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very short concave crenate at the pale (ultimately white) 
' margin. — E. B. 276. R. vs.. 365. — Pet. of a pale sulphur-colour, 
1 sides slightly intlexed.— Sandy fields. A rather doubtful 
native. P. IV. V. E. I. 
[2. X. poet'icm (L.) ; 1. linear bluntly keeled, scape com- 
pressed 2-edged mostly 1-flowered, crown very short concave 
crenate at the red margin. U. B. 275. R. ix. 364.— Pet. 
white, broadly ovate, crown yellow. — Heathy open fields on a 
sandy soil. Norf., Kent. P. V.] E. 
3. A'. Pseudo-imrcis snx (L.) ; 1. linear bluntly keeled, scape 
2-edged 1-flowered, perianth-segm. scarcely exceeding tube, 
trown bellshaped crisped at the margin and crenate equalling 
the perianth, pedicel within the spath short. — E. B. 17. R. ix. 
369. — L. 2 or 3, scarcely a foot long. — Fl. large, yellow. — Open 
woods and pastures. P. III. IV. Daffodil. E. S. 
[iV. ohvdlldris (Salisb.) ; " perianth all yellow, its segni. 
exactly twice as long as tube, croWn 6-lobed.'' Tenby. — 
X. incom'parab'ilis (Mill.) Sy. E. B. 1502 ; crown erect i as 
long as perianth, otherwise like Sp. 3. In several places in the 
South. — These are not native plants.] 
2. Leuco'jxjm Linn. Snowflake. 
+ ]. L. cestivum (L.) ; spath many-flowered, style thickened 
upwards.—^. B. 621. R. ix. 362.— Bulbous. Height 2 -2i 
feet. Fl. sestival, white, drooping ; tips greenish. L. broadly 
linear, keeled, hibernal. Scape 2-edged. — Wet meadows in 
the South and East. P. \ . E. 
+2. L. ver'num (L.) ; spath 1-fiowered, style thickened up- 
wards.— -S'ly-.g'. ^. 1506. ./. o/i.'. iv. t. 49.— Bulbous. Height 
8 — 10 inches. L. and white drooping flowers vernal. — Near 
Bridport and Bicester. P. II. — IV. E. 
3. Galan'thus Linn. Snowdrop. 
\. G.nivdlis(L.).—E.B.lQ. ^. ix. 363.— Bulbous. Fl. soli- 
tary, white, drooping ; inner segments greenish. L. 2, keeled, 
broadly linear, glaucous. — Thickets in the West. P. II. III. E. 
Order. LXXXVI. ALISMACE.*:. 
Perianth free, of 6 leaves ; 3 inner or all coloured. Stam. G. 
Ovaries 3 — 6 or many, always distinct or ultimately separable ; 
carp, opening at the suture or not at all ; seeds 1 or many. 
Embryo straight or curved : albumen 0. — No raphides. 
