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lloydia|ˈlɔɪdɪə|
[mod.L. (R. A. Salisbury 1812, in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. I. 328), f. the name of Edward Lhwyd or Lloyd (1660–1709), Welsh antiquary and Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, who discovered the British species on Snowdon.]
A small alpine bulbous plant of the genus so called, belonging to the family Liliaceæ, native to the northern hemisphere, and bearing white or yellow flowers; also called the Snowdon lily or mountain spiderwort.
1850Hooker & Arnott Brit. Flora (ed. 6) 442 Lloydia... L. serotina Reich. (Mountain L[loydia])... On the Welsh mountains, rare. 1866Lindley & Moore Treas. Bot. II. 690/2 Lloydia. A liliaceous plant, from five to six inches high. 1956Walters & Raven Mountain Flowers v. 104 The Devil's Kitchen is well named, and I wish anybody luck who tries to find Lloydia in flower there. 1966W. Condry Snowdonia National Park vi. 112 Lhuyd found quantities of the tiny lily later called Lloydia in his honour. |