LILV TRIBE 2S3 



4. PoLYGONATUM (Solomon's Seal). — Corolla 6-cleft, elongated, 

 persistent, jointed with the pedicle ; stamens 6, distinct ; stigma i. 

 (Name in Greek denoting " many angled," from the character of 

 the stem.) 



5. Maianthemum (May I-ily). — Stem erect, with a few alternate 

 leaves ; flowers in a simple terminal raceme ; perianth spreading, 

 divided in four. 



6. SciLLA. — Flowers blue, white, or pink ; perianth 6-cleft, 

 falling off, (Name, the Latki name of the plant.) 



7. Ornithogalum (Star of Bethlehem), — Like Scilla, except 

 that the perianth is white, and does not fall off. (Name from the 

 Greek, ornis, a bird, and gala, milk. This plant is supposed by 

 Linnaeus to be the " dove's dung " mentioned in 2 Kings vi. 25.) 



8. Allium (Garlic). — Corolla of 6 spreading petals ; flowers in 

 an umbel, at the base of which is a sheath of i or 2 leaves. (Name, 

 the Latin name of the plant.) 



9. SiMETHis. — Roots not bulbous ; fl.owers panicled ; perianth 

 divided into 6 segments. 



10. Muscari. — Perianth globular, with 6 minute, tooth-like, 

 indications of division. (Name from its musky smell.) 



11. Fritillaria (Fritillary). — Flowers solitary ; petals 6, with 

 a nectary at the base of each ; anthers attached above their bases ; 

 style 3-cleft at the summit. (Name from the Latin, fritillus, a dice- 

 box, the common accompaniment of a chequer-hoard, which the 

 marking of the flower resembles.) 



12. Tulipa (Tulip). — Flowers soUtary, rarely 2 on a stem ; petals 

 and anthers as in Gagea ; style 0. (Name from tolihan, the Persian 

 name for a turban.) 



13. Gage.a. — Flowers in an umbel or corymb ; petals 6, without 

 a nectary; anthers erect, attached to the filaments by their bases; 

 style conspicuous. (Named in honour of Sir Thomas Gage.) 



14. Lloydia. — Flowers mostly solitary, small ; perianth 6-parted, 

 spreading, not falling off. (Named after Ed. Lloyd, who discovered 

 it.) 



15. COLCHICUM (Meadow Saffron). — Perianth with a very long 

 tube, rising from a sheath. (Name from Colchis, a country famous 

 for medicinal herbs.) 



16. Tofieldia (Scottish Asphodel). — Perianth 6-parted ; flowers 

 each from a small 3-lobed sheath, greenish yellow ; styles 3. (Name 

 in honour of Mr. To field, an English botanist.) 



17. Narthecium. — Flowers bright yellow ; perianth 6-parted ; 

 style I. (Name from the Greek, narthex, a rod.) 



