LILIUM. GAGKA. 
32.S 
3. Lilium Linn . 
[*1. L. Martagon (L.); 1. wliorled elliptic-lanceolate, st. |)ii- 
beseent-scabrous, tl. nodding, perianth reflexed. — K. B. S. 279!!. 
— Height 1 — H foot. FI. violet-Hesh-coloured with dark purple 
spots. — Copses. P. VI. VII. Tur¥s-cap Lily. E. 
4. Lloydia Safisb. 
I. L. se7-otina (B.). — U. B. 793. Sf. 28.2. Anthericum — 
Height 5 or fi in. L. seniicjlindrieal, filiform. St. and 1. 
s|)ringing se])arately from the root. St. bearing several short 
leaves dilated and sheathing at their base. FI. white with red- 
dish lines internally. — Higher parts of the Welsh mountains, 
very rare. P. VI. E. 
Tribe II. Asphodelece. 
5. Ornithogalum Linn . 
*1. 0. umbellatum [L.) \ fl. eoiymhose, peduncles longer than 
the linear-lanceolate bracts, filaments lanceolate simj)le, 1. linear 
glabrous. — E. B. 130. — L. linear and longer than the stem, or 
filiform and shorter than it. Height 8 — 12 in. FI. white with a 
broad green longitudinal band externally. — Meadows and j)as- 
tures. P. V. Common Star of Bethlehem. E. S. 
2. 0. pyrenaicum (L.); fl. in an elongated raceme, peduncles 
at first spreading afterwards erect, bracts lanceolate-acuminate, 
filaments dilated below with an elongated point, 1. fugacious 
linear grooved. — E. B. 499. — St. leafless, 2 — 3 feet high. Ra- 
ceme very long. Fl. greenish-white, segments of the perianth 
variable in breadth. L. withering before the stalk appears, 
rarely contemporaneous. This is more correctly 0. narbonense 
(L.), but the plants do not appear distinguishable. — Woods. 
Extremely common near Bath. Sussex. Bedfordshire. P. VI. 
Spiked Star of Bethlehem. E. 
*3. 0. nutans (L.) ; fl. few in a lax nodding raceme, peduncles 
shorter than the bracts, filaments fiat membranous trifid : the 
lateral points acute middle one very short bearing the anther, 1. 
linear-lanceolate. — E. B. 1997. Albucea R. — Height 9 — 12 in. 
Fl. large, white, greenish externally. — Fields and orchards, 
rai'e. P. IV. V. E 
6. Gagea Salisb . 
1. G. lutea (Ker.); radical 1. usually solitary linear-lanceo- 
late fiat, bracts 2 opposite, peduncles umbellate simj)le glabrous, 
segments of the ])erianth oblong obtuse, bulb ovate solitary. — 
E. B. 21. Ornithogalum L. — St. about 6 in. high, shorter than 
