338 LILY FAMILY. 



1. Stemless : the large flower u-ith a long tube rising directly from a thtn-torited 

 solid bulb or corm: anthers 2-celled. 



3. COLCHIGUM. Perianth resembling that of ;i Crocus. Stamens borne on the- 



throat of the long-tnbniar perianth. Styles very long. 



2. Perianth without any tithe, of 6 distinct or almost separate divisions. 

 * Anthers 2-celled, short : fluwers in a simple raceme or spike : pod loculicidal. 



4. CHAM.ELIRIUM. Flowers dioecious or mostly so. Perianth of 6 small and 



narrow white pieces. Pod ovoid-oblong, many-seeded. Spike or raceme 



slender. 

 6. HELONIAS. Flowers perfect, in a short dense raceme, lilac-purple, turning 



green in fruit; the divisions Bpatulate-oblong, spreading. Filaments slender: 



anther- blue. Pod 3-lobed; cells many-seeded. 

 6. XEHOPHYLLUM. Fluwers perfect, in ;i compact raceme, white; the divisions 



oval, sessile, widely spreading, naked. Filaments awl-shaped. Pod globular, 



3-lobed, with 2 wingless seeds in each cell. 



* * Anthers kidnei/-xlij><:I or round heart-shaped, the two cells confluent into one, 

 thield-shaped afttr < //< i/iiiy : styles aid-shaped : pod 8-horned, septicidal: sinls 

 commonly Jlut or thin-margined. 



f. AMIANTHII'M. Flowers perfect, mostly in a simple raceme. Perianth white, 

 the oval or obovatc spreading divisions without claws or spots. Filaments 

 long and slender. Seeds wingless, 1-4 in each cell. Leaves chiefly from the 

 bullions ba-e of the scape-like stem, linear, keeled, grass-like. 



8. STKNAN THII'M. Flowers polygamous, in panicled racemes on a leafy stem. 



Perianth white, with spreading and not spotted lanceolate divisions tapering 

 to a narrow point from a broader ba-e, which cohere- with the base of the 

 ovary. Stamens very short. Seeds several, wingless. Leaves linear, keeled, 

 grass-like. 



9. VEEATRUM. Flowers polygamous, in panicled racemes. Perianth greenish 



or brownish, its ohovat<--o!.]ong division- nan-owed at base, free from the 

 ovary, not spotted. Filaments short. Seeds rather numerous, wing-margined. 

 Leave- broad, many-nerved. llasc of the leafy stem more or less bulb-like, 

 producing many long white roots. 



10. MELANTHIUM. Flowers pohgamoits, in racemes forming nn open pyramidal 



panicle. Perianth cream-colored, turning green or brownish with age. per- 

 fectly free from the ovarv, its heart-shaped or oblong and partly hai: 

 shaped widely spreading divisions raised on a claw and marked with a pair 

 of darker spi'its or glands. Filaments short, adhering to the claws of the 

 perianth, persistent. Seeds several in each cell, I n.adly winded. Leaves 

 lanceolate or linear, mostly grass-like. Stem roughish-downy above, its 



ba-e more oi- less bulbous. 



11. ZYGADENl'S. Flowers pefect or polygamous, in a terminal panicle. Peri- 



anth greenish white, its oblong or ovate widely spreading divisions spotted 

 with a pair of roundish glands or colored spots near the se--ile or all 

 sessile base. Stamens free' from and about the length of the perianth. Leave? 

 linear. grass-like; stem and whole plant smooth. 



III. BELLWORT FAMILY; with alternate and broad not 

 grass-like parallel-veined ICMVCS: sti-in from a root. slock or from 

 fibrous roots, brandling ami leafy: style one at ihe base, but 3-cleft 

 or 3-partetl. Fruit a pod, few-seeded. Anlliers turned rather 

 outwards than inwards. Perianth of G almost similar and wholly 

 separate pieces, deciduous. Not acrid nor poisonous. Plants inter- 

 mediate between the preceding groups and the next. 



12. UVULAKIA. Flower- solitarv or sometimes in pairs at the end or in the forks 



of the forking stem, drooping, yellowi-h: the perianth rather bell-shaped 

 and lily-like, its divisions spatulate-lanceolate, with a honey-bearing groove 

 or pit' a! the erect narrowed base. Stamens short, one at the ba^e ,,( each 

 division: anthers linear, much longer than the filaments. Pod triangular or 

 3-lobed, loculicidal from the top. Seeds thick and roundish. 





