Pl.end.ph. 15. ASPHODELEAL 112. Phalangium. 175 
1. Filaments smooth , not tricuspidate , inserted at the base 
of the perigonium. 
Root fibrous; scape 1 -flowered; 
filaments threadlike, not dilated Phalangium 112. 
Root bulbose; flowers yellow, umbelled; 
filaments threadlike, not dilated ......... Gage a. 11 8 . 
Root bulbose ; flowers blue, racemose ; 
filaments dilated, awlshape Scilla. 116. 
Root bulbose ; flowers whitish, racemose ; 
filaments dilated at bottom Ornithogalum. 117. 
Root bulbose ; flowers umbelled ; 
filaments dilated at bottom; spatha 2-leaved . . Cepa. 121. 
2. Filaments smooth , not tricuspidate , attached above the 
base of the perigonium; root bulbose, 
Perigonium 6-sepaled, persisting ; 
flowers racemose; bractece 2-leaved . . . Hyacinthus. 114. 
Perigonium 6-sepaled, persisting; 
floivers umbelled ; spatha 3-leaved Moly. 119. 
Perigonium 6-toothed, ovate, ventricose ; 
flowers racemose Muscari. 113. 
3. Filaments alternately 3-cuspidate , inserted at the base 
of the perigonium. 
Flowers racemose; spathe none; 
bractece 1, at the bottom of the peduncle. Honorius. 115. 
Flowers umbelled ; spathe 2-valved ; 
bractece none Allium. 120. 
A. Flowers solitary ; perigonium 6-sepaled; root fibrous. 
I. 112. PHALANGIUM. Dioscorides. Spiderwort. 
Perigonium 6-sepaled, spreading ; stamens 6 ; filaments 
smooth, threadshape, equal, inserted in the base of the 
sepales ; stigma 3-sided; seed 3-sided. —Root fibrous ; leaves 
sheathing; sheaths membranaceous; upper leaves alternate, 
stem- clasping, lanceolate ; flowers terminal, white, veined ; 
bractece. none. 
Phalangium serotmum. Late spiderwort . 
Leaves 2, thick, semicylindrical ; upper lanceolate, dilated, 
incurved, subulate ; scape 1 -flowered ; capsule oblong, 
crowned. 
