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3. Spiked Star of Bethlehem. (OrnithogAlum pyrendicum. Linn.)— The only 
native species. A beautiful plant with a long spike-like cluster of greenish flowers, the perianth- 
lobes | inch long, the bracts short and pointed, the flowering stem 1^-2 feet high, thick and 
fleshy, and the leaves long and strap-shaped (linear), usually dead before the flowers come 
out. 
The young shoots are sold in the market at Bath as asparagus. [ Plate 60. 
Very rare. In woods ; abundant near Bath, also found in Sussex and Bedfordshire. June. 
Perennial. 
XI. TULIP. (TULIP'A. Linn.) — Flowers large, bell-shaped, erect in flower, usually solitary on 
a leafy stem. Perianth of 6 free lobes, inserted below the seedcase (inferior) ; stamens 6, 
inserted by the perianth ; carpels 3, united into a seedcase, without a style, and 3 stigmas often 
wavy, situated immediately on the seedcase ; fruit a capsule, 3-celled, with several seeds in each 
cell, opening down the middle of the cells by 3 valves (loculicidally). Herbs with leafy stems 
and bulbous roots, the leaves being long and often broad, entire, and parallel-veined. 
Wild Tulip. (Tulip'a sylves'tris. Linn.) — The only British species. As just 
described. The flower is 1^-2 inches long, bright yellow, fragrant, with the stamens hairy at the 
base, the flower solitary, terminating a leafy stem about 1 foot high, the lower half of which bears 
1, 2, or 3 narrow, lance-shaped leaves. [Plate 60. 
Very rare. In chalk pits ; in the eastern counties. April — May. Perennial. 
XII. LLOYD'IA. Salisb. — A genus containing the one species : — 
Mountain Spiderwort, Alpine Lloydia. (Lloyd'ia serotlna. Reichb.)— A delicate 
little plant with white flowers veined with red and with a small yellow spot at the base, usually 
solitary, terminating a leafy stem. Perianth of 6 free spreading lobes, inserted below the seed- 
case (inferior) ; stamens 6, adhering to the base of the perianth ; carpels 3, united into a seedcase 
and separating into a slender style and a 3-lobed stigma ; fruit a 3-celled capsule with numerous 
seeds in 2 rows in each cell, opening by 3 valves down the cells (loculicidally). The stem 
is 2-8 inches high, very slender, and with 2-4 rather short leaves, while those from the root are 
3-9 inches high, longer than the flower-stalk, and very narrow and semi-cylindrical. ( Lloydia 
alpina. Salisb. ; Lloydia montana. Salisb.) [Plate 60. 
Very rare. On rocky ledges on mountains; mountains in Carnarvonshire. June— July. 
Perennial. 
XIII. LILY. (LIL'IUM. Linn.) — Flowers large, showy, all shades of red and yellow, or white, 
solitary or in clusters on a leafy stem. Perianth of 6 free lobes, spreading or reflexed, inserted 
below the seedcase (inferior) ; stamens 6, inserted by the perianth-lobes ; carpels 3, united into 
a seedcase, a thick style, and an indistinctly 3-lobed stigma ; fruit a 3-celled capsule with numerous 
seeds in 2 rows in each cell, opening by 3 valves down the middle of the cells (loculicidally). 
Herbs with leafy stems and scaly bulbs. 
(1) *Pyrenean Lily. (Lil'ium pyren^icum.) — Flowers yellow, reflexed; leaves alternate. 
(2) Turk’s-cap Lily. (Lilium Mar'tagon.)- — Flowers purplish-pink, reflexed ; leaves in circular 
clusters. 
1. * Pyrenean Lily. (Lil'ium pyrendicum. Gouan.) — As just described. The flowers 
are inches across, drooping, 2 or 3 rising from the same point and terminating the stem, with a 
