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XCI. A3IARYLLIDACEAJ. 
[ Galanthus. 
2. N. *poeticus L. (the Poet's N.) ; spatha mostly single- 
flowered, nectary very short concave membranous and crenate 
at the margin, leaves with an obtuse keel. E. B. t. 275. 
Heathy open fields on a sandy soil ; Norfolk and Kent. fl. 5. — 
Larger than the last, with a white Jiower of a very different structure, 
and a reddish border to the yellow nectary. 
3. N. *hijl6nis Curt. ( pale N .) ; spatlia usually 2-flowered, 
nectary very short concave membranous and crenate at the 
margin, leaves acutely keeled. E. B. t. 276. 
Sandy fields ; apparently wild in the south of England. About 
Dublin frequent. If.. 4, 5. — Similar to the last in the general 
form of the flowers, but they are smaller, of a pale sulphur-colour, 
and without the coloured border to the nectary. 
(Besides the above, N. conspicuus, incomparabilis, minor, and 
lobularis have been all enumerated as “ wild,” or “ naturalized,” in 
England ; none of them have however any right to a place in our 
Flora : and even two of those here admitted, because they were 
sanctioned by Smith’s authority, and figured in E. Bot., ought to be 
rejected.) 
2. Galanthus Linn. Snowdrop. 
Perianth campanulate, of 6 pieces ; 3 outer ones spreading, 
3 inner smaller, erect, emarginate. Anthers opening by a pore. 
Seed with a whitish skin. Flowers from a spatha. — Scape solid. 
— Named from ya\a, milk, and avOoc, a jiower. The French 
name, perce-neige , is very expressive. 
1. G. * nivalis L. ( common S.) : E. B. t. 19. 
Woods, orchards, meadows, pastures, & c., in very many places in 
England, Scotland, and Ireland. 2j. 2, 3. — Bulb ovate. Leaves 
2, linear, keeled, glaucous-green. Fiowers solitary, drooping, white, 
inner segments greenish. 
3. Leucojum Linn. Snowflake. 
Perianth campanulate, of 6 equal pieces, a little thickened at 
the point. Anthers opening by a slit near the apex. Seed with 
a black and shining skin. Flowers from a spatha. — Scape 
hollow. — Named from \tvsoc, white, and iov, a violet. 
1. L. *cestwum L. ( Summer S .) ; spatha many-flowered, style 
club-shaped. E. B. t. 621. 
Moist meadows, in the south-east of England. 2j. 5. — Leaves 
long, linear, keeled ; scape 2-edged. Flowers drooping, white, with 
a greenish point. 
