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3. RoMULEA. — A closely allied genus with a conn ■ short scape : 

 linear, radical leaves; poly s^-ni metric peiiaiilh with a .short tube 

 surrounded by a longer spathe ; perianth-haves 6, recurved at the 

 tip; slignias 3, j-fid, with linear segments. (Xame from Romulus. 

 founder of Rome.) 



J. R. CohhiiUiT. the only British specie!, a small plant, 3 — 4 

 in. high, with a minute cor)n, very narrow leaves, and i — 5 floivers, 

 on a short stalk, greenish outside, whitish, iwith purple veins and 

 yellow at the base, inside. — It grows only on a sandy pasture called 

 the AA'arren, at Hawlish, Devon, and in the Channel Island.v — Fl. 

 March — May. Perennial. 



4. Sl^^■Rl'^'CHlUM (Blue-eyed Grass). — Fibrous rooted plants with 

 linear, equitant, radical leaves : tall, umbellate scape : polysym- 

 nietric periaiilh with short tube: short style; and 3 undi\'ided 

 threaddike stigmas. (Name of uncertain etymologv.) 



1. .'^. aagustifuliuin {'S'd.mnYAe'dv^td. Blue-eyed Grass). — A pretiv 

 plant, about a foot high, with linear leaves and a 2-edged, winged 

 pedur.cle bearing r — 6 blue flowos, with a short .f/i(7//;f and pointed 

 periajith-leaves. — Bogs, Gahvay, Kerry and Cork. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



2. 5. califoriiicuni. a species with 4 — 5 vellbw floiceis, with blunt 

 periaiilli-leav3s, a nati\'e of California and C)regon, was found in 

 Tune, 1S96, by Rev. K. S. .Alarshall, in marshy ground at Rosslare, 

 CO. ^^'exford. 



5. GL.AtiiOLUS. — Herbaceous plants with, conns ; leaves sword- 

 shaped, equitant : Hcm'en in a tall, i-sided spike, monosynimetric, 

 with a short, curved periantJi-luhe. and 6 segments, slightly 2-lipped ; 

 style slender; sligiuatic lobes 3, widening upw^ards. (Name a Latin 

 diminutive from glddius, a sword, referring to the form of the leaves, 

 pronounced with the accent on the first syllable, the f having sound 

 like V.) 



I. G. illirictis. the only British species.— Ccr;" ovate, small, 

 with manv bulbils and a sheath of slender, parallel fibres: stem i 

 — 2 feet high, leafy; leaves slender, glaucous -.'flou'ers crimson, 4 — 

 S in a spike : seeds narrowly winged. — In thi^ Xew Forest and the 

 Isle of Wight : rare. — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



OrP. I. XXX. AMARVLLIDE-f-. AMARYLLIS FaMILY 



An extensive Order, principally composed, of herbaceous plants 

 with bulbous stems, sword-shaped, radical leaves, and showy flmcers, 

 which are distinguished from the Liliacea: by. their inferior ovary, 

 that organ in the Lily Family being superior. The perianth consists 

 of 6 leaves in 2 whorls, sometimes with a tubular coronet at the 



