NARTHECIUM OSSIFRAGUM. LANCASHIRE
ASPHODEL,
NARTHECIUM osiifrUgams racemo simplice, pedicello bibrncteato, bractea una ad basin altera mi-
nuta ad extremitatem pedicellorum.
NARTHECIUM ossifrrajm. HudS.Angl.jp. 145. TFitk. Sot. Arr. si. 4. ml. R p 33s Smith
Fl. B n t.p . 368. Engl. Sot. t. 535. P en . Syn. PI. ml. 1 . p 370 WaU Fl
Lapp. p , 78; Hook. FI. Scot. P . I. p. 103. '■ P -o iu . iront. Jtl.
ANTHERICUM (Msifragum. Linn. Sp. P i. p, 446, OE i. Fl. Dap. t. 42. Lightf. Scot p 181
HoPn.Germ. ed. 2. ml. I. P . I. p . 16 1 . m ild . Sp. PI. m l A p . 14/ . H f l
Hort. Kao. ed. 2. vol.Q.p. 270. 1 .
ABAMA ossifraga. Decawrf. .F/. Fr. ed. 3. 1 1 3. ». 171. Fl. Gall. Syn. ». 153
ASPHODELUS Lancastrian G er. F wl p. 95.
PHALANGIUM Anglram palustre Iridis folio. Lancashire Asphodel or Bastard Asphodel. S a il
Dan. Beenbrud. Dut. Beenbreekeni Antherium. Fr. Le Brise-os. Germ. Das Beinhrechsrras
It. et Span. America ossifrago. Nom . Sturgroes. Swed. Hagrâfet. Welsh. Llafn y hlaiur. ‘
Class a n d Ord er . HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA,
[Natural Ord er . JUNCEiE, Decani., Broom, Hook.]
Gen. Char. Perianthium profunde sexpartitum, coloratura, persistens. Filamenta subulata, hirsute. Calrnla
supera, sub-trilocularis, semi-tnvalvis. Semina scrobiculata, utrinque insigniter attenuata. ^
OEN.CllAit. Perianth deeply sexpartite petaloid, persistent. Filaments subulate, hairy. Capsule suneriof
erf L S “ ’ ' “8 lH>8th d"lded ln,° ^ ValVe3- Seab «L h i^Z eS «
Radix perennis, subrepens, albida, fibrosa, fibris sim-
plicibus basi nigro-tomentosis.
Caulis spithamasus et ultra, basi subdecutnbens, dein
erectus, teres, parum foliosus.
Folia radicalia tri- vel quadri-pollicaria, linearl-en-
siformia, equitantia, striata, acuta; caulina latiora,
breviora, obtusa, complicato-carinata, inferiora
imbricata, reliqua reniota, superne sensim minora.
Flores flavo-aurei, in racemum laxum terminalem dis-
positi.
Pedicelli floribus longiores, erecti, alterni, bracteati,
bracteis parvis lanceolatis, viridibus, una ad basin
pedicellorum, altera et rainore ad extremitatem
sub perianthio.
Perianthium simplex, profunde sexpartitum, foliolis
lineari-obiongis, concavis, patedtibus, extus linea
viridi notatis, glabris.
Stamina sex, perianthii longitudlne, erecto-patentia:
Filamenta subulata, flava, pulcherrime hirsuta,
pilis horizontalibus, flavis: Anthera oblonga,au-
rantiaca, bilocularis.
Pistillum superum, staminibus brevius, ovato-acumi-
natum : Germen ovatum, sulois sex, longitudina-
libus, flavo-viridibus, trilocularibus: Stylus bre-
viusculus: Stigma acutiusculum.
Pericarpium : Capsula oblongo-acuminata, rufo-fus-
ca, perianthio persistente concolori cincta, trilo-
cularis, semi-trivalvis, valvis medio septiferis.
ECEptaculum ad basin cujusque dissepimenti, incras-
satum, spongiosum.
lmina parva, oblonga, erecta, scrobiformia, utrinque
insigniter longissimeque attenuata, subulata, pel-
lucida.
Root perennial, inclined to creeping, whitish, fibrous, the
fibres simple, furnished at their base with black
down.
F lower-stalk a span and more in height, rather decumbent
a t the base, afterwards erect, cylindrical,
a little leafy.
Radical-leaves three to four inches long, between
linear and ensiform, equitant, striated, acute;
those of the stem broader, shorter, obtuse, com-
plicato-carinated, the lower ones imbricated, the
rest remote, gradually smaller upwards.
Flowers golden yellow, disposed in a terminal lax ra-
P edice l s longer than the flowers, erect, alternate, brac-
teated, with the bracteas lanceolate, green, one
at the base o f the pedicels, and another smaller
one at the extremity beneath the perianth.
P e r ia n th simple, deeply six-cleft, with the leaflets linear
oblong, concave, patent, externally marked
with a green line, and glabrous.
Stamens six, as long as the perianth, erecto-patent:
Filaments subulate, yellow, beautifully hairy,
with the hairs standing out horizontally, yellow:
Anther oblong, orange-coloured, two-celled.
P ist il superior, shorter than the stamens, ovato-acumi-
nate: Germen ovate, with six longitudinal furrows,
yellow green, three-celled : Style shortish:
Stigma rather acute.
P e r ic a r p : Capsule oblongo-acuminate, reddish brown
surrounded by the persistent perianth of the same
colour, three-celled, half-three-valved, with the
valves bearing dissepiments in the middle.
Receptacle at the base of each dissepiment, thick
spongy.
Seeds small, oblong, erect, scrobiform, at each extremity
very much and remarkably attenuated, subulate,
pellucid.
X S m £ V ^ ‘ c .p S e T f
ha^.bee(n separated from‘the Anthericum of Linnteus, consists only of two soecics-
I «'» «»acquainted ’except' f r o m R ™ in the b T ' ^ T m to. New World. With thT la te
f w h e c i l (Anthericum) glutinosum of H 1 1
S'i'SL » 10 I fT i dfescri<’li°: M H B H M W M M M B |
«noli pedicels whfch h«vJfb,BnC !fd °J raceme> smaller flowe,s> stamens with shorter hairs and pubescence
St* The anthers mo a“ £ n oK r a n ^ o u r a d ? " 6 “ ^ *ta ° tlKr <*“ "“ le of the Howe,-I
» n j flowers.K c o t la S rw h L Cdl!“ Ze“8 “ the monlhs months of of J “lj thC t" a‘August 5'd“ it ° muTch"f "en“livesn Is t hmea dnrye aPr»yr lssc eonfe rByr ibtayi nit,s pbarirgthi-t
'« meShTc!;^ IT’,|5 "ot.c“mI?le% three-celled, since the dissepiments do
T”e '5 r a n ^ irAPellm? , inte8Um' n*’ th0Se ° f ^ i ^ a n d p “ ^ J y“
Ur., ”"6 -“'e nunc
the power of
" ithenng observ.
This plant Hn#»« tnpait a yellow colour to the h air of the girls who wash themselves with it
"»«“laaot.ccee min wthhiiechh tits SflowersI areH produceId, tshe exiperBiment wIoul d1 ,b“e dw' e“ll woHrth the It»ria. l«. ?■ ornnmenral fro •
sccdlS rMemWW&ose^f af ° [ J,mS’ls * an i(? first would lead us to suppose; and there are some species of the latter