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3. Maianthemum jriffffers. 
* ? 1 . M. hifoUnm (DC.) ; st. with 2 alternate stalked triangular- 
eordate leaves. — Ger. Herb. p. 4()!1. — Conoallaria L., St. 13. (J. 
— St. 0 — 8 in. high. Root filiform. L. very decjily cordate. 
Raceme terminal, resembling a spike. FI. small, segments re- 
flexed. “ Rerry yellow with brown spots.” — Woods. Ilowick, 
Northnmh. (now eradicated). Mr. R. Embleton. Kenwood, 
Middlesex. Mr. E. Edwards. “It groweth in Lancashire in 
Dingley Wood, (i miles from Preston Atddirnesse, and in Har- 
vvooil near Rlackehurne likewise.” Gerard. P. V. E. 
4. Ruscus Linn. 
1. R. acnleatus (L.); 1. ovate attenuated very acute rigid 
bearing the fl. upon the middle of their upper surface, fl. solitary 
r.irely 2 together subtended by a flat subulate scarious l-ueiwed 
bract. — E. B. 560. St. 41. 16. — Foliage evergreen. Fl. very 
minute. The apj)arent 1. are flattened shoots. — Bushy places and 
woods. Sh. III. IV. Butcher's Broom. E. S. 
Order LXXXIV. LILIACE.E. 
Perianth inferior, petaloid, 6-parted. Stam. 6, inserted into 
the receptacle or on the perianth. Anth. bursting inwards. 
Ovary superior, 3-eelled. Ovules many in each cell. Style 1. 
Stigmas 3 or 1 . P'r. dry, capsular, bursting with 3 valves bearing 
the dissejiiment on their middle. — Roots bulbous. 
Tinbe I. TULIPE.M. Leaves of the perianth distinct. Cells of 
the caps, many-seeded. Seeds flat (in Lloydia angular), 
placed closely one above another ; testa pale or fuscous, not 
crustaceous. 
1. Tultpa. Perianth of 6 leaves without nectaries. Style 0. 
Stigma 3-lobed. Seeds flat. — G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 36. 
2. Fritillaria. Perianth of 6 leaves with a nectariferous 
depression at the base of each. Style 3-fid at the apex. 
Seeds flat. — G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 39. 
[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.] — G. F. G. 
Monocot. ii. 40. 
4. Lloydia. Perianth of 6 patent leaves, with a transverse 
nectariferous fold near the base of each. Stam. inserted at 
the base of the perianth. Anth. erect, attached by their 
bases. Style filiform. Stigma trigonous. Seeds angular 
above, flat beneath. — G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 38. 
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