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IV. ALLIOIDEAE (bulb or short rhiz.; cymose umbel 

 enclosed by two broad or rarely narrow 1., sometimes joined; infl. 

 rarely of i fl.): Agapanthus, Gagea, Allium, Brodiaea. 



V. LILIOIDEAE (bulb; infl. term., racemose; P or (P) ; 

 anthers intr. ; caps, loculic., except in Calochortus): Lilium, Fritillaria, 

 Tulipa, Scilla, Ornithogalum, Hyacinthus, Muscari. 



VI. DRACAEN01DEAE (stem erect with leafy crown, except 

 in Astelia; 1. sometimes leathery, never fleshy; P free or united at 

 base; anthers intr.; berry or caps.) : Yucca, Dasylirion, Dracaena. 



VII. ASPARAGOIDEAE (rhiz. subterranean, sympodial ; 

 berry) : Asparagus, Ruscus, Polygonatum, Convallaria, Trillium. 



VIII. OPHIOPOGONOIDEAE (short rhiz., sometimes with 

 suckers, with narrow or lanceolate radical 1.; P or (P) ; anthers intr. 

 or semi-intr.; ovary sup. or |-inf.; fr. with thin pericarp and i 3 

 seeds with fleshy coats): Sansevieria, Ophiopogon. 



IX. ALETR01DEAE (short rhiz. with narrow or lanceolate 

 radical 1.; (P); anthers semi-intr.; caps, loculic.; seeds <x> , with thin 

 testa): Aletris (only genus). 



X. LUZURIAGOIDEAE (shrubs or undershrubs with erect or 

 climbing twigs; infl. -twigs usu. many-flowered, cymose, rarely i- 

 flowered, with scaly bract at base; both whorls of P alike or not; 

 berry with spherical seeds): Luzuriaga, Lapageria. 



XI. SMI LA COIDEAE (climbing shrubs with net-veined 1. ; fls. 

 small in axillary umbels or racemes or term, panicles; loc. with i 

 or 2 orthotr. or semi-anatr. ovules): Smilax. 



Liliago (Caesalp.) L. = Anthericum L. (Lili.). 



Liliiflorae. The c;th order of Monocotyledons. 



Lilium Tourn. ex Linn. Liliaceae (v). 50 N. temp. Herbs with 

 scaly bulbs, leafy stems and fls. in racemes. Honey secreted in long 

 grooves at the bases of the P-leaves. The fls. of many sp. are visited 

 by Lepidoptera. L. Mart agon L. gives off its scent at night (cf. 

 Oenothera). L. bitlbiferuin L. is reproduced veg. by bulbils in the 

 leaf-axils. In most sp. with hanging fls. the caps, when ripe stands 

 upwards, so that the seeds can only escape when it is shaken. Many 

 sp. of lily cult. orn. fl. 



Lilloa Speg. (Synandrospactix EP.}. Araceae (vn). i Argentina. 



Lily, Lilium, used of most Liliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, &c. ; arum -, 

 Richardia africana Kunth ; Bourbon -, Lilium candidiim L. ; 

 Chinese sacred-, Narcissus; Jacobean-, Sprekeliaformosissima Herb. ; 

 Kaffir -, Clivia ; - of the valley, Convallaria majalis L. ; queen -, 

 Phaedranafsa; spire-, Galtonia; swamp-, Zephyranthes; -thorn 

 (W.I.), Catesbaea; water-, Nuphar, Nymphaea. 



Lima bean, Phaseolus lunatits L. 



Limacia Lour. Menispermaceae. 20 trop. As. and Afr. 



Limaciopsis Engl. Menispermaceae. i trop. Afr. 



Limatodes Lindl. (Phajtis p.p. BH.}. Orchidaceae (n. Q). i Burma. 

 Crossed by Preptanthe veslita is the Calanthe Veitchii Hort. 



Limb, the free portion of a concrescent corolla; one branch of a sym- 

 poclium. 



Lime, Citrus Medica L. , var. acida, var. Limetta, Tilia ; - myrtle 

 (W.I.), Triphasia. 



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