354 88. LiLiACE^. 



■—E. B. 63. St. 29. 11. R. x. 446.— Fl. yellow, rarely produced 

 in a wild state. — Chalk-pits in the Eastern Counties. " Mea- 

 dows near Nottingham and in Yorkshire." P. IV. V. E. 



2. Peitiila'kia Linn. Pritillary. 



1. F. Meledgris (L.) ; st. l-flowered leafy, 1. all alternate 

 linear-lanceolate.— i^. B. 622. St. 18. 4. R. x. 442.— About a 

 foot high. Fl. dull red with many dark spots, rarely white. — 

 Meadows and pastures in the East and South, P. V. E. 



3. Lil'itjm Linn. Lily. 



[*1. Z.MartdgonQ-i.) ; 1. whorled eUiptic-lanceolate, st. doway 

 roughish, fl. nodding, perianth reflexed. — K B. S. 2799. R. x. 

 451. — Height 1 — IJ foot. Fl. violet-flesh-coloured with dark- 

 purple spots. — Copses. P. VI. VII. Turk's-cap Lib/.] E. 



[*i. pyrenaicum (Gouan) ; 1. scattered linear-lanceolate, 

 fl. nodding, perianth reflexed. — Sy. E. B. 1517.— About 1 ft. 

 high. Fl. yellow with black dots below. — Between South 

 Molton and MoUond, Devon.] E. 



4. Lloyd'ia Salisb. ' 



1. L. 8erot'ma(R.) ; root-1. semicylindrical, st.-l. dilated below 

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

 E. B. 793. St. 28. 2. R. x. 440. Anthericum Sm.— Height 5 or 

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

 short. Fl. white with reddish lines internally. — ^Welsh moun- 

 tains, very rare. Snowdon. Glyder Fawr. P. VI. E. 



Tribe II. Asphodelea. 



5. OENiTHoe'AnjM Linn. Star of Bethlehem. 



\\. O. umbelldtum (L.) ; fl. corymbose, ped. exceeding the 

 linear-lanceolate bracts, 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. pyrendicum (L.) ; fl. in an elongated narrow raceme, 

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

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

 linear grooved. — E. B. 499. — St. leafless, 2 — 8 feet high. Ea- 

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



