LTLIACEiE. 



853 



In fields, pastures, and waste places, 

 in central and southern Europe, extend- 

 ing eastward to the Caucasus and north- 

 ward to southern Scandinavia. Believed 

 to be truly indigenous in some of the 

 eastern counties of England, and occurs, 

 as an introduced plant, in some other 

 localities in England and Scotland. Fl. 

 spring. 



Fig. 1024. 



IX. LLOYDIA. LLOYDIA. 



A single species, with most of the technical characters of a Tulip, 

 but with the small spreading perianth of the following genera. 



1. Mountain Lloydia. Lloydia serotina, Eeichenb. 

 (Fig. 1025.) 



(Anthericum, Eng. Bot. 



Bulb small, with 2 or 3 almost filiform 

 leaves, 3 or 4 inches long, and a slender 

 stem, about the same height, bearing 2 

 or 3 short narrow leaves and a siDgle 

 terminal white flower. Perianth-seg- 

 ments about 4 or 5 lines long, spreading, 

 broadly oblong, marked inside with 3 

 longitudinal reddish lines, and a small 

 yellow spot at their base. Stamens 

 shorter than the perianth, and inserted 

 at its very base. 



In rocky mountains, in northern and 

 Arctic Europe, Asia, and America, and 

 in the high mountain-ranges of Europe, 

 the Caucasus, and Altai. Very rare in 

 Britain, and only in some of the higher 

 mountains in North Wales. Fl. June. 



t. 793.) 



Fig. 1025. 



