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linear-lanceolate.— B. B. 622. St. 18. 4. R. x. 442.— About a 

 foot high. Fl. flesh-coloured with many dark spota, rarely 

 white. — Meadows and pastures in the east and south. P. V. E. 



3. LiLiuM Linn. Lily. 



[*1. L. Martagon (L.); 1. whorled elliptic-lanceolate, st. pu- 

 bescent-scabrous, fl. nodding, perianth reflexed.— B. B. S. 2799. 

 R. X. 451.— Height 1— U foot. Fl. violet-flesh-coloured with 

 dark purple spots. — Copses. P. VI. VII. TurVs-cap Lily.] E. 



[*2. L. pomponium (L.) ; 1. scattered linear-lanceolate, fl. 

 nodding, perianth reflexed. — About 1 ft. high. Fl. yellow with 

 black dots below. — Between S. Molton and MoUond, Devon.] 



4. Lloydia Salisb. 



1. L. serotina (R.) ; root-1. semicylindrical, st.-l. dilated below 

 and sheathing, fl. mostly solitary, nectary a transverse plait. — 

 jE. B. 793. St. 28. 2. R. a. 440. Anthericum Sm.— Height 

 5 or 6 in. St. and 1. springing separately from the root. St.-l. 

 several, short. Fl. white with reddish lines internally. — ^Welsh 

 mountains, very rare. Snowdon. Glyder Favpr. P. VI. E. 



Tribe II. Asphodelem. 



5. Ornithogalum Zotm. Star of Bethleliem. 



fl. O. umbellatum (L.); fl. corymbose, peduncles exceeding 

 the linear-lanceolate bracts, filaments lanceolate simple, 1. linear 

 glabrous.^ — E. B. 130. R. x. 467. — L. exceeding the stem or 

 filiform and shorter. Height 8 — 12 in. Fl. white with a broad 

 green longitudinal band externally.— Meadows and pastures. 

 P. V. E. S. 



2. O. pyrenaicum (L.) ; fl. in an elongated raceme, peduncles 

 at first spreading afterwards erect, bracts lanceolate-acuminate, 

 filaments dilated below with a long point, 1. fugacious linear 

 grooved. — E. B. 499. — St. leafless, 2 — 3 feet high. Raceme 

 very long. Fl. greenish-white ; segments of the perianth variable 

 in breadth. L. withering before the stalk appears, rarely con- 

 temporaneous. — Woods. Extremely common near Bath. Sussex. 

 Bedfordshire. P. VI. E. 



*3. O. nutans (L.) ; fl. few in a lax nodding raceme, peduncles 

 falling short of the bracts, filaments flat membranous trifid, the 

 lateral points acute, middle one very short bearing the anther, 1. 

 hnear-lanceolate.— £. B. 1997. Albucea R. x. 473.— Height 



