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87. ASPAEAGACE^. 
Suborder II. Butomece. 
4. Btj'tomus Linn. Flowering Kush. 
1. B. umbelhUus (L.).—E. B. 651. R. vii. t. 58.— Flowerstalk 
radical, 2 — 3 feet high, overtopping the leaves, bearing an irre- 
gular many-flowered simple umbel with scarious bracts and a 
membranous 3-leaved involucre. Fl. rose-coloured. L. radical 
slender, triangular. — Rivers and ponds. P. VT. VII. E. S. I. 
Suborder III. Juncarfinece. 
5. Scheuchze'kia Linn. 
I. S.jMlus'tris (L.).~E. B. 1801. St.18.4. ^. x. 419.— St. 
6 — 8 in. high, erect. L. distichous, few, alternate, semicylin- 
drical, blunt, with a minute pore on the upper side of the apex. 
Raceme terminal, of about 5 greenish flowers. Caps, about 3, 
much inflated. — Sphagnous bogs, rare. P. VII. E. S. 
6. Teiglo'chin Linn. Arrow-grass. 
1. T. marit'imum (L.) ; fr. ovoid of 6 combined carpels. — 
E. B. 255. 7?. vii. t. 52. — L. radical, linear. Fl. in a lax simple 
spike or raceme, greenish. — Muddy salt marshes. P. VII. VIII. 
E. S. I. 
2. T. palus'tre (L.) ; fr. linear angular of 3 combined carpels. 
— E. B. 366. R. vii. t. 51.— Slenderer than the preceding but 
closely resembling it, 8 — 10- in. high. Stoloniferous. — Marshy 
places. P. VI. VII. " E. S. I 
Order LXXXVII. ASPARAGACE.?;. 
Perianth inferior, petal-like, G-))arted or 4 — 8-parted. Stam. 
6 or 4 — 8, inserted into the receptacle or on the perianth. Anth. 
bursting inwards. Ovary superior, 3- (rarely 1-) celled. Oyules 
1 or many in each cell. Styles 1 — 3. Fr. .sz^rcM^mi, not bursting. 
Root not /^iei?f/ows.— Raphidiferous. 
1. Asparagus. Perianth 6-parted, bellshaped, tubular below. 
Stam. 6. Ovary 4-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Style 1. Stig- 
mas 3, rejie.red. — Fl. by abortion dioecious. 
