85. ASPARAGACE.E. 327 



white, broadly ovate, crown yellow. — Heathy open fields on a 

 sandy soil. Norf., Kent. P. V.] E. 



3. N. Pseudo-narcissus (L.) ; 1. linear obtuse not keeled, scape 

 2-edged 1-flowered, perianth-segm. scarcely exceeding tube, 

 crown bellshaped crisped at the margin and crenate equalling 

 the perianth, pedicel within the spath short. — E. B. 17. R- ix. 

 369.— Fl. large, yellow.— Woods and thickets. P. III. IV. Daf- 

 fodil. 



[N. lohularis (Schult.); "perianth-segm. exactly twice as 

 long as tube, crown 6-lobecl." Tenby. — N. minor (L.) ; " crown 

 6-lobed equalling the perianth, pedicel long." Penrice Castle, 

 Glam. — N. incomparabilis (Curt.) ; crown erect i as long as 

 perianth, otherwise like No. 3. In several places in the south. 

 — These are not native plants.] 



2. Leucojum Linn. Snowflake. 



tl . L. cEstivum (L.) ; spath many-flowered, style thickened up- 

 wards.— E.B. 621. E. ix. 362.— Bulbous. Height 2— 2i feet. 

 Fl. white, drooping ; tips greenish. L. broadly linear, keeled. 

 Scape 2-edged. — Wet meadows. P. V. E. 



3. Galanthus Linn. Snowdrop. 



1. G. nivalis (L.).—E.B. 19. R. ix. 363.— Fl. solitary, white, 

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

 linear, glaucous. Bulbous. — Thickets. P. II. III. 



Order LXXXV. ASPARAGACEJE. 



Perianth inferior, petaloid, 6-parted or 4 — 8-parted. Stam. 6 

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

 bursting inwards. Ovary superior, 3-celled. Ovules 1 or many 

 in each cell. Styles 1 — 3. Fr. succulent, not bursting. Root 

 not bulbous. — In this and the two succeeding Orders I follow 

 Koch, who appears to have paid great attention to them. For 

 figures of the genera see G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 



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

 Stam. 6. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Style I. Stig- 

 mas 3, reflexed. — Fl. by abortion dioecious. 



2. CoNVALLARiA. PenfflMiA bellshaped, 6-ported, dcciduous. 

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

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



3. PoLYGONATUM. Perianth tubular, 6-toothed, tardily de- 

 ciduous. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Stigma blunt. 



