_Generic Character._ _Cal._ 5-partitus: laciniis linearibus. _Vexillum_ striatum. _Legumen_ turgidum sessile. _Filamenta_ connata absque fissura. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ ONONIS _fruticosa_ foliis sessilibus ternatis lanceolatis serratis, stipulis vaginalibus, pedunculis subtrifloris. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 653._ _Ait. Kew. 24._ ONONIS purpurea verna praecox frutescens, flore rubro amplo. _Moris. Hist. 2. p. 170._ [Illustration: N^o. 317] This charming little shrub, highly deserving of being more generally known, is a native of the South of France; and was cultivated here by Miller in 1748. In favourable situations, it produces blossoms in great profusion during most of the Summer, and ripens seed in abundance: the situation it affects is dry and sandy, but it is a shrub by no means nice, as to soil or place of growth, and so hardy as to have borne the severity of last Winter, 1795, without injury. In the collections about town we frequently find it in pots, kept with greenhouse plants. It is said to vary with white flowers. The best mode of raising it is from seed. [318] Anthericum Liliastrum. Savoy Anthericum, or St. Bruno's Lily. _Class and Order._ Hexandria Monogynia. _Generic Character._ _Cor._ 6-petala, patens. _Caps._ ovata. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ ANTHERICUM _Liliastrum_ foliis planis, scapo simplicissimo, corollis campanulatis, staminibus declinatis. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 330._ _Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 449._ HEMEROCALLIS floribus patulis secundis. _Hall. Hist. n. 1230._ PHALANGIUM magno flore. _Bauh. Pin. 29._ PHALANGIUM Allobrogicum majus. _Clus. cur. app. alt._ PHALANGIUM Allobrogicum. The Savoye Spider-wort. _Park. Parad. p. 150. tab. 151. f. 1._ [Illustration: N^o. 318] Botanists are divided in their opinions respecting the genus of this plant; Linnaeus considers it as an _Anthericum_, Haller and Miller make it an _Hemerocallis_. It is a native of Switzerland, where, Haller informs us, it grows abundantly in the Alpine meadows, and even on the summits of the mountains; with us it flowers in May and June. It is a plant of great elegance, producing on an unbranched stem about a foot and a half high, numerous flowers of a delicate white colour, much smaller but resembling in form those of the common white lily, possessing a considerable degree of fragrance, their beauty is heightened by the rich orange colour of their antherae; unfortunately they are but of short duration. Miller describes two varieties of it differing merely in size. A loamy soil, a situation moderately moist, with an eastern or western exposure, suits this plant best; so situated, it will increase by its roots, though not very fast, and by parting of these in the autumn, it is usually propagated.