318 85. ASPARAGACER. 
3. GaLtantuus Linn. Snowdrop. 
1. G, nivalis (L.)—E.B.19. R. ix. 363.—F. white, drooping, 
with the inner segments greenish. Scape l-flowered. L. 2, 
ee broadly linear, glaucous. Bulbous.—Thickets. P. II. 
I. 
Order LXXXV. ASPARAGACEA. 
Perianth inferior, petaloid, 6-parted or 4—8-parted. Stam. 6 
or 4—8, inserted into the receptacle or on the perianth. Anth, 
bursting inwards. Ovary superior, 3-celled. Ovules 1 or many 
in each cell. Styles 1—3. Fr. succulent, not bursting. Root 
not bulbous.—In this and the two succeeding Orders I follow 
Koch, who appears to have paid great attention to them. For 
figures of the genera see G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 
1, Asparacus. Perianth 6-parted, bellshaped, tubular below. 
Stam. 6. Ovary 3-celled, cells 2-ovuled. Style 1. Stig- 
mas 3, refleced.—F\. by abortion dicecious. 
2. ConvaLLaRia. Perianth bellshaped, 6-parted, deciduous. 
Ovary 3-celled, cells 2-ovuled. Stigma blunt, trigonous. 
Berry with l-seeded cells. Fl. jomted to pedicel. 
3. Potyconatum. Perianth tubular, 6-toothed, tardily de- 
ciduous. Ovary 3-celled, cells 2-ovuled. Stigma blunt, 
trigonous. Berry with l-seeded cells. Fl. not jointed to 
pedicel. 
4. MaranTHEMuM. Perianth 4-parted,segments horizontally 
patent or reflexed, deciduous. Stam.4. Style 1. Stigma 
blunt. Berry 2-celled, cells 1-seeded. 
5. Ruscus. Perianth 6-parted to the base, persistent. Male 
with the filaments connected into a tube on the top of which 
the 3 anth. are placed. Fem. the same but the anthers barren. 
Style 1. Stigmas capitate. Berry 3-celled, cells 2-seeded. 
1. AsparaGus Linn. 
1. A. officinalis (L.); st. herbaceous mostly erect without 
spines branched, 1. fasciculated terete flexible setaceous.— FE. B. 
339.—Root creepmg. Stems numerous, scaly, erect, or rarely 
procumbent, scarcely more than a foot high (in cultivation 3 feet). 
—Wild state of the garden Asparagus. Sea-coast, rare. Kynance 
Cove, Cornwall. South coast of Anglesea. Giltar Point, Pemb. 
Gosford Links, Scotl. P. VIII. 
