Pl.end.ph. 19. AMARYLLIDEiE. 131. Galanthus. 193 
IV. 131. GALANTHUS. Linnaeus. Snowdrop. 
Perigonium 6-parted; tube short, limb bellshape, lobes 
unequal; 3 inner half the length of the 3 outer, heartshape, 
thickened at the tip ; stamens 6, inserted on a gland cover- 
ing the ovary; anthers awlshape, opening at the top by 
2 pores; style threadshape ; stigma acute; capsule 3-celled; 
seeds many, globose. — Herb buibose; bulb' ovate, tunicated; 
leaves radical, 2, glaucous, keeled; sheaths membranaceous, 
not nicked; scape round, not inclosed in the sheath; spathe 
cylindrical ; flower 1, peduncled, drooping, white, tipped 
with green. 
Galanthus nivalis. White snowdrop . 
Leitcojum bulbosum prascox minus, Ger.em. 147. 
Galanthus nivalis, Lin. S. P. 413. 
Early bulbous violet. Fair maids of February. 
Fields and orchards ; perennial; February and March. 
Stem 12 in. high. One of the first flowers that appear, 
as a harbinger of summer. 
Fam. XV. 20. IRIDEiE. Ventenat. Irides , Jussieu. 
Ensatce , Linnaeus. Liliacearum genera 
queedam , Adanson. 
Perigonium adherent, petaloid, tubular at bottom, limb 
6-cut or parted, often irregular ; stamens 3, inserted at the 
base of the exterior lobes ; anther linear, opening outwards ; 
ovary 1 ; style 1 ; apex 3-cut, lobed, often petaloid ; stig- 
mata 3 ; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved ; valves partition-bearing ; 
placenta linear, on the inner edge of the partitions ; seeds 
many, roundish ; perisperm horny or thick and fleshy ; cor - 
culum inclosed, straight near the h\\ urn.— Herb smooth; 
root tuberous or fibrous; leaves averse, equitant, 2-rowed 
or linear; flower radical, terminal, spiked, corymbose, or 
on a crowded panicle. 
Tube of the perigonium long; limb regular; 
lobes of the style wedgeshape ; 
spathe 1 or 2, outer tubular Crocus. 132. 
Tube of the perigonium short ; limb regular 
lobes of the style linear; stigmata 2-parted; 
spathe 2-valved Trichomema. 133. 
Tube of the perigonium short ; limb alter- 
nately deflexed; lobes of the style petaloid; 
stigmata linear Iris. 134. 
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