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side of the filament: Style 1; stigmas 1-3. 
A COMPENDIUM OF 
Spadix without any proper spathe; perianth 
none; fruit an akene. Typhacez, 
2. Flowers not on a spadix, but variously 
disposed, having a calyx and corolla, or a 6- 
leaved or 6-lobed (rarely 4-lobed) perianth, 
colored and corolla-like. Perianth not ad- 
herent to the ovary, and of 3 greenish sepals 
and three distinct and colored petals, Pistils 
many, in a ring or head, forming akenes, 
Alismacez. 
Pistil 1, 3-celled, many several-seeded; 
Style one. Slender, scurfy-leaved lants, 
growing on trees. Bromeliacez. 
Of mostly 6 petal-like leaves in 2 ranks, 3 
outside and 3 inside, or else 6 (rarely 4) 
lobed, all colored alike. Stamens 6, oF as 
many as the divisions of the perianth, all 
alike. Anthers turned outward—+z.¢., on the 
outer side of the filament. Leaves alternate 
with side tendrils, netted-veined between the 
ribs. Flowers dioecious; styles or sessile 
stigmas, 3. Smilacez. 
Anthers turned inwards—j.¢c., on the inner 
. ” Liliacezx. 
3. Flowers not ona Spadix, and without a 
colored or corolla-like perianth, but having 
_ glumes—z.e., husk-like 
_ Stems rush-like or straw-like. 
_ @ whorl to each flower, like a calyx. 
or scale-like bracts. 
Glumes 6 in 
Juncacez, 
Glume, one to each flower in its axil. Flow- 
ers collected into heads or spikes, 
Cyperacez. 
Glumes, 2 to 4 to each flower of 2 sorts. 
Graminez. 
