450 xciv. LiliacevE. [ Simethis . 
1. M. bifolium DC. (two-leaved M.). Smilacina Desf. Con- 
vallaria L. : Bot. Mag. t. 510. 
Dingley Wood near Preston, and Harewood near Blackburn, 
Lancashire (Gerard.)-, Caen Wood near Highgate, Middlesex; 
-Aspley Wood, Bedfordshire; Howick, Northumberland (now ex- 
tinct) ; west side of Forge Valley near Hackness, 6 m. from Scar- 
borough, Yorkshire ( James Braby, Esq.), y. 5, 6. — Nowhere in 
this country can this plant be considered indigenous, or even natural- 
ized, unless near Hackness ; where it has been found abundantly 
on the brow of a steep cliff in peat soil (quite undisturbed), along | 
with Trientalis, among low bushes, shaded by oak-trees. Rhizome 
slender, branched. Stem erect, with 2 or sometimes 3 alternate 
cordate leaves above the middle. Flowers small, on longish pedicels. 
** Roots never bulbous. Fruit dry , capsular. Antiierice.-e. J 
(Gen. 6.) 
6. Simethis Kunth. Simethis. 
Floivers perfect, jointed with the pedicel. Perianth 6-par- 
tite, spreading, deciduous. Stam. 6, distinct. Filaments woolly 
upwards. Anthers oblong, emarginate. Ovary 3-celled, with 
2 superposed ovules in each cell. Style filiform. Stigma entire. 
Capsule 3-celled; cells 2-seeded. Seeds black. — Named after 
the Sicilian nymph Simethis or Simcethis. (See Ovid. Met. 
xiii. 750.) 
1. S. bicolor K. (variegated S .) : Kunth Enum. iv. p. 618. 
Anthericum Desf. Phalangium DC. Anthericum planifolium 
L. Phalangium Fers. Simethis Woods in E. B. S. t. 2952. 
Barren heaths. Near Bournemouth, Dorsetshire, perhaps intro- i 
duced with seeds of trees from France. Derry nane, Co. Kerry. 
y. 6. — Leaves linear, flat, somewhat carinate and folded especially 
at the upper part. Scape and leaves embraced by sheathing scales. 
Flowers panicled, on long stalks, erect, white within, externally violet 
or purple at the summit and on the margin. Pedicels with a mem- 
branous bractea at their base. 
*** Root bulbous. Fruit dry , capsular. Flowers usually on a 
leafless stem or scape and with membranous bracteas or 
spathas, but no true leaves , at the base of the pedicels which 
are not jointed with the flower. Ovules numerous in each 
cell of the ovary. Seeds ivith a black crustaceous shining coat. 
Scille^;. (Gen. 7 — 11.) 
7. A'gbaphis Link. Blue-bell. 
Perianth 6-partite ; sepals connivent below and forming a 
campanula te tube, somewhat connected at the base, recurved 
