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ANTHE'JllCUM* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Hexa'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Asphode'le.'eJ, Dr. R. Brown. — Lindl. Syn. 
p. 266. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 273. — Loud. Hort. Brit, 
p. 539.— Mack. FI. Hib. p. 284.— Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 423.— 
Asparagi, sect. i. Juss. Gen. PI. p.40. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 71. — 
Asparagines, sect. i. Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 402. — Asparage.e, 
Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 233. — Liliales ; sect. LiUACiNyE ; type, 
Asphodelace.e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 418, 425, & 427. — 
Coronari.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx none. Corolla ( perianthium§ ) (fig. 1.) 
inferior, of 6 equal, elliptic-oblong, spreading petals. Filaments 
(see fig. 1.) 6, thread-shaped, straight; usually naked, sometimes 
bearded. Anthers roundish, versatile. Germen (fig. 2.) superior, 
roundish, with 3 angles. Style (see fig. 3.) thread-shaped, or partly 
triangular, upright, permanent. Stigma blunt. Capsule (see fig. 3.) 
roundish, with 3 angles, 3 cells, and 3 valves, with central parti- 
tions ; blunt, or concave, at the summit, and crowned with the style. 
Seeds few, angular, naked at the hilum. 
The inferior corolla, of 6 elliptic-oblong petals ; the thread- 
shaped, straight filaments ; the roundish 3-celled capsule ; and the 
angular seeds, naked at the hilum ; will distinguish this from other 
genera, without a calyx, in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
ANTHE'RICUM SERO'TINUM|| Late Spider-wort. Moun- 
tain Spider-wort. Saffron Spider-wort. 
Spec. Char. Leaves semicylindrical ; those on the stem dilated 
at their base. Flowers mostly solitary. 
Engl. Bot. t. 793 — Jacq. FI. Austr. App. t. 38. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 444. — Hilda. 
FI. Angl. (2nd cd.) p. 144. — Willd. Sp. PL v. ii. pt. I. p. 134. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. 
p. 367. ; Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 150. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 431. — Lindl. Syn. p. 269. 
— Hook. Brit. FI. p. 157. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 239. — Phalanyium serotinum , 
Lamark. Ency. Meth. v. iii. p. 241. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 175. — Macr. Man. 
Brit. Bot. p. 236. — Bulbosa alpina juncifolia, pericarpio unico erecto in 
summo cauliculo dodrantali, ltay’s Syn. (2nd ed.) p. 233. — Bulbocodium alpi- 
num, pumilum. juncifolium, Bore unico, intus a/bo, extus squalide rubente, 
Dill, in Ray’s Syn. p.374. t. 17. f. 1. — Bulbocodium serotinum. Linn. Sp. PI. 
(1st ed.) p. 294. — Pseudo-narcissus, yramineo folio, Bauh. Pin. p. 51. Prod. p. 
97. — Rudb. Elys. v. ii. p. 64. f. 9. — Narcissus autumnalis minor, Bauh. Hist, 
v. ii. p. 663, left-hand figure only. 
Fig. 1. A Flower, opened to show the Stamens. — Fig. 2. Germen, Style, and 
Stigma. — Fig. 3. Transverse section of a Capsule. 
* Erom anthericos, Gr. ; applied by the Greeks to the stem of the Asphodel. 
Hooker. 
•f See fol. 33, note +. t See fol. 41, a. I See fol. 33, note t. 
|| The specific name, which is incorrect for a plant blossoming in June, (Marty*) 
says April and May,) seems to have originated in a confusion of synonyms between 
this Anthericum and the Narcissus serotinus of Clus. Hist. v. i. p. 162, the 
figure in which is copied in John B.u iiin’s llistoria, and there placed with our 
Anthericum. Sir J. E. Smith. 
