456 
xcrv. liliacejE. 
[ Gagea. 
3. O. * nutans L. (drooping S.) ; flowers pendulous unilateral, 
filaments broad membranous trifid middle point very short 
bearing the anther between the two longer lateral ones. E. B. 
t. 1997. 
Fields and orchards, in several parts of England. If. . 4,5. — 
Flowers few, shortly pedicellate but in a true lax raceme, larger than 
the last, and having the filaments of their stamens of a very different 
structure. 
*#** Fruit dry, capsular. Boot bulbous. Stem more or less 
leafy. Peduncles (or pedicels) without membranous bracteas 
at the base, springing from the axils of true leaves, not jointed 
with the flower. Sepals distinct. Ovules many in each cell. 
Tulipea:. (Gen. 12 — 15.) 
12. Gagea Salisb. Gagea. 
Perianth of 6 persistent pieces connivent below, spreading 
above, without a nectariferous fold or depression at the base. 
Filaments not dilated at the base. Anthers erect. Style erect, 
trigonal, fistulose. Capsule triangular. Seeds subglobose. — 
Flowers corymbose or umbellate, yellow, with foliaceous bracteas. 
— Named in honour of the late Sir Thomas Gage, Bart., an 
excellent British botanist. 
1. G. lutea Ker (yellow Gagea) ; radical leaves 1 — 2 linear- 
lanceolate longer than the angular scape, umbel simple, bracteas 
linear-lanceolate longer than the umbel, leaves of the perianth 
obtuse, bulb ovate solitary. Ornithogalum L. : E. B. t. 21. 
Woods and pastures, in several parts of England and Lowlands of 
Scotland. fi. 3 — 5. — All the species of this genus are so similar, 
that more than one may exist in this country. The allied G. pra • 
tensis is equally abundant on the continent, and is by some considered 
a mere variety; it has, however, each bulb composed of 3 small 
ones, the whole included within a common covering. In another 
equally common species (G. arvensis ) the bulb is composed of 2 
smaller ones. 
13. Lloydia Salisb. Lloydia. 
Perianth of 6 nearly equal, spreading, persistent pieces. Fila- 
ments subulate, glabrous. Anthers erect. Style erect. Capsule 
triquetrous, thin in texture. Seeds angled above and flat below. 
— Flowers solitary or few and corymbose, white with red or green 
veins. Bracteas foliaceous. — Named in honour of Mr. Edward 
Llhwyd, a learned antiquarian and skilful naturalist of the l7th 
century, who first discovered this plant in Britain. 
1. L. serdtina Reich. (Mountain L.) ; leaves semicylindrical, 
