Order I. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 271 
4566 Leaves erect I'm. lane, flaccid glaucous green quite smooth with a slight red edge 
4567 Sternless, Leaves linear very straight, Scape branched at base, Cor. round campanulato 
4568 Leaves few loosely headed long lanceolate, their edges rough 
4569 Leaves erect rigid narrow ensiform glaucous with a broad white edge and a few threads 
4570 Leaves a little recurved glaucous lin. lane, at the edge and keel rough, beneath glaucous 
4571 Leaves lin. lanceolate recurved almost into a circle deep green 7-8 lines broad roundish at edge 
4.572 Style filiform 
4573 Style elavate 3-eornered 
4574 Leaves cirrhiferous 
4i575 Leaves acuminate 
4576 A small plant like a Crocus 
45'77 Leaves perfoliate ovate 
4578 Leaves perfoliate elliptic oblong obtuse, Cor. narrowed at base scabrous within, Anthers cuspidate 
4579 Leaves perfoliate ovate lanceolate acute 
4580 Leaves perfoliate oblong acute, Petals smooth on both sides, Nect. roundish 
4581 Leaves sessile 
4582 Leaves stalked 
4583 Leaves stem-clasping and stem smooth 
4684 Smooth shining. Leaves stem-clasping serrulate ciliated. Anthers short 2-horned 
4585 Downy hoary. Leaves sessile cordate acuminate. Pedicels in pairs on a very short stalk 
4586 Scape naked smooth. Leaves ovate 
4587 Leaves ovate oblong obtuse ciliated, Scape leafless. Umbel capitate 
4588 Leaves radical elliptical. Umbel terminal 
4589 Leaves cordate, Flowers tetrandrous 
4590 Leaves stem-cla.sping in threes, Raceme terminal simple 
4591 Leaves alternate stem-clasping elliptical acute. Raceme terminal simple 
4592 Leaves alternate sessile ovate acuminate, Panicle terminal naked 
4593 Leaves whorled 
4594 Stem furrowed. Leaves alternate amplexicaul. oblong pubescent at edge, Pedunc. axillary 2-fl. 
4595 Stem rounded furrowed. Leaves amplexicaul. ovate downy beneath, Pedunc. axill. about 2-fl. 
4596 Leaves alternate stem-clasping, Pedunc. axillary 1-fl. 
4597 Ivcaves alternate stem-clasping. Stem round, Pedunc. axillary many-fl. 
4598 Leaves alternate stem-clasping acuminate. Stem angular, Pedunc. axillary many-fl. 
4599 Stem round, Leaves opposite oblong acuminate shining, Pedunc. umbell. 3-5-flowered 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
they will require a more liberal supply, yet it is necessary at all times to be very moderate in giving it. The 
heat must be well kept up; and as the roots extend, they must be supported. Under such treatment as I 
have described, I have known one plant grow ten feet in the course of a season, and to have numerous 
blossom-stems upon it." It is readily increased by dividing the roots. {Hort. Trans, iii. 2, 3.) The flowers 
are at first green, they afterwards assume those beautiful markings of yellow for which they are so much 
esteemed. 
784. Bulbocodium. From /3yA/S6f, a bulb, and y^ulioy, wool ; its bulb is enveloped in a rougli and velvetty 
covering A beautiful little vernal flower resembling a small species of Colchicum. 
785. Uvulana. A diminutive of uva, a bunch of grapes. A genus of little beauty and of easy culture, 
/8b. Streptopus. From 5-?s<?^^, to turn, and ;rt<?, a foot, or, in botanical language, stalk. Its flower-stalks are 
constantly twisted. A plant like an Uvularia in habit. 
787. Cmvallaria. From convallis, a valley, in allusion to the places where it grows. {Muf^uct, Fr.") C. 
majaus is an elegant and delicate scented plant, which has long been a favorite of the florist ; though, as it is not 
a native ot hotcountries, it is not likely to be the Lily of the Valley of Solomon. Notwithstanding the fragrance 
01 cne flowers when green, yet when dried they have a narcotic odour, and if reduced to powder excite sneez- 
ing. An extract prepared from the flowers or from the roots partakes of tlie bitterness, as well as of the 
purgative properties, of aloes. A beautiful and durable green colour may be prepared from the leaves with lime, 
ma V «P very common in the woods about Woburn in Bedfordshire, and from thence the London 
7R8 c^'^f ^VPP^'®^ w'th the flowers. It forces freelv, and few plants are more eligible for that operation, 
irr^tf ■ y?}^^"'""^- A diminution of Smilax, another genus of plants, which sec in its place. These are very 
preuy little hardy American flowers, requiring some delicacy in their management. 
lolyf!,onatum. From toXi;?, many, and ;.on;, a knee; on account of the numerous articulations of its 
