8;j. ASl’ARAGK.E. 
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1. Narcissus 
*1. N. biflonts (Curt.); 1. linear obtuse “acutely” (Siii.) 
“obtusely” (Koch) keeled, seajie compressed 2-edged striated 
2-flo\vered, crown very short concave erenate at the pale margin. 
— E. K. 27(>. — Pet. of a pale sulphur-colour, border of the short 
crown white. — Sandy fields in the south. P. IV. V. E. 1. 
*2. N. poeticus {L.) ; 1. linear obtuse obtusely keeled, scape 
compressed 2-edged mostly 1 -dowered, crown very short con- 
cave eremite at the red margin. — K. B. 275. — FI. white with a 
vellow crown margined with red. Heathy open fields on a sandy 
soil. Norf., Kent. P. V. E. 
3. N. Pseudo-narcissus (L.); 1. linear obtuse not keeled, scape 
2-edged 1 -fiou ered, crown bellshaped crisped at the margin and 
erenate as long as the perianth. — E. B. 17. — FI. large, yellow, 
pedicel within the scape short. — Woods and thickets. P. III. IV. 
Daffodil. 
2. Leucojum Linii. Snowflake. 
tl. L. (EStivum (L.); spath many-flowered, style thickened up- 
wards. — E. B. (521. — llulhous. Height 2 — 2^ feet. FI. white, 
with the tijis greenish, dioojiing. L. broadly hnear, keeled. 
Seajie 2-edged. Sjiath usually as long as the flowers. — Wet 
me.adows. P. V. Summer Snowflake. E. 
3. G.vlanthus Linn. Snowdrop. 
1. G. nivalis (L.). — E. B. 19. — FI. white with the inner seg- 
ments greenish, (h’ooping. Scape 1 -flowered. L. 2, keeled, 
broadly linear, glaucous. Bulbous. — Thickets and damp fields. 
P. II. HI. E.S. 
Order LXXXIII. ASPARAGE.E. 
Perianth inferior, petaloid, (i-parted or 4 — 8-parted. Stain. f> 
or 4 — 8, inserted into the receptacle or on the perianth. Anth. 
bursting inwards. Ovary sujierior, 3-celled. Ovules 1 or many 
in each cell. Styles 1 — 3. Fr. succulent, not bursting. — In this 
and the two following Orders I follow Koch, who appears to have 
jiaid great attention to them. He states that the testa varies 
amongst the species of the same genus. 
1 . Asparagus. Perianth 6-parted, bellshaped, tubular below. 
Stam. (). Ovary 3-celled, cells with 2 ovules. Style 1. 
Stigmas 3, reflexed. — FI. by abortion dioecious. — G. F. G. 
Monocot. ii. 57. 
2. Convallaria. Perianth bellshaped or tubular, 6-parted 
