500 LiLiACE^. [Tulipa. 



hend we can boast of hut one truly indigenous species of Narcissus in Britain. 

 The scent of the two-flowered Narcissus is very powerful, reminding one of the 

 fragrant Magnolia glauca or grandijlora. 



Order I.XXV. LILIACE^, Juss. 



" Perianth inferior, petaloid, 6-parted. Stamens 6, inserted into 

 the receptacle or on the perianth ; anthers bursting inwards. 

 Ovary superior, 3-celled. Ovides many in each cell. Style 1 ; 

 stigmas 3 or 1. Fruit dry, capsular, bursting with 3 valves bear- 

 ing the dissepiment on their middle." — Bab. Man. 



Tribe I. Tulipeje. 



" Leaves of the 'pcrlanth distinct. Cells of the capsule many- 

 seeded. Seeds flat, placed closely one above another ; testa pale or 

 fuscous, not crustaceous." — Bab. Man. 



I. Tulipa, Linn. Tulip. 



" Perianth campanulate, of 6 pieces, without a nectariferous 

 depression, deciduous. Anthers erect. Stigma sessile, 3-lobed. 

 Capsule trigonous. Seeds flat. — Mowers usually solitary, rarely 

 two 071 each stem." — Br. Fl. 



t ? 1. T. sylvestris, L. Yellow Wild Tulip. " Stem 1-flowered 

 somewhat drooping, leaves of the perianth ovato - acuminate 

 bearded at the extremity, stamens hairy at the base, stigma 

 obtuse."— ^r. Fl. p. 443. E. B. t. 63. 



In clay or limeslone meadows and pastures, old quarries, chalk-pits and 

 orchards; very rare, and possibly not indigenous with us. J?/. March — May. If. 



E. Med. — In a moist clayey pasture-field abiiut the eii;hthi_of a mile S. by E. 

 of Hardingshoot farm, betwixt that and the former site of Little Hardingshoot, 

 but not abundant, and flowering very sparingly, Feb. 25th, 1846. Mr. W. Whale, 

 of Andover, showed me a specimen of the wild Tulip which he had received from 

 a lady who gathered it in the Isle of Wight, but no station was appended to the 

 label. 



Tribe II. Asphodele^. 



Root hidbous. Fruit dry, capsidar. Flowers usually on a leaf- 

 less stem or scape, and with membranaceous bracteas or spathas, 

 but no true leaves, at the base of the pedicels, icliich are not jointed 

 with tlic flower. Ovules numerous in each cell of the ovary. Seeds 

 with a black, crustaceous, shining coat. 



The elegant iVarcJssus of tbe poets {N. poeticiis) is partially naturalized on 

 grassy slopes in the grounds of Norris castle, but has been too evidently intro- 

 duced there to find a place in this Flora. 



