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85. ASPARAGACE^ 86. IILIAOE^. 
2. P. officinale (All.) ; 1. ovate-oblong half-clasping glabrous 
alternate, st. angular, peduncles 1 — 2-flowered, cor. not narrowed 
in the raiA.ii.e.f^filame'nts glabrous. — CmvaMaria Polygonatutn (L.), 
E. B. 280. K X. 434.— Height 1—1^ foot. Berry bluish.— 
Woods, rare. P. V. E. 
8. P. m?<^<i/?(Jn<m (All.); 1. ovate-oblong half-clasping glabroua < 
alternate, st. rmmd, peduncles 1- or many-flowered, cor. naiTowed 
in the miiHe, Jilaments doivny. — H. B. 279. E, x. 433. — Height 
2 feet. Beriy bluish.— Woods. P. V. E. S. 
4. MAilij'THEMtna Wiggers. 
1. M. hif6lium (DC.) ; st. with 2 alternate stalked triangular- 
cordate leaves. — Ger. Herb. p. 409. Convallaria L., St. 13. 6. 
R. X. 436. — St. 6 — 8 in. high. Root filiform. L. very deeply cor- 
date. Raceme terminal, resembling a spike. Fl. small; seg- 
ments reflexed. "BeiTy yellow with brown spots." — Woods. 
Near Scarborough, in plenty. Howick, Northumb. (now eradi- 
cated), Caen Wood, Middlesex. Dingley Wood, Preston ; and 
Harwood near Blackbrn-n. Gerard. P. V. E. 
5. Eus'ctjs Linn. Butcher's Broom. 
1. R. aculedtus (L.) ; 1. (flattened shoots) ovate-attenuate 
very acute rigid bearing the fl. upon the middle of their upper 
surface, fl.'l rai-ely 2 with a flat subulate scarious l-veined bract. 
— E. B. 560. R. X. 437. — Foliage evergreen. Fl. very minute. — 
Thickets. Sh. HI. IV., E. S. 
Order LXXXYI. LILIACE^. 
Perianth inferior, petal-like, 6-leaved, 6-parted or with 6 teeth. 
Stam. 6, inserted into the receptacle or on the perianth. .-Vuth. 
bursting inwards. Ovary superior, 3-celled. Ovules many in 
each cell. Style 1. Stigmas 3 or 1. Fr. dry, capsular, bursting 
with 3 valves bearing the dissepiment on their middle. — Fou 
fig. of genera see G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 
Tribe I. TULIPEJE. Perianth-1. nearly or quite distinct. 
Cells of caps, many-seeded. Seeds flat (in Lloydia angu- 
lar), placed closely one above another ; testa pale or fuscous, 
not crustaceous. — St. usually more or less leafy. Bidbous. 
1. TuLiPA. Perianth without nectaries, deciduous. Anih. 
erect. Style 0. Stigma 3-lobed. Seeds flat. 
2. FaiTiLLABiA. Perianth deciduous ; a nectariferous da- 
preasion at the base of each leaf. Anth. attached above their 
base. Style 3-fid at the apex. Seeds flat. 
