176 112. Phalangium. IS. ASPHODELEZE. Pl.end.ph. 
Bulbosa Alpina juncifolia, pericarpio unico ereclo in summo cauliculo 
dod ran tali. Raii Syn . 374, 1. 
Anthericum serotinum, Lin. S. P. 444. 
Bulbocodium serotinum, Lin. S. P. ed. i, 2994. 
Oruithogalum striatum, fVilld. S. P. 2, 112. 
Phalangium serotinum, Lamarck Enc. Meth . 3, 241. 
Mountain spiderwort. 
Alpine rocks; perennial; June. 
Stem 8 in. high ; root clubshape, covered with membra- 
naceous scales; leaves 2 together, involved in awlshape 
scales; upper leaves 3 or 4, alternate, nearly embracing; 
flower terminal, whitish green ; dorsal rib purplish. 
/3. multiflorum . Flowers 3 or 4. 
B. Flowers spiked; perigonium tubular at bottom ; plant 
bulbose. 
II. 113. MUSCARI. Clusius. Bluebell. 
Perigonium ovate, inflated in the middle, 6-toothed ; 
stamens 6 ; filaments simple, smooth, threadshape, inserted 
in the middle of the perigonium ; stigma 3-sided ; capsule 
3-sided, angles prominent; seed ovate; corculum straight, 
the length of the perisperm. — Bulb truncated ; flowers in 
spikes, blue or white. 
Muscari racemosum . Racemose bluebell. 
Flowers ovate, 6-furrowed, crowded ; the upper sessile, 
abortive ; leaves linear, keeled, lax, dependent. 
Hyacinthus muscarius, Lin. S. P. 455. 
Muscari racemosum, Curtis Hot. Mag, 122. 
Fields and walls ; perennial ; May. 
Scape 9 in. high ; spike 40 to 50 flowered ; flowers blue 
or white ; smelling like starch. 
III. 114. HYACINTHUS. Theophrastus. Hyacinth. 
Perigonium 6-cut, persistent ; sepales revolute, connivent 
at bottom into a tube; stamens 6; filaments single, thread- 
like, inserted about the middle of the perigonium ; stigma 
obtuse ; capsule 6-sided ; seeds roundish ; corculum straight, 
as long as the perisperm.— Bulb ovate, tunicated ; leaves 
linear ; scape simple ; spike terminal ; flowers pendulous, 
mostly blue; bractece 2, linear, at the base of the pe- 
duncle. 
