87. colchicacejE. 335 



— R. X. 503, — Bulb ovate. L. angularly folded, acute. Segments 

 of perianth white with a slender green midrib. — Hedges in 

 Guernsey. P. V. VI.] 



9. A. ursinum (L.) ; st. naked triangular, 1. stalked ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, spath 2-valved ovate, umbel level-topped lax bulbless, 

 stam. simple. — E. B. 122. — Bulb slender, oblong. L. few, 

 broad, smooth, bright green. Stalk one, as tall or taller than the 

 leaves. Fl. white. SmelUng strongly of garlic when bruised. — 

 Damp woods and hedges. P. V. VI. Ramsons. 



\_A. amhiguum {^XD..) ; st. terete, 1. broadly linear attenuate, 

 umbels few-flowered with a few bulbs, spath 3 — 4-valved, stam. 

 about half the length of the perianth. — Rochester. Eye Castle 

 Hill, Suff. Not a native. E. B. S. 2803.] 



Tribe III. Anthericem. 



9. SiMETHis Kunth. 



1. S. bicolor (K.).— E. B. S. 2952.— Root of fleshy fibres. 

 L. linear, flat or a little keeled upwards. St. and 1. inclosed in 

 sheathin'g scales and surrounded by brown fibres. Fl. panicled. 

 Pet. purple without, white within. Seed-stalks thick, white. 

 Seeds black. — Sandy heaths. Near Bournmouth, Dorset. On 

 hills and by sea-side, Derrynane, Kerry. P. V. E. I. 



Tribe IV. Hemerocallidece. 



10. Endymion Bumort. Blue Bell. 



1. E. nutans (Dum.) ; 1. linear, raceme nodding, fl. bellshaped 

 cylindrical, apex of the sep. revolute, bracts 2. — Scilla Sm., E. B. 

 377. Agraphis Link. — Scape about a foot high. Fl. blue, rarely 

 white. Stam. united to the perianth half-way up. L. shorter 

 than the scape. — Woods and thickets. P. V. English Blue-bell. 



11. MtiscARi Tom™. Grape Hyacintli. 



1. M. racemosum (MiW.) ; fl. ovate nodding crowded upper 

 ones nearly sessile abortive, 1. linear flaccid recurved. — Hyacirtr- 

 thus Sm., E. B. 1931.— Scape 1 ft. high. Fl. dark blue, scented. 

 —Sandy fields. Plentiful near Pakenham, Sufi'olk. P. V. E. 



Order LXXXVII. COLCHICACEiE. 



Perianth inferior, 6 — 7-parted. Stam. 6, on the receptacle or 



