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perianth variable in breadth. L. -withering before the stalk 

 appears, rarely contemporaneous. — Woods. Extremely com- 

 mon near Bath. Sussex, Bedfordshire. P. "VI. E. 



*3. 0. niUans (L.) ; fl. few in a lax nodding raceme, ped. 

 faUine short of the bracts, filaments flat membranous trifid, the 

 lateral points acute, middle one very short bearing the anther, 

 1. linear-lanceolate. — E. B. 1997. Alhucea R. x. 473. — ^Height 

 9 — 12 in. Fl. large, white, greenish externally. — ^Fields and 

 orchards, rare. B. IV. V. E. 



6. GVeEA Salish. 



1. G. lutea (Ker) ; radical 1. usually solitary linear-lanceolate 

 flat, bracts 2 opposite, peduncles umbellate simple glabrous, 

 segments of the perianth oblong blunt, bulb ovate solitary. — 

 J3. B. 21. R. X. 477. Ornithogalum L.— St. about 6 in. high, 

 shorter than the leaves. Bracts lanceolate, one often exceeding- 

 the yeUow flowers. Bulb often enclosing many small round 

 offiets. — ^Woods and thickets, rare. P. III. IV. E. S. 



7. Soil'la Linn. Squill. 



1. 8. aidumndlis (L.) ; 1. liaear many, raceme lax, peduncles; 

 ascending-, bracts O.—H. B. 78. R. x. 463.— Hei§;ht 4—6 in. 

 Fl. purplish blue with a green line do-sm the back, m perfection 

 before the 1. appear. — Dry pastures in the South and West. 

 P. Vm. Autumnal SquiU. E. 



2. S. ver'na (Huds.) ; 1. linear channelled hooded at the end 

 many, raceme few-flowered corymbose, hracts lanceolate as long 

 as or longer than the peduncles. — E. B. 23. R. x. 463. — ^Height 

 4 — 5 in. Fl. blue. L. as long as or longer than the stalk. — 

 Western and Northern coasts. P. IV. V. Vernal Squill. E. 8. 1. 



[S. bifdlia (L.), E. B. 24, is not even naturalized.} 



8. Al'litjm Linn. Garlic. 



* Alternate stamens hroader and S-pointed, the middle point 

 alone bearing an anther. Pomiuir Touxn. 



t Stem-leaves flat or keeled, not hollow. 



\_*A. Ampeloprdsum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. linear, spath 

 long, umbel globose compact, stam. exserted, anther-bearing 

 point of 3-poLnted filaments as long as the undivided part, bulb 

 compound of 2 — 4 divisions. — E. B. 1657. — Bulb -with large off- 

 sets -within its coats. St. 2 — 6 feet high. L. long, linear. 

 Spath parting at the base, and falling oft' in one piece before the 



