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4. Llotd'ia Salisb. 



1. L. serot'ina (R.) ; root-1. semioylindrical, st. 1. dilatod telow 

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

 B .B. 793. 8t. 28. 2. JJ. x. 440. Antliencum Sm,— Height 5 or 

 6 in. St. and 1. springing separately from the root. St.-l. several, 

 short. Fi. white with reddish lines internally. — Welsh moun- 

 tains, very rare. Snowdon. Glj'der Fawr. P. VI. E. 



Tribe II. Asphodelem. 



5. ORNiTHOa'ALUM Linn. Star of Bethlehem. 



Jl. O. umhellatum (L.) ; fl. corymbose, ped. exceeding the 

 linear-lanceolate tracts, 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 narrow raceme, 

 ped. at first spreading afteirwards erect, bracts lanceolate-acu- 

 minate, filaments dilated below with a long point, 1. soon fading 

 linear grooved. — -B. B. 499. — St. leafless, 2 — 3 feet high. Ra- 

 ceme becoming very long. Fl. greenish white ; segments of the 

 perianth variable in breadth. L. withering before the stalk 

 appears, rarely contemporaneous. — Woods. Extremely com- 

 mon near Bath. Sussex. Bedfordshire. P. VI. E. 



[3. 0. nutans (L.); fl. few in a lax nodding raceme, ped. 

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

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

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

 9 — 12 in. Fl. large, whitfe, greenish externally. — Fields and 

 orchards, rare. B. IV. V.] E. 



6. Ga'oea Salisb. 



1. G. lutea (Ker) ; radical 1. usually solitary linear-lanceolate 

 flat, bracts 2 opposite, peduncles imibellate simple glabrous, 

 segments of the perianth oblong blunt, bulb ovate solitary. — 

 E. B. 21. R. X. 477. Ornithogalum L. — St. about 6 in. mgh, 

 shorter than the leaves. Bracts lanceolate, one often exceeding 

 the yellow flowers. Bulb often enclosing many small round 

 -Woods and thickets, rare. P. III. IV. E. S. 



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