352 88. LiLiACE*. 



3. P. multifldrum (All.) ; 1. ovate-oblong half-clasping glabrous 

 alternate, st. round, peduncles 1- or many-flowered, cor. narrowed 

 in tbe middle, ^famenfe downy— E. B. 279. R. x. 433.— Heigbt 

 2 feet. Berry bluish.— Woods. P. V. E. S. 



4. MAiAif'iHEMirM Wiggers. 



1. M. Ufdlium (DC.) ; st. with 2 alternate stalked tiiangular- 

 cordate leaves. — Ger. Herb, p, 409. Sttiilacina, 8y. K B. 1510. 

 A. X, 436. — St. 6—8 in. high. Root filiform. L. very deeply cor- 

 date. Raceme terminal, resembling a Spike. M. small ; seg- 

 ments reflexed. — Woods. Near Scarborough, in plenty. Howick, 

 Northumb. (now eradicated). Oaen Wood, Middlesex. Dingley 

 Wood, Preston : and Harwood near Blackburn. Gerard. P. V. 



E. 



5. Etjs'cus Linnt Batcber's Broom. 



1. R. acuhdtus (L.) ; leaflike flattened shoots ovate-attenu- 

 ate very acute rigid bearing the fl. upon the middle of their 

 upper surface, fl. 1 rarely 2 vsdth a flat subulate scarious 1-veined 

 bract.— ^. B. 560. R. x. 437.— Evergreen. Fl. small. L. very 

 minute.— Thickets. Sh. III. IV. E. S.? 



Order LXXXVlII- LILIACE^. 



Perianth inferior, petal-like, 6-leaved, 6-parted or vrith 6 teeth. 

 Stam. 6, inserted on the receptacle or on the perianth. Anth. 

 bursting inwards. Ovary superior, 3-oelled. Ovules many in 

 each cell. Style 1. Stigmas 3 or 1. Pr. dry, capsular, bursting 

 with 3 valves bearing the dissepiment on their middle. 



Tribe I. TJJLIFEM. Perianth-1. nearly or quite distinct. 

 OeUs of caps, many-seeded. Seeds flat (in Lloydia angu- 

 lar), placed closely one above another ; testa pale or fuscous, 

 not crustaceous. — St. usually more or less leafy. Bulbous. 



1. Tulip A. Perianth without nectaries, deciduous. Anth. 

 erect. Style 0. Stigma 3-lobed. Seeds flat. 



2. Feitillaeia, Perianth deciduous ; a nectariferous de- 

 pression at the base of each leaf, Anth. attached above their 

 hose. Style 3-fid at the apex. Seeds flat. 



[3. LiLiuM. Perianth deciduous, spreading or reflexed; a 

 longitudinal nectariferous furrow at the base of each leaf. 

 Anth. attached above their base. Stigma capitate. Seeds flat.] 



4. Lloybia. Perianth persistent, patent. Stam. inserted at 



