acute rigid bekring the fl. upon the middle of their 

 upper surface, fl. 1 rarely 2 with a flat subulate scariousl-veined 

 bract.— ^. B. 560. R. x. 437.— Evergi-eea. Fl. small. L. very 

 minute.— Thickets. Sh. III. IV. E. S.'? 



Order LXXXVI. LILIACE^. 



Perianth inferior, petal-like, 6-leaved, 6.^parted or with 6 teeth. 

 Stam. 6, inserted into the receptacle or in the perianth. Anth. 

 bi-irsting inwards. Ovary superior, S-celled. Ovules many in 

 each cell. Style 1. Stigmas 3 or 1. P/-. rfry, capsular, bursting 



with 3 valves bearing the dissepiment on their middle. For 



flg. of genera see G. P. G, Monocot. ii. 



Tribe I. TULIPEAS. Perianth-L, nearly or quite distinct. 

 Cells of caps. Inany-seeded. S^eife flat (in thydia angu- 



