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ASPARAGEiE LILIACEjE. 
** Flowers helhhaped, wholly white. 
4. C. majalis (L.) ; scape semicylindrical naked, fl. racemose 
nodding, 1. 2 ovate-lanceolate radical. — E. B. 1035. St. 14. 10. 
— About a foot high. Fl. pure white globose-bellshaped, fra- 
grant. — Woods and thickets. P. V. Lily of the Valley. — E. S. 
4. Maianthemum Wiggers. 
1. M. bifolium (DC.) ; st. with 2 alternate stalked triangular- 
cordate leaves. — Ger. Herb. p. 409. — Convallaria L., St. 13. 6. 
— St. 6 — 8 in. high. Root filiform. L. very deeply cordate. 
Raceme terminal, resembling a spike. Fl. small, segments re- 
flexed. " Berry yellow with brown spots." — Woods. Howick 
and Kenwood, Northumb. Mr. R. Embleton. " It groweth in 
Lancashire in Dingley Wood, 6 miles from Preston Auldirnesse, 
and in Harwood near Blackeburne likewise." Gerard. P. V. — E. 
5. Ruscus Linn. 
1. R. aculeatus (L.) ; 1. ovate attenuated very acute rigid 
bearing the fl. upon the middle of their upper surface, fl. solitary 
rarely 2 together subtended by a flat subulate scarious 1 -nerved 
bract. — E. B. 560. St. 41. 16. — Foliage evergreen. Fl. very 
minute. The apparent I. are flattened shoots. — Bushy places and 
woods. Sh. III. IV. Butcher's Broom. E. S. 
Order LXXXIII. LILIACEyE. 
Perianth inferior, petaloid, 6-parted. Stam. 6, inserted into the 
receptacle or on the perianth. Anth. bursting inwards. Ovary 
superior, 3-celled. Ovules many in each cell. Style 1. Stigmas 
3 or 1 . Fr. dry, bursting with 3 valves bearing the dissepiment 
on their middle. — Roots bulbous. 
Tribe I. TULIPEjE. L. of the perianth distinct. Cells of the 
caps, many-seeded. Seeds flat (in Lloydia angular), placed 
closely one above another. Pale or fuscous, not crusta- 
ceous. 
1. Tulipa. Perianth of 6 leaves without nectaries. Style 0. 
Stigma 3-lobed. Seeds flat. 
2. Fritillaria. Perianth of 6 leaves with a nectariferous 
depression at the base of each. Style 3-fid at the apex. 
Seeds flat. 
[3. Lilium. Perianth of 6 leaves, spreading or reflexed, with 
a longitudinal nectariferous furrow at the base of each. 
Style undivided. Stigma capitate. Seeds flat.] 
4. Lloydia. Perianth of G patent leaves, with a transverse 
nectariferous fold near the base of each. Stam. inserted at 
