(226 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
\SPARAGUS. L. 
olla inferior, 6-parted, erect; the 3 inte-_ 
rior segments reflected towards the points. 
Style very short. Stigmata 3. Berry 3-celled, 
many -seeded. 
Leaves fasciculated, usually subulate or setaceous. 
‘Stems branched, herbaceous or frutescent; flowers mostly 
solitary and axillary; spatha 2-valved. In some species 
the branchlets and fascicles of leaves are egch subtended 
by a spine. 
' SPECIES. 1A. officinalis. Searcely yet naturalized in 
ei: 2. ee r i is ir igenous o th 
~ "= Cape Red Hane. there we sled. few species in India 
in the south of Europe. 
tttt Flowers incomplete. 
(333. ORONTIUM, ZL. (Golden Club.) 
Spadix cylindrie, covered with florets. Corol- 
la about 6-petalled, naked. Style and stigma 
_ scarcely any. Uftriculus 1-seeded. 
a, : tha li ] > * sell ; t flow hermaphro- 
die the lowest with 6 Pomc the upper with Ses ad 
entire, the lamina vertically coalescing with the peti 
Species. 1. 0.aquaticum. From Canada to Carolina, 
them; upper flower scales rally 4, with 4 stamens. 
Filaments about the agin ot th 
around the base of the anguls . Anthers 2-celled, 
adnate to the filaments, at firs ‘ 
___ terminal scars or oblique cicatrices, at lengt rs 
~ like short poliniferous cups, which are persistent ’ 
roundish, 1- 
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